On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 08:06:27PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As for Mary's current predicament, with that block of small
> exponents you have, my best suggestion is to reverse the order of
> the lines in worktodo.ini so that the _largest_ ones are done first.
> Intermediate checkins to
>>> That's my only point. Rude, yes. Morally/ethically/legally
>>> there's really no problem with doing it.
legally, who knows - maybe there will be a court case some day
if some awful person poaches the >10M exponent ...
but morally/ethically there is obviously a huge problem with p
Aaron,
i really know nothing about your past except what i've read here.
it's your current comments re poaching which i have found
objectionable. as you can see, i do feel free to comment regardless
of your possible lack of appreciation for my comments. if you repented
& apologized for your al
>>> That's my only point. Rude, yes. Morally/ethically/legally
>>> there's really no problem with doing it.
legally, who knows - maybe there will be a court case some day
if some awful person poaches the >10M exponent ...
but morally/ethically there is obviously a huge problem with
Aaron,
i really know nothing about your past except what i've read here.
it's your current comments re poaching which i have found
objectionable. as you can see, i do feel free to comment regardless
of your possible lack of appreciation for my comments. if you repented
& apologized for your a
(apologies for any duplicate postings i generated here; most
mailservers reject mail from my semi-improperly-configured linux PC.)
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To be honest, I don't even recall what I may have said in the past
regarding poaching of exponents. I think it was me that applied the
word to the actual practice of nabbing exponents that were still
assigned. :)
If I recall correctly, the topic came up at a time when PrimeNet did not
expire exp
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Robin Stevens wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 08:06:27PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > As for Mary's current predicament, with that block of small
> > exponents you have, my best suggestion is to reverse the order of
> > the lines in worktodo.ini so that the _largest_
Steve Elias wrote:
>legally, who knows - maybe there will be a court case some day if some
awful person poaches the >10M exponent ...
On the legal issue, if a poacher did happen to pick the lucky number . . .
The good news is that GIMPS starts out with the money, and the only evidence
the poache
hi Aaron,
thanks for clarifying your position! i'm a simpleton who lives often
below curb-height, and think poaching=stealing=wrong. this exponent
poaching seems like a sort of stealing to me and it would surely tick
me off vastly if i found my 33M exponent was checked in a day before
my PC fin
Dear All,
I am often impressed by the amount of detail with which some posters to this
list describe technical details and trouble-shooting procedures. In fact, it
seems a shame that only a few interested parties get to read them at a time,
before they disappear.
Okay, so there are probably s
On 4 Feb 2002, at 11:52, Robin Stevens wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 08:06:27PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > As for Mary's current predicament, with that block of small
> > exponents you have, my best suggestion is to reverse the order of
> > the lines in worktodo.ini so that the _lar
At 05:08 PM 2/3/2002 -0800, Aaron Blosser wrote:
>So the fact that a couple people on here want to make continued
>references to my past in an attempt to paint me as an uncaring and
>morally reprehensible person isn't enough to dissuade me from continued
>participation. :)
I continue to be fascin
At 04:12 PM 2/4/2002 -0500, Steve Elias wrote:
>as for parting company with my alleged opinion about "what to do": i
>surely do not support hassling anyone by google-searches
As I recall, I emailed Aaron - offlist - with a link to a news story in
which some events from his past were exagerated,
> I am often impressed by the amount of detail with which some posters
to this
> list describe technical details and trouble-shooting procedures. In
fact, it
> seems a shame that only a few interested parties get to read them at a
time,
> before they disappear.
>
> Okay, so there are probably sear
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