"Steinar H. Gunderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 01:31:13PM -0600, Aaron Blosser wrote:
>>Egads...I'm not telling *anyone* to NOT use slow computers...I'm
>>"suggesting" they use < p166 for double-checks or factoring.
...
>>I hope I'm being clear that I don't consider slo
On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 01:31:13PM -0600, Aaron Blosser wrote:
>Egads...I'm not telling *anyone* to NOT use slow computers...I'm
>"suggesting" they use < p166 for double-checks or factoring.
And do you have a good reason to suggest that? Honestly, what does a
few months' (or even years') latency
> The problem I have with slow computers is that I cannot afford to run
> them. A 40MHz 486 uses about 20 Watts, a 400MHz AMDK6 about 40 Watts.
> However if you have your own hydroelectric power supply, or if someone
> else is paying the electricity bill, the situation is different.
If you are ru
Sturle Sunde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I use almost only relatively slow computers. More than 100 of them. If
>they are only 1/5 as fast as what some people think is apropiate, it means
>that they can do 100 tests in the same time as an appropiate machine does
>5. While a very few people t
> Oh, and I compiled MacLucasUNIX with Sun's C compiler instead of GCC and got
> about a 100% speed increase, I suggest other Solaris users do the same. :)
> (I get some .5s/iter on the crappy 167mhz CPUs which is about par w/ a
> P233MMX)
This is normal. Expect a greater speed increase on the R
Noo not again!
BTW, we'd place higher if Primenet credited out account for the work my
UltraEnterprise4000 and RS/6000 are doing... Is this ever going to change or
is this a permanent thing where only x86 clients get credit?
Oh, and I compiled MacLucasUNIX with Sun's C compiler inste
> I use almost only relatively slow computers. More than 100 of them. If
> they are only 1/5 as fast as what some people think is apropiate,
> it means
> that they can do 100 tests in the same time as an appropiate machine does
> 5. While a very few people think I should stop using those comput
> Aaron Blosser wrote:
>> Of course the last time we got into this (poaching thread) we learned that
>> there are people out there who insist on running first time LL tests on
>> P-60's and what not. :-(
> I really get annoyed with remarks like this. I don't think I commented
> on the last go aro
