[QUOTE=em99010pepe;226020]Funny my Q6600@2.8GHz is almost as fast as your i7 860 @2.8 GHz(Andi47), maybe you should run only 4 threads.
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Even as the timings per thread for running 8 threads are slower than for running 4 threads, running 8 threads still gives higher overall throughput.

"You" in the quoted material is em99010pepe who claimed that an unspecified "we" are not interested in Bob's opinion.
[quote=R.D. Silverman;226017]Actually, a fair number of competent people [B]ARE[/B] interested in my opinion.[/quote]Both statements are consistent. All that is stated is that "we" intersection "a fair number of competent people" is the empty set.
[quote=R.D. Silverman;226017]I have been doing computational number theory and working on factoring algorithms/prime testing algorithms/Cunningham project longer than many people in this discussion group have been alive.[/quote]Quite possibly true, likely even though not knowing the birthdates of more than an extremely small fraction of the participants forces me to conclude that I don't know it to be true. It's certainly the case that a number of participants were born before you began your work on the Cunningham project.
[quote=R.D. Silverman;226017]The personal opinion of someone who has contributed a great deal to the topics relevent to this forum should matter a great deal. The fact that you think my opinions don't matter says a lot about [B]you[/B].[/quote]Reciprocally, your opinions says a lot about you.
[quote=R.D. Silverman;226017]
John Selfridge makes up the wanted lists. Perhaps you think his opinions
about what numbers are important don't matter either??? [/quote]Assumes facts not in evidence, to use a phrase I'm fairly sure I've read here relatively recently.

Don't worry, be happy. Both communities can disagree on priorities without needing to get upset over the priority of the other. You (both of you) might find that Sura 109 is worth reading.


Paul

One curve using YAFU on my P4 took 15 hours.

08/18/2010 01:51:17 v1.18 @ RICH, Finished 1 curves using Lenstra ECM method on C290 input, B1 = 260000000, B2 = 1100784651

[QUOTE=xilman;226030]
Reciprocally, your opinions says a lot about you.
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I stand by my opinions and have the courage not to post under an alias.

[QUOTE]
You (both of you) might find that Sura 109 is worth reading.
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Reference?

[QUOTE=R.D. Silverman;226035]I stand by my opinions and have the courage not to post under an alias.



Reference?[/QUOTE]

Never mind. I easily found the reference.

[QUOTE=xilman;226030]
Assumes facts not in evidence, to use a phrase I'm fairly sure I've read here relatively recently.


Paul[/QUOTE]

Which is why I asked a QUESTION, rather than stating an opinion.

[QUOTE=richs;226032]One curve using YAFU on my P4 took 15 hours.

08/18/2010 01:51:17 v1.18 @ RICH, Finished 1 curves using Lenstra ECM method on C290 input, B1 = 260000000, B2 = 1100784651[/QUOTE]

The pre-compiled YAFU executables use GMP-ECM, however they are likely not optimized for your system. If you're planning on contributing significantly to this project, I'd recommend picking up a standalone version of gmp-ecm which is tuned for your system. You might be able to find some [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=4087"]here[/URL].

Core 2 Duo T7600, 3 GB DDR2 RAM, tuned GMP:
[code]GMP-ECM 6.2.3 [powered by GMP 4.3.2] [ECM]
Input number is (3^607-1)/2 (290 digits)
Using B1=260000000, B2=3178559884516, polynomial Dickson(30), sigma=954808638
Step 1 took <~4.3e6 to ~4.5e6> ms
Step 2 took <~800e3 to ~850e3> ms[/code]

15 curves done so far.

[QUOTE=bsquared;226038]You might be able to find some [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=4087"]here[/URL].[/QUOTE]

[url=http://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=172959&postcount=201]These ones[/url] are fastest on my old P4.

[quote=frmky;225944]
Thanks! Only about 15,000 left to go to reach 3*t55![/quote]

What about yoyo@home help?

[quote=R.D. Silverman;226035]I stand by my opinions and have the courage not to post under an alias.[/quote]True, as do I, though my alias is a very loosely guarded secret.

Paul