>Subject: Re: Mersenne: Re: 26 exponents
>
>>On 12 May 2001, at 15:26, Nathan Russell wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 12 May 2001 14:20:36 -0400, Jud McCranie wrote:
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>
>Thirdly most people will neither know nor care about the detail of how
>allocations are made.
That's an excellent point. When I first started I had no idea what exponent
I would get or why.
>
>>A better "fix" would be to patch PrimeNet so that it can assign an
>>exponent for two LL test runs simultaneously. (Whichever finishes
>>first becomes the "LL test", the other is the double-check).
>
>While that's basically a good idea, it's important to be honest with
>participants. A patch would not be enough. People need to be informed
about
>departures from documented practice.
That _might_ be a good idea, except in the eventual situation where both
participants return results indicating their number is indeed prime. Whoever
had the slightly slower machine will not be very happy!
Steve Harris
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