----- Original Message ----- From: "E. Weddington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:19 PM Subject: Re: Mersenne: Dissed again
> On 22 Oct 2002 at 14:40, Jeff Woods wrote: > > Either they were really great activists in signing people up, or GIMPS > > has SOMETHING about it that won't get people to participate. We > > either need to step up our profile, be more active at recruiting, or > > do SOMETHING to get us off the static bubble we've been on, at about > > 18,000 members, 31,000 computers, and falling. Our output goes up > > ONLY because most of our members upgrade as CPUs get better and > > cheaper. GIMPS's problems are:- 1. Very long work units. People - especially newbies - want to see results fast. They don't want to have to wait a week before they find themselves on the chart. 2. No obvious benefit to mankind. 3. 'Unsexy' subject matter. > What do you have in mind, a volunteer marketing effort? 'Volunteer' goes without saying. Certainly we need a marketing effort. Does anyone have any ideas? > Eric Daran _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
