At 03:26 PM 5/12/2001 -0400, Nathan Russell wrote:
I think that's more of a 'quick fix', and might make new participants
>feel that GIMPS doesn't trust them.
Yes, but a new user need not know that they don't get an exponent that has
expired until they have finished an assignment. My point is that if an
exponent is dropped, it could be reassigned to someone that has shown a
willingness to finish it.
I've been steadily working on GIMPS for nearly 5 years, always 1 fulltime
machine, occasionally 2. I've been doing doublechecks in the 6,000,000
range for a few months because I use a 300 MHz machine. I know
doublechecking is important. But then I see these few gaps under M38? and
I think "I could have done several of those." I know there are going to be
a lot of people who start GIMPS and drop it, and I know that that the gaps
will eventually be filled in.
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