Mary Conner wrote: > > Hobbies are supposed to be fun. Poachers make it not fun. It's like a > bully trashing your sand castle because you're building right where he > wants to. Imagine yourself a first time GIMPS participant. > [cut history of the hypothetical newbie]
Hi. I'm new to GIMPS. I recently switched from SETI@Home looking for something more solid, which probably makes me a good example for this discussion :-) This entire thread scared me a lot, I must admit. Could anybody told me - a complete newbie in this area - what should I do in order not to waste my (&my A1200) time working on numbers which may be taken over by someone else in some uncertain future? Currently I'm finishing my first exponent (that's M7505207 double-check) connecting to PrimeNet server whenever it needs to, lastly on Jan 31 to get new exponent to work on. Is there anything more I ought to know or do? How long can I work on a single number not worrying that anyone will consider this abandoned? TIA and greetings to long-time participants :-) M, -- Maciej Hrynczyszyn banshee*uoo.univ.szczecin.pl _ __ __ _ __| | __ _ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | '_ \ / _` |/ _` |/ _` | Here come the quick. There go the dead. | | | | (_| | (_| | (_| | Here they come. Bright red. |_| |_|\__,_|\__,_|\__,_| _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
