Let me give you the 'newbie' point of view to all this.
I've only been part of GIMPS for a couple of months. It looked like
something fun to do, useful for science, etc. and a good way to burn off
those spare cycles that keep building up. :-)
Here I thought I was part of some great cause and we were only here for
the common good. Little did I know there really is a dark side to the
force and behind the scenes GIMPS is really Peyton Place.
I'm not even sure WHY anyone wants to go to the trouble of filtering out
high exponents. Will this result in more LL hours worked and a higher
position on the performers lists?
Also, what's this about poaching? Sounds like stealing; what is there
to steal in GIMPS?
The biggest downside to this thread is that it exists at all. It's hard
to attract new believers to a cause once they hear about the associated
corruption.
Cheers... Russ
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