I really do not wish to intervene directly in the debate about 'poaching" as I feel that it has degenerated to kindergarten level. however I must say that the speed at which the last dredges of exponents in a range (3310K-3960K) are reclaimed is as slow as it can be. Since the last actualization of status (about 14 days I would venture to say) only 5 exponents of the 40 that remained have been cleared, we now have 35 pending. The last time before that there were 44 exponents and they too took about 14 days to go down by 4. At this pace it might take until the start of October to clear this range. On the other hand the double checking of exponents at that same range has been advancing at a much higher (and reasonable pace). In the last 14 (or so days) 157 exponents got verified. This proves there are enough machines working on that range and perhaps many if not most of the progress being made in the "first" LL are actually "second" LL that are getting the results before the original "homestead dwellers".... Of course I understand WHY this rate is faster than the rate of verification of first time LL tests at this point in time. (It has to do with the fact that there are much more exponents available to be submitted to a second LL test than those available for the first test). Notwithstanding this, I believe that those 35 souls that are still owing exponents, should be looked upon. Perhaps some have completely stalled. The computer might not be connected to the internet anymore or some funny mishap might be preventing them from reporting the results. There are ONLY 35 now and perhaps some focussing on them might be of use. Rodolfo PS.Please feel free to reply in mail. Flames will go unanswered though. ________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
