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[Brian-E]

Originally Posted by Madpoo

There's an exponent in the 58M range that, for some reason, is marked in the database as needing a double-check even though no first time check exists. I think it got tagged wrong for some old reason, like maybe a result did come in for it but was bogus or something, but meanwhile it never got set back to an exponent needing a first time check.

I can think of a rather exciting reason why an LL-test result might get hidden from general view until some rather urgent double, triple and quadruple tests had been carried out. Only theoretically, of course - I doubt that this is really the case here. Still, I do wonder what exactly you would see in the database the next time that exciting circumstance were to happen (I believe that last time it happened you didn't have the intimate access to the database which you do now).

[Madpoo]

Originally Posted by Brian-E

I can think of a rather exciting reason why an LL-test result might get hidden from general view until some rather urgent double, triple and quadruple tests had been carried out. Only theoretically, of course - I doubt that this is really the case here. Still, I do wonder what exactly you would see in the database the next time that exciting circumstance were to happen (I believe that last time it happened you didn't have the intimate access to the database which you do now).

Well, it was nothing as exciting as that. The exponent in question is: M58138603

Neither George nor I had any explanation for why it was marked as "double check needed" instead of a first time check, but anyway, it got fixed. If it hasn't been already, it'll be assigned to someone pretty soon.

As for what happens when a prime is discovered, I'm not really sure what all takes place... I know there are certain things that happen to try and keep word of that from leaking out until confirmations are done, and I've added a few things myself to just make sure none of the reports will accidentally leak that info prematurely.

I think a determined person could probably figure it out if they searched hard enough, but I'm not really sure...

[cuBerBruce]

Originally Posted by Madpoo

The exponent in question is: M58138603

If's the lowest of the remaining 58Ms, and yes, it's been assigned to someone. It has bumped my #13 exponent down to #14.

[LaurV]

Originally Posted by Madpoo

As for what happens when a prime is discovered, I'm not really sure what all takes place...

That is very easy to find, we only have to find a new prime. So, everybody back to work, and turn that prime in, till tonight!

[Madpoo]

Originally Posted by LaurV

That is very easy to find, we only have to find a new prime. So, everybody back to work, and turn that prime in, till tonight!

Maybe. I remember looking at past conversations when people suspected a prime was found. Let's just say that some methods used previously to divine the exponent by looking for what wasn't there may not be so successful. There still might be other ways though, I haven't really gone through it all.

[cuBerBruce]

Countdown to testing all exponents below M(57885161) once: 7

Countdown to first time checking all exponents below 58M: 7 (Estimated completion : 2015-09-22)

7 to go...

It looks to me that M(57404873) was not really poached, but rather completed by someone who was assigned it once, but didn't complete it within the required 90 days.

[LaurV]

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grrr... I looked 5 minutes to your avatar, even enlarged it till it was matching my pupillary distance and looked more, with my eyes crossed... It is not a 3D animation, for sure!
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[cuBerBruce]

Originally Posted by LaurV

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grrr... I looked 5 minutes to your avatar, even enlarged it till it was matching my pupillary distance and looked more, with my eyes crossed... It is not a 3D animation, for sure!
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For the record, I have not set any avatar. I generally find them too distracting and disable them, so if an admin messed around with my avatar, I probably wouldn't even notice.
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[tha]

The number of exponents between 1.000.000 and 2.000.000 that have not been factored and hence 'only' have a LL test has dropped to the nice round value of 20.000 in the hourly stats page.

[tha]

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[LaurV]

Maybe a milestone worth mentioning is the fact that by today, there is no exponent TFed under 62. The last two of them moved from 61 to 62 yesterday (or the day before, depending on your time zone).

In this respect, I think that James' fresh tables would have to be edited, to get rid of the "<61" and "61" columns, making it more suitable to fit the screen for some of us who are still using narrow monitors (the upper right menu contributes to this too, pushing wider tables down the page, but that is another story). We "know" there are no expos under 62, so there should not be necessary to have a column for it. If the tickle in the palm is too unbearable, then other columns can be added on the other side (like 80++ bits, useful for LMH).

(sorry James )