> >> Nothing built by human hands is perfect, so, sure, the program could
> >> be improved! Personally I'd like to see an optimization for Athlon;
> >> at the expense of having to load different versions for different
> >> processor types, I'd like to see seperate "streamlined" versions of
> >> th
On 3 Feb 2001, at 17:03, Jeff Woods wrote:
> > >With increasing exponent size (and therefore run time), I'd like to
> > >see PrimeNet evolve to track intermediate residues & also to be able
> > >to coordinate parallel LL testing & double-checking, so that runs
> > >which are going wrong can be st
Jeff Woods wrote:
> Then why is SETI@home so popular, when it shows little in the way of daily
> statistics, either?
Because Space/Aliens/E.T./Sci-Fi/etc is popular and SETI lets
you participate, not just watch NASA/movies/others...
That busy colorful SETI screensaver is also pretty neat to watc
Ken Kriesel wrote:
> At 09:23 AM 2/3/2001 -, "Brian J. Beesley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> George has announced the development of new FFT code optimised for
>> Pentium 4. The FFT code is the true heart of the program: it's really
>> hard for me to put into words just how much we all
Jeff Woods wrote:
> At 04:48 PM 2/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> After hanging around the Anandtech DC forum for awhile, I'm convinced
>> that this completion time "problem" might be GIMPS biggest hurdle to
>> getting more participation. Very few "loonies" like us are willing
>> to wait 14 mont
At 17:04 02/03/2001 -0500, Jeff Woods wrote:
>At 04:48 PM 2/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>After hanging around the Anandtech DC forum for awhile, I'm convinced that
>>this completion time "problem" might be GIMPS biggest hurdle to getting
>>more participation. Very few "loonies" like us are wil
At 04:48 PM 2/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
>After hanging around the Anandtech DC forum for awhile, I'm convinced that
>this completion time "problem" might be GIMPS biggest hurdle to getting
>more participation. Very few "loonies" like us are willing to wait 14
>months for the calculation of one r
At 02:57 PM 2/3/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >With increasing exponent size (and therefore run time), I'd like to
> >see PrimeNet evolve to track intermediate residues & also to be able
> >to coordinate parallel LL testing & double-checking, so that runs
> >which are going wrong can be stopped for inve
At 14:57 02/03/2001 -0600, Ken Kriesel wrote:
>In the QA effort, we've seen a few instances already of errors caught
>midway by doing a manual/email version of this. Brian Beesley had an error
>detected this way in his run of a double-check of a 10-megadigit exponent.
>This exponent takes
At 09:23 AM 2/3/2001 -, "Brian J. Beesley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>George has announced the development of new FFT code optimised for
>Pentium 4. The FFT code is the true heart of the program: it's really
>hard for me to put into words just how much we all owe to George for
>his unstint
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