Annoying forum behaviour - Page 4

kar_bon · 2011-07-13, 23:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiquidNitrogen

Why not have the best of both worlds? Start proving primes while sieving continues, and pull entries from the prover list as the siever finds more bad eggs.

Some years ago there was a program called RMA (from a contributor of the 15k Primesearch project) which used LLR and newpgen only for Riesel-base-2 numbers to do such task.

rogue · 2011-07-14, 00:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by kar_bon

Some years ago there was a program called RMA (from a contributor of the 15k Primesearch project) which used LLR and newpgen only for Riesel-base-2 numbers to do such task.

I would have mentioned that, but the developer of RMA verbally attacked George (Woltman) and was subsequently banned from this forum. Few here respect him.

Christenson · 2011-07-14, 01:04

The non-quiche-eating real programmer in me (who hasn't touched mfaktc in a week, in the best/worst of styles) suggests that the interfaces between these programs are relatively low bandwidth compared to the calculations being performed...which does not make a good candidate for a monolithic source code. Higher level abstractions, such as unix-style pipes, or standard input and output files, with small scripts tying things together will be more effective -- and help keep down the complexity faced by individual, volunteer developers, as well as allow more or less independent replacement of parts, (especially as we bring more CUDA stuff on-line).

Is there already a Wiki page with the various bits and pieces listed somewhere?

BigBrother · 2011-08-20, 09:37

cmd was banned (again)?

jasonp · 2011-08-20, 15:14

Yes, but he'll be back undeterred the moment it's lifted.

Christenson · 2011-08-20, 16:37

What's new? He's on my list of posts to ignore...permanently...

If we want to go for depth, what drives him to this behavior?

Xyzzy · 2011-08-21, 01:17

FWIW, cmd is not a member of the forum's "Annoying Members" list.

smh · 2011-08-21, 05:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

FWIW, cmd is not a member of the forum's "Annoying Members" list.

So, how do we make him a member?

Christenson · 2011-08-21, 14:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by smh

So, how do we make him a member?

If we are going to ask such questions, how about those fractional annoying members, of which there are now 3/4?

davieddy · 2011-08-21, 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christenson

What's new? He's on my list of posts to ignore...permanently...

If we want to go for depth, what drives him to this behavior?

Now I'm not really trying to defend his bouts of wanton spamming
(OK, I am a good one to talk!)
But his posts are better than those of a few others I won't mention.

1) Usually short
2) No pretence at being comprehensible
3) Music clips are often enjoyable (albeit usually irrelevant)
4) He's from Barcelona

David

kar_bon · 2011-08-21, 20:30

Annoying behaviour:

- coming in here after some month of absence
- posting in a dozen threads (one or more replys)
- 'reactivating' dead-for-months/years threads
- presenting news nobody knows before but no details given because they're secret and all here have to be shot by some organization/government if you should know about/ask for it

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2011-07-14, 01:04	#36
Christenson Dec 2010 Monticello 5·359 Posts	The non-quiche-eating real programmer in me (who hasn't touched mfaktc in a week, in the best/worst of styles) suggests that the interfaces between these programs are relatively low bandwidth compared to the calculations being performed...which does not make a good candidate for a monolithic source code. Higher level abstractions, such as unix-style pipes, or standard input and output files, with small scripts tying things together will be more effective -- and help keep down the complexity faced by individual, volunteer developers, as well as allow more or less independent replacement of parts, (especially as we bring more CUDA stuff on-line). Is there already a Wiki page with the various bits and pieces listed somewhere?

2011-08-20, 09:37	#37
BigBrother Feb 2005 The Netherlands 2×109 Posts	cmd was banned (again)?

2011-08-20, 15:14	#38
jasonp Tribal Bullet Oct 2004 3,541 Posts	Yes, but he'll be back undeterred the moment it's lifted.

2011-08-20, 16:37	#39
Christenson Dec 2010 Monticello 5·359 Posts	What's new? He's on my list of posts to ignore...permanently... If we want to go for depth, what drives him to this behavior?

2011-08-21, 01:17	#40
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 2⁵×257 Posts	FWIW, cmd is not a member of the forum's "Annoying Members" list.

2011-08-21, 20:30	#44
kar_bon Mar 2006 Germany 2³·3·11² Posts	Annoying behaviour: - coming in here after some month of absence - posting in a dozen threads (one or more replys) - 'reactivating' dead-for-months/years threads - presenting news nobody knows before but no details given because they're secret and all here have to be shot by some organization/government if you should know about/ask for it