Hello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>! ___________________________________________________ In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/22/08 at 04:21 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>The error rate is around 3,2 % (From the last statistic files : 32404 bad >results and 1001016 verified results.) Which mean, that in this 32404 we have approx. 1000 still unchecked results... Sad news. And more bad news, that we need ~5 checks, to be sure, that we do not "lost" any Mersenne Prime... \___Cat /\ /\ >In other words one test in 31 is bad. Enough to justify double-checking >in George Woltman's and many others opinion. >Jacob >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 2008-06-22 13:58 >> To: The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search list >> Subject: Re: [Prime] Double-checking >> >> It's like taking system backups... 99% of the time it's a >> wasted effort, but it's worth doing because of the other 1%. >> >> Ian >> >> >> ------Original Message------ >> From: Jason Clements >> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search list >> ReplyTo: The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search list >> Sent: 22 Jun 2008 11:31 >> Subject: [Prime] Double-checking >> >> I've set one of my computers to run double-checking as it's >> not switched >> on full time. >> Which leads me to wonder: how often does double-checking actually come >> up with a different result from the original ? >> >> In other words, how valuable an activity is it ? >> Thanks >> Jason Clements >> _______________________________________________ >> Prime mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime >> >> >> Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device >> _______________________________________________ >> Prime mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime >> >_______________________________________________ >Prime mailing list >[email protected] >http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime -- _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
