Re: Mersenne: Factoring hiccup?
At 10:49 PM 2/13/03 -0600, Steve Harris wrote: I can't tell you what is causing that, but I can tell you that it has happened to me as well. I have only noticed it on a machine which I switched to factoring because it consistently got errors during LL testing. With TF I get no errors, but do get the occasional hiccup, maybe once every six months. I have a machine that when my son played a certain kids game, it would mark a factoring assignment that was in a 64 bit or higher pass as complete immediately and return the result. I discovered it was because of a bad sound driver. I fixed that and reran the two exponents it prematurely ended. _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Re: Mersenne: Factoring hiccup?
I can't tell you what is causing that, but I can tell you that it has happened to me as well. I have only noticed it on a machine which I switched to factoring because it consistently got errors during LL testing. With TF I get no errors, but do get the occasional hiccup, maybe once every six months. Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Gordon Bower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:28 AM Subject: Mersenne: Factoring hiccup? > > >An odd thing happened today. I have version 21.4.1 on my laptop (a >PIII-1000, but only turned on a few hours a day so that LL tests would >take months) doing trial factoring. I ahppened to see the following in the >screen display tonight: > >[Feb 13 01:44] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.43% complete. >[Feb 13 01:45] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.46% complete. >[Feb 13 01:46] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.49% complete. >[Feb 13 01:47] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.52% complete. >[Feb 13 01:48] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.55% complete. >[Feb 13 01:49] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 16.14% complete. > >Strange. > >Do we know if this is just a minor glitch in the GUI, or if the factoring >algorithm actually misses factors? > >GRB > > > >_ >Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm >Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers > _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Mersenne: Factoring hiccup?
An odd thing happened today. I have version 21.4.1 on my laptop (a PIII-1000, but only turned on a few hours a day so that LL tests would take months) doing trial factoring. I ahppened to see the following in the screen display tonight: [Feb 13 01:44] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.43% complete. [Feb 13 01:45] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.46% complete. [Feb 13 01:46] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.49% complete. [Feb 13 01:47] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.52% complete. [Feb 13 01:48] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.55% complete. [Feb 13 01:49] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 16.14% complete. Strange. Do we know if this is just a minor glitch in the GUI, or if the factoring algorithm actually misses factors? GRB _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
