Working on the 28,000,000-30,000,000 range

tha · 2013-12-21, 18:37

Just to let know to other people who are doing non server assigned work in this range.

Early November a lot of exponents lagging at the Double Check wavefront were released back into the pool. Unfortunatly it looks like many of them they were picked up again by another client that does not actually do any work. These exponents were reserved but never updated, are registered to ANONYMOUS, with no cpu name, no work recorded and with 'days to go' gone to a negative value.

The ones marked with an asterisk are seven exponents that I have started working on (extra P-1 and LL) and expect to finish before the 60 days period is over.

28258819 * Tha
28262609 * Tha
28339513 * Tha
28351957 * Tha
28404611 * Tha
28425883 * Tha
28452059 * Tha

28465331
28471337
28474087
28476733
28485169
28489207
28491019
28491101
28497499
28513531
28514449
28514693
28519753
28531051
28531057
28533929
28535261
28539479
28544231
28546901
28550267
28550311
28550909
28563097
28566569
28573081
28574713
28579189
28579757
28588337
28589321
28592209
28598201
28602817
28611707
28612691
28613119
28617217
28622617
28627297
28655009
28658687
28663183
28663433
28668589
28679789
28693109
28730941
28751323
28757419
28759363
28759477
28779329
28784731
28786301
28809983
28813847
28818913
28818919
28819093
28819289
28821313
28824689
28842977
28861241
28864109
28869107
28875697
28875751
28876157
28876307
28876597
28877843
28879159
28881109
28887407
28888129
28888261
28890131
28890751
28891537
28892641
28894681
28897207
28898743
28899917
28900217
28900997
28939003
28944551
28968389
28970779
28975501
28976737
28977737
28980199
28980229
28981999
28986851
28990187
28995443
29029769
29031329
29031503
29031553
29126737
29127017
29127349
29204239
29206651

petrw1 · 2013-12-21, 19:20

My guess is that it was CKDO that released them...he used to have lots in that range.
Not sure if it was on purpose though or due to a PC not reporting in for 60 days.

tha · 2013-12-21, 20:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by petrw1

My guess is that it was CKDO that released them...he used to have lots in that range.
Not sure if it was on purpose though or due to a PC not reporting in for 60 days.

He released them on purpose. The range 26M to 28M has since been progressing fast. By then the unknown client that apparently was registered as having enough confidence and reliability to be assigned preferred exponents kicked in and seemingly abandonded them directly after.

Miszka · 2013-12-23, 06:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by tha

Just to let know to other people who are doing non server assigned work in this range.

Early November a lot of exponents lagging at the Double Check wavefront were released back into the pool. Unfortunatly it looks like many of them they were picked up again by another client that does not actually do any work. These exponents were reserved but never updated, are registered to ANONYMOUS, with no cpu name, no work recorded and with 'days to go' gone to a negative value.

The ones marked with an asterisk are seven exponents that I have started working on (extra P-1 and LL) and expect to finish before the 60 days period is over.

28258819 * Tha
28262609 * Tha
28339513 * Tha
28351957 * Tha
28404611 * Tha
28425883 * Tha
28452059 * Tha
(...)

How to start working P-1 for example 28550909?

tha · 2013-12-23, 10:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miszka

How to start working P-1 for example 28550909?

First you look up this exponent at the report exponent page. If you want to do significant more P-1 work on the exponent you add the folling line to your worktodo.txt file

Pminus1=N/A,1,2,28550909,-1,600000,12000000

The last two values are B1 and B2. The values 1,2 and -1 must remain. You can omit this entire step if you are satisfied with the P-1 done on this exponent.

Next, look up the assignments page. It is here that you can see on which day the exponent was assigned, that it has never been updated and that as of today "the days to go" is at -21. When that value reaches -60 it will be reassigned by the server. So any work you do on that exponent has to be finished by then.

If you find a factor in the P-1 stage your work on this exponent is done. If not (most likely) and if you can complete the work in time add the following line to your worktodo.txt file

DoubleCheck=N/A,28550909,71,1

N/A means you assigned yourself this exponent, and the server did not. The value 71 is from the reported trial factoring done and the 1 means that P-1 has been done on this exponent already.

As you can see on the report a user by the name of Jerry Hallett did the factoring up to 71 only two days ago.

Your worktodo.txt file has an entry for each core of your processor. So if you have a four core machine, you can work on four exponents at the same time, just add the lines under each entry [Worker #1] up to [Worker #4]

Miszka · 2013-12-23, 13:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by tha

First you look up this exponent at the report exponent page. If you want to do significant more P-1 work on the exponent you add the folling line to your worktodo.txt file

Pminus1=N/A,1,2,28550909,-1,600000,12000000

The last two values are B1 and B2. The values 1,2 and -1 must remain. You can omit this entire step if you are satisfied with the P-1 done on this exponent.

Next, look up the assignments page. It is here that you can see on which day the exponent was assigned, that it has never been updated and that as of today "the days to go" is at -21. When that value reaches -60 it will be reassigned by the server. So any work you do on that exponent has to be finished by then.

If you find a factor in the P-1 stage your work on this exponent is done. If not (most likely) and if you can complete the work in time add the following line to your worktodo.txt file

DoubleCheck=N/A,28550909,71,1

N/A means you assigned yourself this exponent, and the server did not. The value 71 is from the reported trial factoring done and the 1 means that P-1 has been done on this exponent already.

As you can see on the report a user by the name of Jerry Hallett did the factoring up to 71 only two days ago.

Your worktodo.txt file has an entry for each core of your processor. So if you have a four core machine, you can work on four exponents at the same time, just add the lines under each entry [Worker #1] up to [Worker #4]

I have started working M28550909 (P-1 and next LL-D)

Miszka · 2013-12-23, 19:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miszka

I have started working M28550909 (P-1 and next LL-D)

M28550909 completed P-1. Double-checking now

chalsall · 2013-12-23, 19:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miszka

M28550909 completed P-1. Double-checking now

Technically, DCing a candidate already assigned for DCing (or LLing similarly) is considered "poaching" by "the community" (or, at least, some of it; definitely those who are not lactose intolerant...).

On the other hand... A regular and dependable participant might wonder why the lowest untested candidate (once, without being suspect) has been allowed to linger for 1,144 days?

tha · 2013-12-23, 19:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miszka

M28550909 completed P-1.

My four years old machine suddenly feels a lot older now. It does that assignment in 26 hours.

tha · 2013-12-23, 20:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by chalsall

Technically, DCing a candidate already assigned for DCing (or LLing similarly) is considered "poaching" by "the community"?

To avoid poaching I waited until the "days to go" went well into the negative. Together with all the other indicators it is reasonable safe to assume these assignments have been abandonded.

People who reserve exponents as "ANONYMOUS" and want to distinguish themselves could enhance the profile of their assignments by at least filling in a computername. That would keep me from considering an exponent.

When an assignment becomes the tail of DC or LL and indicates to need a lot more time to complete or give no reliable indication it is not unreasonable to have another computer doubling the work.

kracker · 2013-12-23, 20:45

That does not guarantee 100% that he/she will not pick it up again.

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2013-12-21, 18:37	#1
tha Dec 2002 864₁₀ Posts	Working on the 28,000,000-30,000,000 range Just to let know to other people who are doing non server assigned work in this range. Early November a lot of exponents lagging at the Double Check wavefront were released back into the pool. Unfortunatly it looks like many of them they were picked up again by another client that does not actually do any work. These exponents were reserved but never updated, are registered to ANONYMOUS, with no cpu name, no work recorded and with 'days to go' gone to a negative value. The ones marked with an asterisk are seven exponents that I have started working on (extra P-1 and LL) and expect to finish before the 60 days period is over. 28258819 * Tha 28262609 * Tha 28339513 * Tha 28351957 * Tha 28404611 * Tha 28425883 * Tha 28452059 * Tha 28465331 28471337 28474087 28476733 28485169 28489207 28491019 28491101 28497499 28513531 28514449 28514693 28519753 28531051 28531057 28533929 28535261 28539479 28544231 28546901 28550267 28550311 28550909 28563097 28566569 28573081 28574713 28579189 28579757 28588337 28589321 28592209 28598201 28602817 28611707 28612691 28613119 28617217 28622617 28627297 28655009 28658687 28663183 28663433 28668589 28679789 28693109 28730941 28751323 28757419 28759363 28759477 28779329 28784731 28786301 28809983 28813847 28818913 28818919 28819093 28819289 28821313 28824689 28842977 28861241 28864109 28869107 28875697 28875751 28876157 28876307 28876597 28877843 28879159 28881109 28887407 28888129 28888261 28890131 28890751 28891537 28892641 28894681 28897207 28898743 28899917 28900217 28900997 28939003 28944551 28968389 28970779 28975501 28976737 28977737 28980199 28980229 28981999 28986851 28990187 28995443 29029769 29031329 29031503 29031553 29126737 29127017 29127349 29204239 29206651 Last fiddled with by tha on 2013-12-21 at 18:37

2013-12-21, 19:20	#2
petrw1 1976 Toyota Corona years forever! "Wayne" Nov 2006 Saskatchewan, Canada 5²×211 Posts	My guess is that it was CKDO that released them...he used to have lots in that range. Not sure if it was on purpose though or due to a PC not reporting in for 60 days.

2013-12-23, 20:45	#11
kracker "Mr. Meeseeks" Jan 2012 California, USA 2⁷×17 Posts	That does not guarantee 100% that he/she will not pick it up again.