>>Jeremy and I used to do that alot on those first generation IDE drives
>>(which seemed to have this problem much more often) back when we were
>>computer techs... It sounds funny, I know, but it worked great most of the
>>time.
>
>If I remember correctly, it seemed to happen with certain batche
Note that Mfactor (as currently configured)
> doesn't support putting multiple exponents into a to-do
> file, so the best way to trial factor lots of exponents
> is probably just to paste the one-line inputs needed for
> the exponents, one after another, into the same window -
> when the program
It certainly did help me! So, why are only certain ranges listed on the
PrimeNet status page? For example, from time to time, their front page has
failed to list the 'cutting edge' of PrimeNet factoring assignments.
As a somewhat related question, when an apparent double-checking milestone
i
<< Drives have a "landing zone" or parking area where the heads will move to
when it's powered down. There's no data on that part of the track, so if
your heads do get stuck there when it's turned off, there's something you
can try... >>
Anyone remember the really old drives that needed to be
Hi,
At 02:11 PM 4/19/00 -0700, Alan Simpson wrote:
>On http://www.mersenne.org/status.htm, it says
>"All exponents below 5,083,600 have been tested at least once."
Always believe the numbers on the status.htm page. These numbers
come from the master database consisting of all PrimeNet results a
Hi again,
I looked at the MS site with its dropdown menus. It was far more
javascript
than I want to wade through. So I've come up with a simpler header
that
incorporates a menu. Let me know if you like this (especially as
compared
to the more traditional menu on the side). It does get us mor
How hard would it be to modify the source code of Prime 95 to calculate a
base 3 number mod a prime number and then square and mod the result?
Are there any programs along this line?
Dan
>Also, how long would it take prime95 to save all files, and would running
>prime for 10 mins actually do anything useful?
To my knowledge, saving a file takes finishing the current iteration (at
most, 1-2 secs for PrimeNet work on a slow pentium) and writing the file
(max of 5 sec). This is
hi,
On http://www.mersenne.org/status.htm, it says
"All exponents below 5,083,600 have been tested at least once."
However, on http://www.entropia.com/primenet/status.shtml, it says that
there is one exponent between 450 and 459 still out (this at 19 Apr
2000 21:00 (19 Apr 2000 14:00
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:56:59 +
From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mersenne: Re: Facelift (round 2)
On Tue, Apr 18,
Make that "drives" not "drivers"...
And think, its only Wed.
-Jeremy
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Brian Beesley (Mersenne Digest 715, 7. April) wrote:
>There are also factoring programs available in portable
>high-level-language source format, in particular look
>for Mfactor.c If it wasn't for the fact that factoring
>is so far ahead of LL testing, I'd probably switch my
>Alpha system to fact
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Blosser
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 12:18 PM
To: Mersenne@Base. Com
Subject: RE: Mersenne: Just curious
>For what it's worth...
>
>I've heard that referred to as "stiction" :) There's a decent e
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Aaron Blosser wrote:
> For power supplies, having a decent UPS or even just a good line conditioner
> is a MUST when you want to prolong it's life. Anyone who cared to could
> hook an scope to a power line (make sure the scope is protected from
> overvoltage! :) and if it's a
>Hard disk drives seem to last much longer if they're left running
>continously. I'd reccomend disabling "power saving" modes on HDD
>unless power consumption is critical (e.g. a notebook computer when
>running on internal power). However, HDDs often fail if they've been
>running continously for y
On 19 Apr 00, at 1:42, Ryan McGarry wrote:
> I suppose my question is whether or not it's more of a risk to your
> processor in allowing it to cool off regularly than leaving it on 24/7?
CRT monitor is definitely better OFF when not needed. The electron
beams definitely age, and the very high
Monitors, on the other hand, seem to like to be shut off regularly.
At work, we bought 9 Nanao F750's & &60's in 1993.
Only two survive, and one sits on my desk and is turned on and
off daily. Those that were left on 24/7 did not survive the last
cycle of cpu upgrades.
Ken
At 01:42 AM 4/19/200
>
> So, no matter how much CPU you think this sort of change could gain
> GIMPS, I must suggest that it _not_ be done.
>
I'm sure this has come up HUNDREDS of times before, but why not attach it
to the screensaver? I'm not sure if there is a call in windows for the
screensaver, alternat
Aaron Blosser writes:
I don't suppose George could just program something into the code
to have it check for the user being idle (like the screen saver
check does, but independent of the system screen saver routines)
such that if the user doesn't hit a key or move the mouse for xx
>All this talk about PC's running 24/7 has convinced me of the
>reliability of processors. It's been my thoughts that if your computer
>is on, it's always running at full speed, whether or not you're running
>Prime95.
>I've always left my computers on all the time, and never had a problem.
>This
On 18 Apr 00, at 14:32, John R Pierce wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 03:24:40PM -0400, George Woltman wrote:
> > >How about www.microsoft.com which has dropdown menus from the
> > >banner at the top of the page.
> >
> > Isn't that some weird kind of ActiveX or other Microsoft proprietar
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