|
|
|||||||
| View Poll Results: Will GIMPS make another discovery this year? | |||
| 0, I am not currently running gimps, there is no client for my PDA. |
   
|
3 | 0.68% |
| 1, I believe GIMPS is a good use of my time, but am not so in to it as a hobby. |
  
|
21 | 4.76% |
| 2-3, I have a small home network, or have my home and work machine on gimps. |
  
|
23 | 5.22% |
| 4-6, I have a small network at home/a few machines at work I admin. |
  
|
22 | 4.99% |
| 7-15, It is an obcession, true, but one I dreadfully enjoy. This is my mark on history. |
  
|
14 | 3.17% |
| 16+, I have the warmest apartment/have access to a large number of business or school-lab computers. My(coworkers/students) enjoy that they are making a difference and history. |
  
|
20 | 4.54% |
| C |
|
2 | 0.45% |
| D |
|
6 | 1.36% |
| A |
|
7 | 1.59% |
| B |
|
3 | 0.68% |
| E |
|
3 | 0.68% |
| F |
|
3 | 0.68% |
| G |
|
6 | 1.36% |
| H |
|
1 | 0.23% |
| I |
|
1 | 0.23% |
| Yes! Subforums are a great idea! |
|
7 | 1.59% |
| No! I like thing the way they are! |
|
12 | 2.72% |
| Yes! |
|
8 | 1.81% |
| No! |
|
10 | 2.27% |
| There are other projects? |
|
5 | 1.13% |
| 10 |
|
1 | 0.23% |
| 20 |
|
1 | 0.23% |
| 25 |
|
13 | 2.95% |
| 50 |
|
9 | 2.04% |
| 100 |
|
2 | 0.45% |
| All of them (!) |
|
4 | 0.91% |
| Yes, I have a lot of junk^H^H^H^Hcool stuff to sell! |
|
9 | 2.04% |
| No, it would just create a lot of problems! |
|
16 | 3.63% |
| 6 months |
|
3 | 0.68% |
| 1 year |
|
18 | 4.08% |
| 5 years |
|
33 | 7.48% |
| 10 years |
|
4 | 0.91% |
| never |
|
1 | 0.23% |
| ~1x |
|
1 | 0.23% |
| ~4x |
|
6 | 1.36% |
| ~16x |
|
9 | 2.04% |
| ~64x |
|
8 | 1.81% |
| >256x |
|
8 | 1.81% |
| 0. I only love GIMPS |
|
16 | 3.63% |
| 1. Mersenne primes don't provide instant gratification |
|
12 | 2.72% |
| 2-3. I'm interested in finding aliens and the cure for cancer. |
|
6 | 1.36% |
| 4-7. I have enough machines to go around. |
|
1 | 0.23% |
| 7-10. I'm obsessed with "distributed" everything. |
|
3 | 0.68% |
| Mathematics |
|
7 | 1.59% |
| Computer Science/Programming |
|
10 | 2.27% |
| Engineering |
|
8 | 1.81% |
| Physics |
|
6 | 1.36% |
| Other |
|
9 | 2.04% |
| Yes, and it will be over ten million digits! |
|
2 | 0.45% |
| Yes, but it will be less than ten million digits. |
|
26 | 5.90% |
| No, this year will be another slump. |
|
12 | 2.72% |
| Voters: 441. You may not vote on this poll | |||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools |
2003-06-09, 22:29
|
#12 |
|
3·5·73 Posts |
Complex33,
Dont you want to see a non-mersenne, compete with prime95 if its worthy? Instead of having a monopoly over, the available participants. We must ask the question.. Are we slowing down the Largest prime record just to be stubborn with this limited form 2^p-1?(As valid as it is)  
|
|
|
2003-06-09, 22:32
|
#13 |
Aug 2002
Texas
5×31 Posts |
To each his own 8)
|
|
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| U-u-u-uge discovery about Prime numbers | Matthieu Chaume | Miscellaneous Math | 16 | 2017-02-06 01:47 |
| Year Over Year TF Progress | petrw1 | Factoring | 3 | 2013-03-20 19:34 |
| TPS Discovery Rally: January 14-16 | Oddball | Twin Prime Search | 27 | 2011-01-17 07:00 |
| My new discovery!! | Merfighters | Lounge | 3 | 2010-04-07 11:46 |
| M43 discovery date | Prime95 | Lounge | 55 | 2006-01-30 19:51 |
