Forum: Hardware
2016-03-27, 17:40
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Replies: 5
Views: 941
No more free lunch. Dennard scaling gave out 12...
No more free lunch. Dennard scaling gave out 12 years ago (bringing the era of multi core and complicated out of order pipeline designs) and Morse Law gave out ~3 years ago (no more free transistors).
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Forum: Lounge
2016-01-19, 04:03
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,733
It's kind of like winning the lottery....
It's kind of like winning the lottery. Unauthorized installs of Prime95 will suddenly become a good source of PR for the affected party (not to mention a footnote in history books).
A discovery...
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Forum: News
2016-01-19, 03:52
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Replies: 631
Views: 91,026
I eagerly await the news. Congrats to the...
I eagerly await the news. Congrats to the Mersenne Community; a genuine discovery.
Too bad we have to wait. If it was a hash, anyone could verify it :yucky: . It's unfortunate so many resources...
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Forum: Lounge
2013-12-03, 16:30
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Replies: 110
Views: 15,437
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Forum: Lounge
2013-12-03, 16:10
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Replies: 110
Views: 15,437
Wow, thank you guys for thinking this Mersenne...
Wow, thank you guys for thinking this Mersenne Coin idea through.
What if the Mersenne Coin network was a hybrid of suggested factorization mining and a modified LL-based mining (explored next...
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Forum: Lounge
2013-12-01, 05:44
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Replies: 110
Views: 15,437
I still think we should start handing out...
I still think we should start handing out Mersenne Coins.
We could force the GIMPS FFT or P-1 algorithm to make rare data digests to drive verifiable transactions in a cryptocurrency right?...
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Forum: Lounge
2013-11-27, 06:19
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Replies: 110
Views: 15,437
Please DO NOT send some bitcoin to address:...
Please DO NOT send some bitcoin to address: 31etronzHogaPeGnFsNPBSbLAf7odtBsjj. I assure you this address is a bitcoin oblivion. The private key doesn't exist. Bitcoin can be sent there, but it will...
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Forum: Lounge
2013-11-27, 04:28
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Replies: 110
Views: 15,437
For now, bitcoin isn't a useful currency. It's...
For now, bitcoin isn't a useful currency. It's extremely deflationary and the value fluctuates every rapidly. For now (and probably forever), bitcoin will be a speculation vehicle. Also, coins are...
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Forum: Lounge
2013-11-27, 02:20
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Replies: 110
Views: 15,437
Bitcoin has a legitimate problem concerning...
Bitcoin has a legitimate problem concerning mining and generation of new blocks and transactions. The future of the network appears to be in jeopardy.
Currently bitcoin mining is only somewhat...
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Forum: Lounge
2013-11-23, 22:52
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Replies: 110
Views: 15,437
Too bad we never thought about adding a...
Too bad we never thought about adding a concurrency component to the GIMPS platform. There might be a way to force to force the FFT algorithm to generate interesting digests to drive a...
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Forum: Lounge
2013-04-10, 03:36
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,338
Consider "upgrading" to Windows 2000. It's a...
Consider "upgrading" to Windows 2000. It's a great product; still works :smile: I think Windows 8 computers come with secure UEFI booting enabled by default. Try disabling that function before trying...
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Forum: Hardware
2013-03-23, 20:57
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Replies: 543
Views: 63,455
Why doesn't Intel send engineering samples to...
Why doesn't Intel send engineering samples to you? Your highly optimized software is one of the hallmarks for testing Intel's microprocessors :smile:
Consider asking them for review or engineering...
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Forum: GPU Computing
2013-03-23, 19:25
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Replies: 47
Views: 5,675
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Forum: Lounge
2013-02-25, 17:43
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Replies: 103
Views: 11,972
Considering Curtis Cooper's staggering...
Considering Curtis Cooper's staggering contribution to GIMPS, he must also have a staggering electric bill... Unless:
121. Curtis Cooper is a major stake holder in the West Central Electric...
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Forum: GPU Computing
2013-02-25, 14:21
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Replies: 1,684
Views: 284,367
I'm glad to see that GPU TF has come so far;...
I'm glad to see that GPU TF has come so far; thank you all for your effort. I'm trying out Mfakto on an AMD A8-5600K APU. Looks promising, but CPU sieving appears to be a bottleneck.
Any hope of...
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Forum: News
2013-02-05, 18:40
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Replies: 571
Views: 105,650
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Forum: Software
2013-01-27, 08:18
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,467
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Forum: Lounge
2012-08-12, 12:34
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Replies: 123
Views: 45,194
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Forum: Software
2011-10-28, 13:24
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,329
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Forum: PrimeNet
2010-11-09, 18:08
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Replies: 2
Views: 772
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Forum: PrimeNet
2010-11-08, 22:45
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Replies: 2
Views: 772
Question regarding expired LL exponents
I have a machine that fell off primenet (and the Internet) earlier this year. It's LL exponent has since been reallocated and completed my another machine on primenet.
My machine completed the...
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Forum: PrimeNet
2010-11-08, 22:42
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Replies: 3
Views: 992
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Forum: Lounge
2009-12-18, 06:38
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Replies: 0
Views: 630
AT&T gets a reality check
AT&T is thinking about giving heavy data users "incentives" to use less data on their cell phone network:
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Forum: Lounge
2008-07-19, 02:59
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Replies: 1
Views: 906
Zzyzx, in sign form?
I stumbled across this in the Deserts of California; it resembles someone many of us know:smile:.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bloodonthemotorway/2639963833/
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Forum: Lounge
2007-07-30, 20:54
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Replies: 2
Views: 745
Web Cam in a car heading West on Route 66.
I thought i'de share this with you guys. I'm driving to Petaluma, CA and for the next 2 days you can view a web cam mounted on the dashboard of my car.
I'm using Spring PCS Mobile Broadband (its...
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