You must not hate it too much, since Nathan didn't send that out to the mail
list but _you_ did.
I imagine that people who garden for a hobby still get upset when someone
comes along and steals some of their plants, even though it's "just a
hobby". You should probably keep quiet before you get th
On Sat, Feb 2, 2002 10:15 PM, Mary Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is that fun? Does that sound like fun? Some hobby!
>
>George said no poaching. He said if there was a problem with exponents
>not being completed in a timely fashion, he would take care of it.
>Anybody who continues to p
There are two points of view here. They seem to be more or less
irreconcilable. This argument repeats on a regular basis.
I have to say that:
(a) I agree completely that having an assignment "poached" is
annoying to extremely offputting, especially for a relatively new
user;
(b) I don't see
Well, I think that most people on the list know of my past... it's when
someone does a Google search on me that I think borders on stalking.
One can only wonder what you might find if you did Google searches on
everyone on this list. :)
Anyway... the gardening analogy doesn't pass muster.
First,
I agree that having your exponents poached is extremely annoying and can
and probably does drive away new participants. When it happens repeatedly
and when the person who does it, does so repeatedly and with a clear
disregard to whether the exponents are being checked in regularly or not -
Mary c
Mary Conner wrote:
>
> Hobbies are supposed to be fun. Poachers make it not fun. It's like a
> bully trashing your sand castle because you're building right where he
> wants to. Imagine yourself a first time GIMPS participant.
> [cut history of the hypothetical newbie]
Hi. I'm new to GIMPS.
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Maciej Hrynczyszyn wrote:
> Hi. I'm new to GIMPS. I recently switched from SETI@Home looking for
> something more solid, which probably makes me a good example for this
> discussion :-) This entire thread scared me a lot, I must admit. Could
> anybody told me - a complete newbi
>>First, may I point out that neither GIMPS nor PrimeNet *owns* the
>>Mersenne exponents being tested. I would posit that *anyone* is free to
>>test *any* exponent they choose.
>>Clearly, the purpose of GIMPS/PrimeNet is to optimize this search by
>>assigning exponents in an orderly fashion.
Both
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Aaron Blosser wrote:
> Well, I think that most people on the list know of my past... it's when
> someone does a Google search on me that I think borders on stalking.
> One can only wonder what you might find if you did Google searches on
> everyone on this list. :)
I did no G
> Legally perhaps not (however, they are using PrimeNet in a way that
> violates the stated terms of usage), morally and ethically I do think
(and
> I suspect most people would think) it is wrong. Not terribly
surprising
> that you don't think it is, I suppose.
See, it's the snide comments like
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Aaron Blosser wrote:
> > Legally perhaps not (however, they are using PrimeNet in a way that
> > violates the stated terms of usage), morally and ethically I do think
> (and
> > I suspect most people would think) it is wrong. Not terribly
> surprising
> > that you don't thi
Mary Conner wrote:
>
> It's very unlikely that particular exponent will get poached. But in
> general, the best way to avoid poachers is to avoid looking like a
> newbie. If you are running Prime95, set your Options-->Preferences-->Days
> between sending new end dates value lower, down to 1 if
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Maciej Hrynczyszyn wrote:
> But if I use 'Vacation or Holiday' option at least my completion date will
> be postponed?
If you uncheck the "computer will be on during your absence" box, it
should adjust your completion date. The bigger problem is that not having
checked the
Aw heck, let's just agree to disagree and shake hands. :) I'm not
terribly upset, and as I mentioned before, I have far greater things in
life to be concerned about than GIMPS, so I didn't mean to make a big
deal of it. :)
> First, I would like to point out that you brought yourself into this
>
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Aaron Blosser wrote:
> Aw heck, let's just agree to disagree and shake hands. :) I'm not
> terribly upset, and as I mentioned before, I have far greater things in
> life to be concerned about than GIMPS, so I didn't mean to make a big
> deal of it. :)
No problem with that he
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