The Original 'Ode To Joy' thread - Page 55

jinydu · 2010-05-12, 10:48

Code:

 Type  	 Rank  	 of  	 GHz days  	 Count
TF	1364	6584	56.2201	249
P-1	379	5652	112.5130	31
LL	294	3900	8207.8201	354
LL-D	83	2315	1889.2276	104
Overall	274	9787	10265.7808	738

> 10K GHz days
> 2K P90 CPU years
> 2*10^18 FLOPs

cheesehead · 2010-05-15, 04:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prime Monster

Since I just passed another "minor" milestone today, I thought I'd start a thread for personal achievements.

Any milestone is valid , small or large, as long as you think it is worth something

To justify this post, I need to explain the "personal achievement" and "milestone" involved. (They're pretty far-fetched.)

In 1982, I wanted to buy an Apple II and start my own software company, but needed a justification (and some cash or a big discount!). I found a retailer who'd hire me as a class instructor to teach his customers. My wife said she thought some type of kitchen assistant software, such as for calculating the re-sizing of recipe ingredients to adjust for a different number of servings, would be popular.

But after some thinking about the practicalities, I abandoned the plan and didn't get the Apple II.

Today, I stumbled across the following article.

personal achievement: First time I've read an article about cooking game software. ("Hey, that's what I should've ...")

milestone: As I said, "First time ...".

Okay, I just wanted to post the following in this thread.

- - - - -

"The Great Video Game Cook-Off"

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/p...ok-off/1399002

Quote:

Gamers tend to prefer the living room to the kitchen, but a slew of cooking games are aiming to change that. Of course, not all cooking games use the same high quality ingredients. Some focus much more on being fun games, while others are truly invested in helping you prepare meals. But which ones are the most well done? We dug in to find out.

America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking

(Nintendo DS, $19.99)

. . .

Rating : 3 out of 4 Forks

Food Network: Cook or be Cooked!

(Nintendo Wii, $19.99)

. . .

The Rating : 2.5 out of 4 Forks

Pocket Chef

(iPhone, $4.99)

. . .

The Rating : 2.5 out of 4 Forks

Personal Trainer: Cooking

(Nintendo DS, $19.99)

. . .

The Rating : 2 out of 4 Forks

petrw1 · 2010-05-29, 17:20

My Q9550 which is just over 18 months old surpassed 5,000 Ghz Days last night.

It took my entire Pool of PC's 5 years to reach 5,000 --- and I had 8 PCs by the 5th year; including this Quad for the last 5 weeks of the period.

Along with that 2 newer Quads: i5-750 and i7-860 both surpassed 2,000 recently - they are both less than 6 months old.

ixfd64 · 2010-06-03, 00:01

I finally got the chance to fix a computer that had stopped returning results back in February (it had crashed).

Xyzzy · 2010-06-07, 06:10

Whee!

rogue · 2010-06-21, 16:19

Sold!

...or at least I think it is. I have an accepted offer on my house. AFAIK, it has passed through the home inspection and is waiting for an appraisal, which is required as the buyers have an FHA loan. I didn't get the money I had wanted, but with the low interest rates, I can't complain too much. The only problem that remains is that I will be homeless in three weeks...

cheesehead · 2010-06-22, 06:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogue

Sold!

...or at least I think it is. I have an accepted offer on my house. AFAIK, it has passed through the home inspection and is waiting for an appraisal, which is required as the buyers have an FHA loan. I didn't get the money I had wanted, but with the low interest rates, I can't complain too much. The only problem that remains is that I will be homeless in three weeks...

So you're partly though one of the most stressful activities of modern life. I hope you and those around you are all doing your relaxation and other exercises.

NBtarheel_33 · 2010-07-01, 04:07

5 minutes after midnight, July 1, on the east coast of the USA. Happy Half New Year everyone!

...and Happy Canada Day to the GIMPS contingent of the Great White North. Only 7 years until the Sesquicentennial festivities...

petrw1 · 2010-07-12, 05:46

...a 49.27M LL test.

petrw1 · 2010-07-30, 18:28

10,000 GhzDays in 2010

25,000 GhzDays Lifetime

Top 100 Overall Lifetime

davieddy · 2010-08-07, 09:08

Had a better than average chat with a guy on the train
yesterday.
He was busy on his computer, but one of us brought
up the subject of prime numbers. He hadn't heard of
Mersenne, but he had heard of Fermat and Euler. He
suggested that "record prime number" was silly because
you just multiply them together and add 1.
I said there must be some flaw in that, buying the necessary
5 seconds thinking time before explaining to him why this wasn't
going to win him the prize!

BTW what is the smallest "status unknown" number ATM?
How many primes are known?

David

2010-05-12, 10:48	#595
jinydu Dec 2003 Hopefully Near M48 2×3×293 Posts	Code: Type Rank of GHz days Count TF 1364 6584 56.2201 249 P-1 379 5652 112.5130 31 LL 294 3900 8207.8201 354 LL-D 83 2315 1889.2276 104 Overall 274 9787 10265.7808 738 > 10K GHz days > 2K P90 CPU years > 2*10^18 FLOPs

2010-05-29, 17:20	#597
petrw1 1976 Toyota Corona years forever! "Wayne" Nov 2006 Saskatchewan, Canada 3×5×313 Posts	My first 5,000+ Point PC My Q9550 which is just over 18 months old surpassed 5,000 Ghz Days last night. It took my entire Pool of PC's 5 years to reach 5,000 --- and I had 8 PCs by the 5th year; including this Quad for the last 5 weeks of the period. Along with that 2 newer Quads: i5-750 and i7-860 both surpassed 2,000 recently - they are both less than 6 months old.

2010-06-07, 06:10	#599
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 20065₈ Posts	Whee! Attached Thumbnails

2010-07-01, 04:07	#602
NBtarheel_33 "Nathan" Jul 2008 Maryland, USA 5·223 Posts	Happy Half New Year! 5 minutes after midnight, July 1, on the east coast of the USA. Happy Half New Year everyone! ...and Happy Canada Day to the GIMPS contingent of the Great White North. Only 7 years until the Sesquicentennial festivities...

2010-07-12, 05:46	#603
petrw1 1976 Toyota Corona years forever! "Wayne" Nov 2006 Saskatchewan, Canada 1257₁₆ Posts	My first >100 GhzDays completion ...a 49.27M LL test.

2010-06-03, 00:01	#598
ixfd64 Bemusing Prompter "Danny" Dec 2002 California 95E₁₆ Posts	I finally got the chance to fix a computer that had stopped returning results back in February (it had crashed).

2010-06-21, 16:19	#600
rogue "Mark" Apr 2003 Between here and the 6356₁₀ Posts	Sold! ...or at least I think it is. I have an accepted offer on my house. AFAIK, it has passed through the home inspection and is waiting for an appraisal, which is required as the buyers have an FHA loan. I didn't get the money I had wanted, but with the low interest rates, I can't complain too much. The only problem that remains is that I will be homeless in three weeks...

2010-07-30, 18:28	#604
petrw1 1976 Toyota Corona years forever! "Wayne" Nov 2006 Saskatchewan, Canada 3·5·313 Posts	A few recent personal milestones. 10,000 GhzDays in 2010 25,000 GhzDays Lifetime Top 100 Overall Lifetime

2010-08-07, 09:08	#605
davieddy "Lucan" Dec 2006 England 1100101001010₂ Posts	Day trip to Brighton Had a better than average chat with a guy on the train yesterday. He was busy on his computer, but one of us brought up the subject of prime numbers. He hadn't heard of Mersenne, but he had heard of Fermat and Euler. He suggested that "record prime number" was silly because you just multiply them together and add 1. I said there must be some flaw in that, buying the necessary 5 seconds thinking time before explaining to him why this wasn't going to win him the prize! BTW what is the smallest "status unknown" number ATM? How many primes are known? David Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2010-08-07 at 09:18

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