> I am often impressed by the amount of detail with which some posters to this > list describe technical details and trouble-shooting procedures. In fact, it > seems a shame that only a few interested parties get to read them at a time, > before they disappear. > > Okay, so there are probably searchable archives out there but are they really in > a useable indexed form? > > In view of this situation: > > Does anyone have any ideas for: > 1. Having a "librarian" to create a "real FAQ" - not just the questions people > are expected to ask but the ones they really do. > 2. "Open sourcing" collected material so that if one site goes down forever etc > someone else can repost the entire volume. > 3. Creating a system whereby multiple people can maintain an FAQ volume to avoid > overloading a single person. > > Okay, this suggestion isn't strictly on topic, but I believe that: > 1. The documentation relating to GIMPS could do with improving. > 2. The people who know most about it are too busy working on the algorithms to > write documentation! > 3. The collected trouble-shooting tips on this list (perhaps anonymised) would > be ideal.
I hate to overtly push TPR (http://www.teamprimerib.com/) onto other people, but we have some excellent resources available that are kinda related to what you want to do, and you don't need to be a member to take advantage of them... We have a forum with over 2850+ messages, all searchable... It is like a giant FAQ, on steroids... We're currently looking for a better way to search through it, though... The current search mechanism is a bit quirky... http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=1220975 61&m=3680928671 We have a 24x7 chat room manned by friendly, knowledgable and semi-sober volunteers... http://www.teamprimerib.com/chat.html We have stats and graphs for *everyone* in the top 500... http://www.teamprimerib.com/rrxsp/top100.htm TPR is all about making new friends and having fun... We were recently attacked in a very subversive and malicious way via a PrimeNet loophole... Instead of demoralizing the team it only strengthened our resolve... It was especially nice to have assistance and support from non-TPR members, and that just shows what a class act the whole GIMPS project is... Thanks! Mike (Xyzzy) _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers