Mersenne: Re: build-it-yourself Athlon

2001-04-17 Thread Brian J. Beesley
On 16 Apr 2001, at 16:27, Ernst Mayer wrote: Fry's (a big local discount computer electronics chain) has a great deal on build-it-yourself Athlons (US$ 350 for 1.2GHz CPU, MB, case, floppy, ethernet card, 56K modem video card) so I'm going to take the plunge. Does sound like a good

Re: Mersenne: Re: build-it-yourself Athlon

2001-04-17 Thread John R Pierce
Fry's (a big local discount computer electronics chain) has a great deal on build-it-yourself Athlons (US$ 350 for 1.2GHz CPU, MB, case, floppy, ethernet card, 56K modem video card) so I'm going to take the plunge. those motherboards in those starter kits tend to be JUNK. ... The

Mersenne: [Fwd: Plug into peer-to-peer philanthropy with Intel]

2001-04-17 Thread David L. Nicol
"A linux version is under development" they claim. Why don't they just recompile it with entropia hooks? -- edited --- Intel Home Computing Newsletter Delivering Intel technology to your inbox April 2001 Revolutionary technology, a new Web resource, and a great deal from

Mersenne Digest V1 #840

2001-04-17 Thread Mersenne Digest
Mersenne DigestTuesday, April 17 2001Volume 01 : Number 840 -- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 14:12:22 +0200 From: Alexander Kruppa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mersenne: A factor of the 31st Fermat number

Mersenne: Juno Warning

2001-04-17 Thread vincent mooney
Someone on this list earlier warned about Juno using subscriber's computers. Here is a portion of the current Juno Virtual Supercomputer Project data. "The idea behind the Juno Virtual Supercomputer Project is simple. Today, researchers who have large, computationally demanding problems to

Re: Mersenne: Juno Warning

2001-04-17 Thread Nathan Russell
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:49:49 -0700, Aaron Blosser wrote: "Should I be worried about Juno downloading data and software to my computer?" No. Juno has been downloading data and software to your computer since the day you first subscribed. Gotta give 'em credit for being honest. Dang, I

Re: Mersenne: Juno Warning [Somewhat OT]

2001-04-17 Thread Nathan Russell
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 19:25:45 -0400, Vincent Mooney wrote: Someone on this list earlier warned about Juno using subscriber's computers. Here is a portion of the current Juno Virtual Supercomputer Project data. (BIG snip) No. Juno has been downloading data and software to your computer since

Re: Mersenne: Juno Warning [Somewhat OT]

2001-04-17 Thread Nathan Russell
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:25:04 -0700, Aaron Blosser wrote: From time to time, we also download new versions of the Juno software to bring your version up to date, and we expect to download new scientific software from time to time as part of the Juno Virtual Supercomputer Project. NO mention