Actually I am quite mystified as to what this poll achieves.

If, for example, I decide that M45 is in a range that only very few people have voted for, then what? Once the next poll begins am I supposed to re-think my guess in line with the masses? Is my guess suddenly less valid because everyone else says it is not in that range? Am I even allowed to vote again (not that I would want to since my guess is not listed anymore)?

Towards the end of the poll, and assuming that 1) everyone sticks with their initial guess and 2) those people decide not to vote again (since their guess is not in the new poll), then all you get is the same voters voting in the ever smaller sub-ranges until some narrow band is left with 2 votes and becomes the "winner".

To the original poster: Do tell as to what one expects to happen here when extrapolated to the end?

I guess it's like one of those ESP experiments.

[quote=retina;134934]Actually I am quite mystified as to what this poll achieves.

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Sounds like you opted for a minority answer:smile:

[QUOTE=davieddy;134942]Sounds like you opted for a minority answer:smile:[/QUOTE]My post is just an example. I'm not saying where I voted this round, but I think it is almost certain that nearly everyone (except the last two "lucky" people) will face the situation of being in the minority at some point.

[quote=retina;134946]My post is just an example. I'm not saying where I voted this round, but I think it is almost certain that nearly everyone (except the last two "lucky" people) will face the situation of being in the minority at some point.[/quote]
Well before voting, I mentally (at least) compute the most
probable range. You make your own luck.

[QUOTE=jrk;134845][SPOILER]Above 79,300,000[/SPOILER][/QUOTE]The is the [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=6334"]Predict M45[/URL] thread, post guesses there. In a couple of days, I will post over there some info on the current guesses over there.


BTW, I think that we should wait for the polle to be 1 week old before starting the second poll.

[quote=Uncwilly;134976]The is the [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=6334"]Predict M45[/URL] thread, post guesses there.[/quote]I know.

You wrote in the OP:[quote] No guesses, predictions, or reasoning in this thread. Only voting and comments about the poll.[/quote]So I made my [U][B]vote[/B][/U] and posted it (it is a poll option). You didn't say votes had to be secret?

But I did post my specific guess in that other thread, too. : )

I know there are people in the forum that track the speed and progress of GIMPS- I wonder if one of them could put some time estimates for when the wavefront of the first LLR test crosses the boundaries of the poll’s groups (i.e., 43 million, 56 million, 79.3 million). Would be interesting; if so, Thanks.

Norm

[quote=Spherical Cow;135076]time estimates for when the wavefront of the first LLR test crosses the boundaries of the poll’s groups (i.e., 43 million,[/quote]Forty-three million has come and gone. The assignments wavefront is over 43.5 million, and there are results already being reported in the 43.3 million range.

[URL]http://mersenne.org/primenet/[/URL]


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Testin', testin', testin' ...
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Mur-saaaaane!

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...

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[quote=davieddy;134938]I guess it's like one of those ESP experiments.[/quote]:lol: !

You mean, if we all think very strongly that it should be 41021021, then it could be....? (In spite of nonzero residue? :cry:)

[quote=Spherical Cow;135076]I know there are people in the forum that track the speed and progress of GIMPS- I wonder if one of them could put some time estimates for when the wavefront of the first LLR test crosses the boundaries of the poll’s groups (i.e., 43 million, 56 million, 79.3 million). Would be interesting; if so, Thanks.

Norm[/quote]
Each million increase in exponent demands~21,000 tests.
GIMPS completes about 10 tests an hour.