I've been having offline discussion with Steve.
Some people (I know one admin) don't want Prime95 to run unless the
machine is *really* idle. These people like a screensaver to run when,
in their minds, the PC is idle. And there is no way to change their
minds. The machines are theirs.
> >For now, it looks to me like GIMPS is the most reliable way of looking
> >for primes. Does anyone on the list have a view on this?
>
> Both are quite reliable methods for finding primes. One is good at
> finding good sized primes, the other good at finding record primes.
> BTW, the Proth pro
Levi, does that GPhotoShow allow someone to use their own pictures? That's
exactly what I was talking about. If so please let me know where I can get
it.
Some of you seem to misunderstand what I am getting at. I'm sure most
serious contributors don't want a screensaver (I detest them), but in a
s
> Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 20:05:45 -0500
> From: "Joshua Zelinsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Mersenne: Misc Stuff.
>
> A few minor comments.
*snip*
> 5. One reason SETI is more popular is that they seem to have good media
> relations. Even if we could get a small mention of GIMPS in some non-
Dear All,
Let's face it, why should people who are primarily interested in mathematical
computation divert their time to writing rather unimpressive screen savers? There are
already plenty of programmers out there who can do that job better!
So...
Simply have an online list of "recommended" /
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
Mersenne Digest Tuesday, February 6 2001 Volume 01 : Number 813
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Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 23:16:56 -0800
From: "Stephan T. Lavavej" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #812
>What about s
On 5 Feb 2001, at 22:06, George Woltman wrote:
> >Maybe it would be useful to show a 64-bit residue after completion of the
> >probable prime test?
>
> True, but no one has volunteered to keep a central list of residues, much
> less organize a rigorous search of Proth candidates.
Is this really
