[QUOTE=Uncwilly;498732]Looking at projected completion dates on PrimeNet, all of the DC's -should be- done by the end of Nov. and all of the first time by the end of Dec.

If that happens it would be most favourable.[/QUOTE]

I assume you mean "all of the DC's" below 46M ? and not ALL of the DCs. Then we would need many super computers.

I fixed it.

[QUOTE]August 14, 2018 All exponents below 79.3 million tested at least once. This was the original upper limit for early versions of Prime95.[/QUOTE]

I believe the correct number should be [SIZE="3"]79.[U]2[/U][/SIZE] million

[QUOTE=rudy235;501793]I believe the correct number should be [SIZE="3"]79.[U]2[/U][/SIZE] million[/QUOTE]

See [url]https://www.mersenne.org/report_classic/[/url]

[QUOTE=Prime95;501797]See [url]https://www.mersenne.org/report_classic/[/url][/QUOTE]

I messed up!
By the way, this is probably the last milestone of 2018


Countdown to verifying all tests below 46 million: 0

All exponents below 46 000 517 have been tested and verified

[QUOTE=rudy235;502020]I messed up!
By the way, this is probably the last milestone of 2018[/QUOTE]Aren't you aware of the history of the Mersenne Christmas Miracles of yore?
Milestones often happen in the last 10 days of the year.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;502024]Aren't you aware of the history of the Mersenne Christmas Miracles of yore? Milestones often happen in the last 10 days of the year.[/QUOTE]

Would you accept a Miracle a little before? I'm about to go on a 10-day vacation.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;502024]Aren't you aware of the history of the Mersenne Christmas Miracles of yore?
Milestones often happen in the last 10 days of the year.[/QUOTE]

I did say "probably" (which is a lot less assertive than "surely" or "certainly").

I can see a miracle coming if the Grinch that stole Christmas comes in and poaches 4 or 5 exponents of those remaining before 82 million on Christmas Eve.

[QUOTE=rudy235;502044]I can see a miracle coming if the Grinch that stole Christmas comes in and poaches 4 or 5 exponents of those remaining before 82 million on Christmas Eve.[/QUOTE]

There are other possible miracles

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;502024]Aren't you aware of the history of the Mersenne Christmas Miracles of yore?
Milestones often happen in the last 10 days of the year.[/QUOTE]

I'm keeping an eye on the first-time checks below 82M. Currently just 13 of them to go. The ones still progressing will finish soon, I think, with the exception of one assigned to Kriesel. There are some that stopped checking in though, and they don't expire until January, so unless they get poached, I guess we shouldn't hold out hopes for 2018.

[QUOTE=Prime95;502046]There are other possible miracles[/QUOTE]

I had to search my memory banks - the last prime was found on Dec 26... a Boxing Day miracle. :smile: The two before that were both found (or "revealed") in a January, so there's definitely a trend towards winter discoveries. LOL

Come to think of it, of the 16 discovered by GIMPS, half (8) were found in just the 3 months of Nov-Jan. I guess if you want to improve your odds of finding a prime, you should do more tests in the late autumn and winter. Statistics don't lie.