You just might be addicted to GIMPS if... - Page 7

Complex33 · 2003-07-26, 15:01

:D Done that ;)

ThomRuley · 2003-07-26, 20:58

What does keeping a laptop in the refrigerator accomplish? I keep hearing about this but it doesn't make any sense to me. :?

kwstone · 2003-07-27, 04:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThomRuley

What does keeping a laptop in the refrigerator accomplish? I keep hearing about this but it doesn't make any sense to me. :?

According to DC lore, it prevents your laptop CPU from throttling down to a lower speed because of overheating. (Fans in laptops are usually pretty wimpy)

lycorn · 2003-07-27, 17:52

... you get up early (6:00 UTC = Lisbon time zone) in the morning on a Sunday just to grab a first-time test exponent below M39 you know will be expiring that day

NickGlover · 2003-07-27, 19:54

... you stay up (2 AM Eastern time; when I lived on the East coast) to grab expiring exponents.

... you automate the process of grabbing expiring exponents so you don't have to stay up late.

E_tron · 2003-08-08, 16:18

...if you port p95 for your video card hoping that you will clear more exponents without suffering gaming performance :D .

eepiccolo · 2003-08-08, 18:03

... if you switch to console gaming from PC gaming to free up more CPU cycles.

E_tron · 2003-08-08, 20:47

...if you buy a second CPU for gaming so you can keep prime95 bussy on

... WAIT

! That CPU should be running prime95 too :D !

QuintLeo · 2003-08-09, 03:46

I feel SO behind - "only" have about 14 Gighz total, and over 1 Ghz of that is in K5 machines (at ACTUAL CLOCK, not PR ratings).....

8-O

wpolly · 2003-08-09, 07:04

......if you set Marin Mersenne as your computer's wallpaper.

kwstone · 2003-08-09, 08:27

... someone innocently asks you whether you have a hardware problem and you reply, irritated, "I don't have a hardware problem. I can stop buying hardware any time I like!"

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2003-07-26, 15:01	#67
Complex33 Aug 2002 Texas 5×31 Posts	:D Done that ;)

2003-07-26, 20:58	#68
ThomRuley May 2003 2³·31 Posts	What does keeping a laptop in the refrigerator accomplish? I keep hearing about this but it doesn't make any sense to me. :?

2003-07-27, 17:52	#70
lycorn Sep 2002 Oeiras, Portugal 2700₈ Posts	... you get up early (6:00 UTC = Lisbon time zone) in the morning on a Sunday just to grab a first-time test exponent below M39 you know will be expiring that day

2003-07-27, 19:54	#71
NickGlover Aug 2002 Richland, WA 204₈ Posts	... you stay up (2 AM Eastern time; when I lived on the East coast) to grab expiring exponents. ... you automate the process of grabbing expiring exponents so you don't have to stay up late.

2003-08-08, 16:18	#72
E_tron Sep 2002 Austin, TX 1000110001₂ Posts	...if you port p95 for your video card hoping that you will clear more exponents without suffering gaming performance :D .

2003-08-08, 18:03	#73
eepiccolo Dec 2002 Frederick County, MD 2×5×37 Posts	... if you switch to console gaming from PC gaming to free up more CPU cycles.

2003-08-08, 20:47	#74
E_tron Sep 2002 Austin, TX 3·11·17 Posts	...if you buy a second CPU for gaming so you can keep prime95 bussy on ... WAIT ! That CPU should be running prime95 too :D !

2003-08-09, 03:46	#75
QuintLeo Oct 2002 Lost in the hills of Iowa 2⁶·7 Posts	I feel SO behind - "only" have about 14 Gighz total, and over 1 Ghz of that is in K5 machines (at ACTUAL CLOCK, not PR ratings)..... 8-O

2003-08-09, 07:04	#76
wpolly Sep 2002 Vienna, Austria 3×73 Posts	......if you set Marin Mersenne as your computer's wallpaper.

2003-08-09, 08:27	#77
kwstone Jun 2003 Shanghai, China 109 Posts	... someone innocently asks you whether you have a hardware problem and you reply, irritated, "I don't have a hardware problem. I can stop buying hardware any time I like!"