[QUOTE=science_man_88;468975]they also know their fair share of tripe when they read it.[/QUOTE]

Trope not "tripe".:smile:

[QUOTE=VBCurtis;468980]I don't find cancer to be a joking matter, so taking it literally seemed better than taking offense.[/QUOTE]

:nocomment:

[QUOTE=rudy235;468983]Trope not "tripe".:smile:[/QUOTE]

Although I think we could say that every trope is trite. And I suppose there may be a trope that is tripe, but I'm drawing a blank thinking of any tropes that have to do with a cow's digestive system.

Fittingly, "tripe" is also defined as "something poor, worthless, or offensive" which I think defines where this thread has veered off to. :smile:

Course correction: Someone should poach that last <75M exponent

[QUOTE=Madpoo;469026]Although I think we could say that every trope is trite. And I suppose there may be a trope that is tripe, but I'm drawing a blank thinking of any tropes that have to do with a cow's digestive system.

Fittingly, "tripe" is also defined as "something poor, worthless, or offensive" which I think defines where this thread has veered off to. :smile:

Course correction: Someone should poach that last <75M exponent[/QUOTE]

I was not offensive They became offensive and I did not engage.

The whole idea (before it veered) was that the exponent was progressing way to slow.

I concur that something should be done. Two milestones are waiting.

If that is the general consensus I started the exponent, ETA ~ 60h.

[QUOTE=ATH;469033]If that is the general consensus I started the exponent, ETA ~ 60h.[/QUOTE]

Great! And on to 79.3 million. < 25,000 to get there! :smile:

[QUOTE=Madpoo;469026]Course correction: Someone should poach that last <75M exponent[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=ATH;469033]If that is the general consensus I started the exponent, ETA ~ 60h.[/QUOTE]
:no:
Poaching is bad enough as it is, we don't need it "officially" encouraged. Madpoo's words have a lot of "official" weight here around, and when you "tempt" the people to poach, you should clearly define, in this case, what's happening if this circus turns out a prime... Who gets the glory, who gets the money? :razz:

[QUOTE=LaurV;469102]Poaching is bad enough as it is, we don't need it "officially" encouraged. [/QUOTE]

+1 :two cents:

:popcorn:

[QUOTE=ATH;469033]If that is the general consensus I started the exponent, ETA ~ 60h.[/QUOTE]

It is done. It was finished on the Oct 4th if we go by UTC.

So I was pessimistic in my guess and Chalsall was optimistic:

[url]http://mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=423041&postcount=349[/url]

[url]http://mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=423044&postcount=352[/url]

Chalsall was slightly closer with 7 months vs 8 months.

So, in reply to who gets the glory? Mikeblas does.

Who gets the money? No one.

[QUOTE=ATH;469257]It is done. It was finished on the Oct 4th if we go by UTC.[/QUOTE]

Actually it was Oct 5th UTC, it was Oct 4th EDT.

I know UTC is -2 hours from CET (my time) and it finished 4:47am CET, but I still subtracted -6 hours in my head (for EDT). I blame the 2 weeks of night shift I am currently doing, which will probably cost me billions of brain cells :)


Edit: Damn, 2h47min too late to hit 2 years exactly since last milestone:

2017-10-05 All exponents below M(74 207 281) tested at least once.
2015-10-04 All exponents below M(57 885 161) tested at least once.

[QUOTE=LaurV;469102]:no:
Poaching is bad enough as it is, we don't need it "officially" encouraged. Madpoo's words have a lot of "official" weight here around, and when you "tempt" the people to poach, you should clearly define, in this case, what's happening if this circus turns out a prime... Who gets the glory, who gets the money? :razz:[/QUOTE]

You may be right. I'd be in heap big doo doo if it turned out to be prime and I had encouraged someone to poach it.

In this case I was basing my comment on the fact that I highly doubted the current assignee would complete before it expired, so it was a preemptive strike. :smile: Might not hold much weight in a court of law, but I stand by that assessment anyway. LOL

For what it's worth, that assignment for M74095187 still hasn't updated since Oct 1 ... yeah, it's expired now but since it's in progress it would normally finish... the client won't unassign it and abandon it or anything.

I may be surprised and see him turn in a result in the next couple weeks, proving me wrong, but I doubt it.