You just might be addicted to GIMPS if... - Page 78

kladner · 2019-03-05, 01:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by kriesel

An all purpose practice squad, for numerous NFL pro football teams, whose players inexplicably receive pro football level salaries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Chicago_Bears_season

Also, just one of the several pro sports ~~rackets~~ teams which afflict Chicago and are always angling more taxpayer support for their private businesses, especially when it comes to stadiums, roads, water, sewage, police support, and a host of other benefits the owners don't begin to pay for. They do entertain pols in their sky boxes, though.

InsetIowa9 · 2019-04-04, 00:44

...you can no longer use Chrome due to P-1 stage 2 using all the memory, but watching 25 RP’s at a time getting processed is too beautiful...

(Note: If 25 relative primes seems low, it’s because I have a really old laptop that only supports 4GB, and Windows uses about 1.8GB of that.)

lukerichards · 2019-04-29, 20:21

... you remember you have an old broken Dell computer with a 2.5Ghz Intel Core2 Duo, no Hard Drive, no graphics card and no network card, dig it out and manage to get it running a Live USB version of Debian which seems to be running mprime quite satisfactorily.

Uncwilly · 2020-08-09, 02:46

The local constables pay you a visit because the local electrical utility has flagged your house as a possible "grow house"

Uncwilly · 2020-08-09, 02:47

Bitcoin miners buy the hardware that you are taking out of production because it is too slow.

Uncwilly · 2020-08-09, 02:50

Amazon, Google, Microsoft cloud services send you Christmas cards.

storm5510 · 2020-08-09, 15:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

The local constables pay you a visit because the local electrical utility has flagged your house as a possible "grow house"

When you can relax in the winter wearing only your Bermuda Shorts with the furnace turned off.

Chuck · 2020-08-09, 17:49

You get up in the middle of the night to restart all your Colab notebooks.

Uncwilly · 2020-08-09, 18:31

You buy broken mobile phones and force them into GIMPS servitude.

Uncwilly · 2020-08-20, 18:43

You wear/order/design/purchase one of these: https://www.mersenne.org/images/shirt.png

kriesel · 2020-08-21, 05:04

Ernst's $300/month electrical power bill seems low.

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2019-04-04, 00:44	#849
InsetIowa9 Mar 2019 5 Posts	...you can no longer use Chrome due to P-1 stage 2 using all the memory, but watching 25 RP’s at a time getting processed is too beautiful... (Note: If 25 relative primes seems low, it’s because I have a really old laptop that only supports 4GB, and Windows uses about 1.8GB of that.)

2019-04-29, 20:21	#850
lukerichards "Luke Richards" Jan 2018 Birmingham, UK 288₁₀ Posts	... you remember you have an old broken Dell computer with a 2.5Ghz Intel Core2 Duo, no Hard Drive, no graphics card and no network card, dig it out and manage to get it running a Live USB version of Debian which seems to be running mprime quite satisfactorily.

2020-08-09, 02:46	#851
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 2³×1,223 Posts	The local constables pay you a visit because the local electrical utility has flagged your house as a possible "grow house"

2020-08-09, 02:47	#852
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 9784₁₀ Posts	Bitcoin miners buy the hardware that you are taking out of production because it is too slow.

2020-08-09, 02:50	#853
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 2638₁₆ Posts	Amazon, Google, Microsoft cloud services send you Christmas cards.

2020-08-09, 17:49	#855
Chuck May 2011 Orange Park, FL 375₁₆ Posts	You get up in the middle of the night to restart all your Colab notebooks.

2020-08-09, 18:31	#856
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 2³·1,223 Posts	You buy broken mobile phones and force them into GIMPS servitude.

2020-08-20, 18:43	#857
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 10011000111000₂ Posts	You wear/order/design/purchase one of these: https://www.mersenne.org/images/shirt.png

2020-08-21, 05:04	#858
kriesel "TF79LL86GIMPS96gpu17" Mar 2017 US midwest 31×173 Posts	Ernst's $300/month electrical power bill seems low.