Re: Mersenne: [screen saver]
There's a rather good freeware screen saver written by Gianpaolo Bottin called GPhotoShow. It's just a slide show with transitions and provides a *lot* of free CPU time in between the pictures -- I run it along with Prime95 on this computer (450 pII) and there is no noticeable slowdown in either program on any priority setting. This could suffice unless a person wanted a GIMPS display integrated into the screen saver, though I'm not sure at all what there would be to display. Just throwing this out to the list. :) ~ Levi http://www.bottin.com/gpshow.htm - Original Message - From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 10:38 PM Subject: Re: Mersenne: Re: idea for a new prime95 version > Excellent idea, Russ. I was discussing with Like Welsh the problem of people > attached to their killer screensavers, and as he pointed out: > > "But maybe they'd watch pic of their kids/dog/vacation instead? The > *particular* screensaver I was thinking of was the Photo Slide Show variety. > Slap an image on the screen, wait 15 seconds, fade out, display another. > Lots of free CPU time between pics." > > Certainly it won't work for everybody, but I'm sure there would be a lot of > takers. Now, anybody know how to write such a thing? Could be released with > the prime95/NT software or as a seperate item to be downloaded from the same > site. > > Steve Harris _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Re: Mersenne: Undecipherable And Bounced Transmission
I, personally, think that it is an advertisement for a computer system. The phrases 'Com port', 'USB port', 'Email', and 'Excel', among others, are prominent in the message. Just my two cents, ~ Levi :o) _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.exu.ilstu.edu/mersenne/faq-mers.txt
Re: Mersenne: Contact Primenet
There is an option under Advanced | Manual Communication to force a connection. It will update the computer info on the Primenet servers, send new completion dates, receive new exponents, and whatever else need be done. ~ Levi :o) P.S. If the option is disabled, it is possible that you'll have to consult the program's readme file to learn how to enable the options under the Advanced menu. - Original Message - From: "Russel Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 7:40 AM Subject: Mersenne: Contact Primenet > There used to be an option in Test->Primenet to force a connection. > In version 20 this is gone and I miss it. I often dial in for just a > couple of minutes. I would like to connect to primenet or Prime95 is > already trying, but I may not be connected long enough to use Prime95's > periodic connect attempt. > > Why was it deleted? Can it be brought back? > > Cheers... Russ _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Mersenne: Entropia Servers
Yeah.. I kinda also noticed that the entropia.com servers have been wacky today. Something strange, though -- I was playing around with URL's and this can get you your account information: http://www.mersenne.org/cgi-bin/primenet_report.pl?UserID=*HIDDEN*&UserPW=*H IDDEN* (http://mersenne.org/ips/accounts.html) Kinda surprised that this info was up on the mersenne server; I always thought it and the entropia servers were located separately. Oh well, for those of you who wanted to check your account info, here's at least a temporary solution. :) ~ Levi _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Re: Mersenne: Where's the script?
> I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how many digit's a certain exponent has. Assuming the exponents are in the form 2^x, we can use logs. (Everybody remember the log song from the Ren & Stimpy show?) The exponent 2^x must be converted to 10^y, and y will be the number of digits in the decimal representation of the number. To convert x to y, multiply x by log 2, or divide by 3.32192. Take for example, 15000. You'll end up getting 2^15000 = 10^(15000/3.32192) = 10^4515.4609. Thus, the number has 4,515 (chop off the decimal) digits. ~ Levi _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
