[QUOTE=garo;369569]Yes, unfortunately a side effect of the new assignment policy is that GPU-TF has not kept pace with class 4 assignments. I've been doing 71->72 in that range for a while but more help is welcome.[/QUOTE]

I assume you would prefer TF to 74 (or even 75) but given the lack of firepower 72 is better than nothing at all.

It might be wise to lower the Let GPU72 Decide assignments to 73 bits instead of 74. I could push through a few dozen 72's per day and I will start working on that when I finish my current batch of work.

chalsall has been busy with real life so I don't want to burden him too much. So I've been getting my exponents straight off Primenet. It seems to work fine. Here is an example string
[url]http://v5www.mersenne.org/report_factoring_effort/default.php?exp_lo=69850000&exp_hi=69860000&bits_lo=1&bits_hi=71&txt=1&exassigned=1&B1=Get+Data[/url]

A bit of text massaging to create worktodo.txt and then stick it into Prime95 to reserve the exponents and then put them in the mfaktc worktodo. A bit manual yes but the best option at the moment.

Something similar can be done with GPU72. It takes some playing around with the range, factoring target level, and highest/lowest TF level drop-down.

[QUOTE=TheMawn;369581]It might be wise to lower the Let GPU72 Decide assignments to 73 bits instead of 74. [/QUOTE]


??

Let GPU72 Decide has not given me a 74 bit assignment for several weeks. They have all been 72—>73 in the 66M range.

I didn't mean to sound pushy. I know Chris has been busy but it was just a thought. And I know that I can pretty much choose my own exponents with the available options. I just assumed that most people just Let GPU72 Decide.

What is strange is that Chuck is getting a bunch of 72 -> 73 but I've been getting literally nothing but 73 -> 74. I'll change the bit level to 73 manually but that has been the default since I joined GPU72 last summer. I'll fiddle with the ranges too and see if I can get some Class 4 stuff.

[QUOTE=TheMawn;369601]What is strange is that Chuck is getting a bunch of 72 -> 73 but I've been getting literally nothing but 73 -> 74. I'll change the bit level to 73 manually but that has been the default since I joined GPU72 last summer. I'll fiddle with the ranges too and see if I can get some Class 4 stuff.[/QUOTE]

Sorry guys... Busy doesn't even being to describe it...

"Let GPU72 Decide" via MISFIT has been to 73 for about a month.

"What Makes Sense" still honors what the user has pledged.

I just updated the GPU72 Manual Assignment page to default to a pledge of 73 rather than 74. Those who use MISFIT and use option "0" (WMS) rather than option "9" (LGD) will need to change your pledge level, since WMS honors the pledge level, while LGD sets it.

The good news is the starvation for Cat4 assignments should only last for another month or so, and we will be able reclaim about 80% of the assignments sub-optimally TFed over time.

Also, so everyone knows, if "Spidy" detects that a 69M candidate not yet P-1'ed is about to be released at less than 73 "bits", it pulls its "rip-cord", and releases lower candidates at the highest bit levels not yet P-1'ed, sorted by TF level descending.

GPU72 also now releases automatically any candidates TF'ed to at least 73, and P-1'ed. Oliver should release about a thousand such candidates tomorrow.

Are we having fun yet??? :smile:

[QUOTE=chalsall;369603]
Are we having fun yet??? :smile:[/QUOTE]

It has been an interesting diversion. I threw some 69M's in the hopper. It was also interesting to experiment with GPU72 Assignments responses to different settings. Before I started limiting the upper end of the range, it once delivered a block of 69M's, filled out with some 332M's.

[QUOTE=kladner;369612]It has been an interesting diversion. I threw some 69M's in the hopper. It was also interesting to experiment with GPU72 Assignments responses to different settings. Before I started limiting the upper end of the range, it once delivered a block of 69M's, filled out with some 332M's.[/QUOTE]

Just wondering...

Is this my mistake, or yours?

[CODE]mysql> select User,Status,Trust,DisplayName,Created from Users where UN like "klad%";
+----------------------------------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------------+
| User | Status | Trust | DisplayName | Created |
+----------------------------------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------------+
| 8ad778c87c3d88f688fef4ebad36994c | 1 | 1 | ktony | 2011-11-01 14:54:55 |
| 0a68f617e684700767e03f40c1fda177 | 0 | 0 | | 2013-03-09 20:33:31 |
| 6cac8167336e8ff4ca04b4f50a011882 | 0 | 0 | | 2013-03-09 20:39:14 |
+----------------------------------+--------+-------+-------------+---------------------+
[/CODE]

I confess a lack of perception as to what you're asking. :unsure:
On further study, I can offer these observation.
kladner is my forum name, and actual GIMPS User Name. ktony is the GIMPS Display name. The 2011 date is perhaps when I started in GPU72. The other two with creations minutes apart look like some artifact, perhaps of rebuilding hardware and OS on this end.

Another thought comes to me which I will communicate privately. :smile:

I can now explain why I've been so busy...
 

Hey all.

The project which has been consuming so much of my time has now "gone public": [url]http://www.hivgateway.com/[/url]

I'm particularity proud of the use of "info-graphics" -- pretty and interactive graphics which draw the user in, but also communicates useful information for those who know how to read them.

[url]http://www.hivgateway.com/author/0472ab58d779522125ac5eec361b40d9/[/url]

and

[url]http://www.hivgateway.com/category_bubble/[/url]

The first is, in my mind, the most interesting. It shows the entity relationships between Authors, with a "weight". You can then hover over the outer bar to dynamically drill down on who that single author has co-authored with. You can click on the outer bar or the author's name to drill down on that author.

For the geeks reading this, both charts are implemented using the [URL="http://d3js.org/"]Data-Driven Documents[/URL] JavaScript library. A remarkably powerful and sophisticated library.

We are to present this on Monday to many "Big-ups". If anyone who tries this out sees any SPEs, please let me know.

[QUOTE=chalsall;369960]Hey all.

The project which has been consuming so much of my time has now "gone public": [url]http://www.hivgateway.com/[/url]

I'm particularity proud of the use of "info-graphics" -- pretty and interactive graphics which draw the user in, but also communicates useful information for those who know how to read them.

[url]http://www.hivgateway.com/author/0472ab58d779522125ac5eec361b40d9/[/url]

and

[url]http://www.hivgateway.com/category_bubble/[/url]

The first is, in my mind, the most interesting. It shows the entity relationships between Authors, with a "weight". You can then hover over the outer bar to dynamically drill down on who that single author has co-authored with. You can click on the outer bar or the author's name to drill down on that author.

For the geeks reading this, both charts are implemented using the [URL="http://d3js.org/"]Data-Driven Documents[/URL] JavaScript library. A remarkably powerful and sophisticated library.

We are to present this on Monday to many "Big-ups". If anyone who tries this out sees any SPEs, please let me know.[/QUOTE]

Well done, Chris, congratulations! :smile: :flex:

Luigi