Quick Question about assignments

[Chuck]

I had a productive session last night; found three factors.

 
46330591   F   2011-10-27 13:28  579283106400752148679
46234651   F   2011-10-27 13:28  532673574252176900863
45699749   F   2011-10-27 13:28  565866049829123082257

Chuck

[kladner]

Originally Posted by davieddy

[SNIP] Sometimes my poor eyesight is to blame for mistaking a double inverted comma (") for an asterisk (*). Is it an American trait to use the latter for this purpose, or simply some keyboard difference?
David

I'm not sure about everyone's habits, but I frame words in asterisks as a form of emphasis, especially in environments which don't allow such niceties as Bold, Italic, or Underscore. That doesn't apply here, but habits take on lives of their own.

[Christenson]

I use quotes to indicate a degree of disposession -- someone else's words, not to be taken as gospel from me....

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by kladner

I'm not sure about everyone's habits, but I frame words in asterisks as a form of emphasis, especially in environments which don't allow such niceties as Bold, Italic, or Underscore. That doesn't apply here, but habits take on lives of their own.

I generally use asterisks to express something that isn't meant to be thought of as spoken. Like,

"There's a giant bird come to kidnap us!"
*ducks* (-- get it?)
"Nevermind, we all ducked, it went right over us!"

Or

*smacks the Brit for being Brit*

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by LaurV

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edit: **: regardless of the order they appear, P95 will execute first the assignment that takes less time, so if you have first line in worktodo a LL test and second line a TF or ECM, the TF or ECM will be executed first. The reason is that if a factor is found, the longer job (LL) may not need to be done anymore, so a lot of time is saved.

This is emphatically not true.

From undoc.txt:

The program used to do factoring and P-1 testing on exponents even if
they were not the first entry in worktodo.txt.  The rationale was that
if the number had a factor, the server could be contacted and another
exponent reserved.  This avoids the possible scenario where the LL test
for the first worktodo.txt line completes, a factor is quickly found for
the second line in worktodo.txt and the computer now sits idle until
the server can be contacted.  This behavior was confusing, especially
to newcomers.  To restore this old behavior add this line to prime.txt:
	SequentialWorkToDo=0
One added benefit is time estimates in Test/Status will be more accurate
because we'll know no factors will be found and the LL test must be run.

What you said about saving tests is correct, but Prime95 no longer works that way.

[Mr. P-1]

Originally Posted by LaurV

edit: **: regardless of the order they appear, P95 will execute first the assignment that takes less time, so if you have first line in worktodo a LL test and second line a TF or ECM, the TF or ECM will be executed first. The reason is that if a factor is found, the longer job (LL) may not need to be done anymore, so a lot of time is saved.

Originally Posted by Dubslow

This is emphatically not true.

Nor was it ever true. prime95 would never prioritise, for example, the second of the following over the first, even if it would be quicker:

Factor=exponent1,67,68
Factor=exponent1,66,67

The only thing it ever did, as explained in undoc.txt, is prioritise the factorisation stage(s) of Test and doublecheck assignments.

[Dubslow]

Erm, Mr. P-1, it seems I got my threads mixed up. Can you send me another 50-100 assignments? Probably closer to 100, I only have 25 in queue right now.

[Mr. P-1]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

Erm, Mr. P-1, it seems I got my threads mixed up. Can you send me another 50-100 assignments? Probably closer to 100, I only have 25 in queue right now.

Check your mail.

[Mr. P-1]

Could everyone who has accepted assignments from me please send me your results files after you have submitted them to the server. It doesn't matter if they have other assignments mixed in with mine.

Thanks everyone for your help.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by Mr. P-1

Could everyone who has accepted assignments from me please send me your results files after you have submitted them to the server. It doesn't matter if they have other assignments mixed in with mine.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Got it. Will do.

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by Mr. P-1

Could everyone who has accepted assignments from me please send me your results files after you have submitted them to the server. It doesn't matter if they have other assignments mixed in with mine.

Thanks everyone for your help.

I don't have them. But I can give you a list of factors found, if that's sufficient?