Yeah, well, we don't have a super cool Trojan horse program that can update itself (and crash machines) like these other ones, and we're not out there looking for ET or saving cancer boy or anything... just a bunch of geeks looking for big numbers. :) (tongue planted firmly in cheek here).
Actually I don't really know... do the folding@home and seti@home projects use self-updating code? When they phone home, can they update themselves like spyware (thinking about Hotbar and the like)? To be honest, I thought that would be a neat option (note the use of the word option) to have your Prime95 check itself with something on the primenet server that shows the latest version... if there's a newer version available, a little box with a clickable link to the ftp site to download the new version. But certainly not automatic (or if there was an auto-update, have that NOT be the default), and also have a setting to turn that off entirely (for people who run it on unattended machines like servers, etc). Pretty much like the way the new Windows Update works... has full auto mode, download and prompt to install, notify only, or totally turned off. :) Aaron > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mersenne-invalid- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of E. Weddington > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Mersenne: Dissed again > > > Folding@Home's success: > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021022070813.htm > > Again, they mention SETI@home. As if that were the only other > distributed project out there. *sigh* > > Eric Weddington > ________________________________________________________________________ _ > Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm > Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
