> I saw somewhere on the PrimeNet page that factoring time is
> weighted lower
> in the top producers list in order to encourage an ideal ratio of
> "about 10
> factoring assignments for 1 LL test". This implies that 9 out of 10
> factoring assignments do find a factor. I have completed 3
> assignments to
> date without finding a factor. Am I just unlucky?
Sometimes you find a bunch all in a row, sometimes you trial factor a couple
dozen and don't find any.
I have about 5 machines doing factoring, and for a while, I wasn't finding
any, but just in the past week I've found something like 4. It all just
depends...
Aaron
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