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View Poll Results: Will GIMPS make another discovery this year?
0, I am not currently running gimps, there is no client for my PDA. 3 0.68%
1, I believe GIMPS is a good use of my time, but am not so in to it as a hobby. 21 4.76%
2-3, I have a small home network, or have my home and work machine on gimps. 23 5.22%
4-6, I have a small network at home/a few machines at work I admin. 22 4.99%
7-15, It is an obcession, true, but one I dreadfully enjoy. This is my mark on history. 14 3.17%
16+, I have the warmest apartment/have access to a large number of business or school-lab computers. My(coworkers/students) enjoy that they are making a difference and history. 20 4.54%
C 2 0.45%
D 6 1.36%
A 7 1.59%
B 3 0.68%
E 3 0.68%
F 3 0.68%
G 6 1.36%
H 1 0.23%
I 1 0.23%
Yes! Subforums are a great idea! 7 1.59%
No! I like thing the way they are! 12 2.72%
Yes! 8 1.81%
No! 10 2.27%
There are other projects? 5 1.13%
10 1 0.23%
20 1 0.23%
25 13 2.95%
50 9 2.04%
100 2 0.45%
All of them (!) 4 0.91%
Yes, I have a lot of junk^H^H^H^Hcool stuff to sell! 9 2.04%
No, it would just create a lot of problems! 16 3.63%
6 months 3 0.68%
1 year 18 4.08%
5 years 33 7.48%
10 years 4 0.91%
never 1 0.23%
~1x 1 0.23%
~4x 6 1.36%
~16x 9 2.04%
~64x 8 1.81%
>256x 8 1.81%
0. I only love GIMPS 16 3.63%
1. Mersenne primes don't provide instant gratification 12 2.72%
2-3. I'm interested in finding aliens and the cure for cancer. 6 1.36%
4-7. I have enough machines to go around. 1 0.23%
7-10. I'm obsessed with "distributed" everything. 3 0.68%
Mathematics 7 1.59%
Computer Science/Programming 10 2.27%
Engineering 8 1.81%
Physics 6 1.36%
Other 9 2.04%
Yes, and it will be over ten million digits! 2 0.45%
Yes, but it will be less than ten million digits. 26 5.90%
No, this year will be another slump. 12 2.72%
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Old 2003-06-09, 22:29   #12
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Complex33,

Dont you want to see a non-mersenne, compete with prime95 if its worthy?
Instead of having a monopoly over, the available participants.

We must ask the question.. Are we slowing down the Largest prime record just to be stubborn with this limited form 2^p-1?(As valid as it is)
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Old 2003-06-09, 22:32   #13
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To each his own 8)
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