>From: Lem Novantotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Mersenne: Assignment "stolen"
>Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:11:58 +0200
>
>Hi!
>Almost the same thing happened to me some months ago. 5 days before
>sending the result of a LL test, everything was fine. When I sent the
>result, I got an error saying that the exponent wasn't assigned to me
(snip)
>Primenet folks told me that the exponent had been reassigned
>to me after 60 days of no communication from the previous tester: but
>he had sent the result just before me, so the exponent was considered
>cleared. But why my test wasn't seen as a double checking, then? I
>dunno'.
>--
>Bye.
> Lem
IIRC, PrimeNet sends out assignments either as first-time testing or as
double-checking. Since the previous tester sent in his result in the middle
of yours, your machine still thought it was doing a first-time test. In the
next month or two, George and the PrimeNet folks will do a resynch, which
means in part that they will look for where weird stuff like that happened.
That is when it'll be recognized that the double-check was complete.
You will still get PrimeNet credit for the test, and will get credit on
George's page once the update takes place.
BTW, I myself occasionally grab reissued double-checking assignments from
PrimeNet. In the case of these, a redundant check accomplishes nothing.
Nathan
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