At 06:15 PM 10/4/02 +0100, Barry Stokes wrote: >Was using 21.4.2, now on 22.9.2 (upgraded today). It only grabbed a few >exponents when I started it, and it wasn't that the program released them, >they were just re-assigned by the server. The trouble is, I have now >completed one of these factoring jobs, and it's no longer assigned to me, >which is quite annoying, as it means that work is going to be duplicated by >whoever now has the number.
Not necessarily. If you return that result, then the next time that person checks in with PrimeNet, it will give them a "exponent already tested" error and remove the exponent from their worktodo. If they haven't already started work on it, then no work will be duplicated. I work almost exclusively on expired exponents, and even though they are expired, sometimes whoever was previously assigned will finish the work, and since I have my "days between checkins" set at 1, it gets removed from my worktodo quickly (and then my box fetches new work to replace it). I highly recommend that you get that result back to PrimeNet ASAP, wipe the others from your worktodo, and get new work. _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
