On Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:09:55 -0400, George Woltman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>At 09:58 AM 8/4/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>>I was curious about how often the PrimeNet server detects a problem in a
>>double-check result and has to re-submit the exponent for another round
>>of testing.
>>
>>I looked around the GIMPS web pages and couldn't find any figures.
>
>I don't have any exact figures.  I'd guess between 2 and 3 percent of the
>time.

That brings to mind another question.  Since I have only been around for
a couple of weeks and have only completed LL testing a single exponent,
I don't know what all of your procedures are.  I was wondering what you
do when you detect an error during double checking.  Do you notify the
person that sent in the erroneous result so that he can check out his
computer further?  It would seem that notifying people when their
systems are in error would be even better than the initial self test
that is run because it gives an on-going status for the computer.

Thanks,
Gary Edstrom

P.S: I have two more results both due next Wednesday: An LL test from
this desktop computer, and a double-check from my laptop.

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