----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 6:44 PM
Subject: Mersenne: CNET coverage of M39: Very good

> ...His
> system was part of a 210,000-machine quasi-supercomputer stretched across
> the globe.

[...]

> The Mersenne prime search is moving in that direction. Each day, its
> network of computers does work that would take a single 90MHz Pentium
> computer 200 years to accomplish...

200 X 365 = 73000 p90 days/day

So what are the other 137,000 faster than P90 machines doing?

Regards

Daran


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