Hi all, One thing to remember ppl, A LOT of system testers tend to use Prime95 to test overclocking/cooling. I'm sure that *many* abandoned assignments are due to this fact.
Due to this usage (which I don't mind BTW, maybe a few will stay on and contribute, I did) I suggest that there be a switch added so that ppl can use Prime95 as a processor test but without ever getting real assignments, thus slowing down the project. Just my two cents. Alan On 27 Oct 2001, at 18:54, Henk Stokhorst wrote: Date sent: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 18:54:24 +0100 From: Henk Stokhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mersenne: number of processors participating > L.S., > > I read a message some time ago on this list that claimed that the > number of processors had gone down by about 9000. I don't have stats > on this other than the actual available from the status pages. Does > anyone have stats over the last year, like numer of pc's and/or > processor types, processor speeds? > > If there would really have been a decrease in participating > processors, (I don't think so) an updated graph of Primenet > throughput would show by now, is there any update in the pipeline? > > I went through the status.txt file to see if the new 'stress test' > button could have played a significant role, I don't think so. By > the way if one runs prime95 without a user name the application > fills in an S00000 as user name. I found 3170 entries with a name > '.' (only a dot) The fast majority of these entries seem to be have > been abandoned. They have been reserved over a long time with a > constant daily flow. Does anyone know more about this? > > YotN, > > Henk Stokhorst > > ____________________________________________________________________ > _____ Unsubscribe & list info -- > http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- > http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers "A programmer is a person who turns coffee into software." Alan R. Vidmar Assistant Director of IT Office of Financial Aid University of Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] (303)492-3598 *** This message printed with 100% recycled electrons *** _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
