On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Lem Novantotto wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 05:37:06 -0400, in Mersenne_mailing_list you
> wrote:
> >Is all your hard work(and subsequent credit) lost? No, although the server
> >has already re-assigned them to another account it will still accept the
> >results and properly credit your account for the completed work.
>
> Hi!
> I think it would be nice to post the mersenne numbers you're still
> working to, and that have been reassigned, so, hopefully, the new
> tester can read them and stop his testing. Otherwise HE is going to
> loose time and credit.
Since first and double checks are credited equally(as far as I know),
both should get credited with the same amount of work except for counting
tests.
Time spent on a doublecheck is only wasted if it's turned into a
triplecheck and all three results agree.
--
Henrik Olsen, Dawn Solutions I/S URL=http://www.iaeste.dk/~henrik/
ZOOLOGY, n.
The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the
House Fly (Musca maledicta). The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce.
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