PrimeGrid dump

Sloth · 2008-07-31, 01:33

Damn!! I thought I had a good day then I got 30K. Will have to save up for a while to beat their 1000K day.

S.

VJS · 2008-07-31, 18:29

wow with that many tests at a time do we wonder if there is a prime in there???

Or does/will primegrid post them as soon as they get them?

Sloth · 2008-07-31, 20:04

I know if you look at the stats on their pages they have the number of primes found (currently 0) I would assume they watch for a prime and would do something if one popped up. I know with the recent prime found they canceled some of tests at that point - since they were useless at that point. So they obviously are watching to make sure no "extra" work is being done for something that already has a prime.

S.

themerrill · 2008-08-01, 00:59

VJS - PrimeGrid runs tests on each k/n pair to get a quorum of 2 (2 different systems send in the same result) before any result is confirmed. I'm not sure if they post a 'prime found' after they get the first or second result, but they announce it very quickly. No sense in slowing up the works and not announcing a prime.

VJS · 2008-08-02, 12:38

very cool, glad to see that they are thinking things through as well.

2008-07-31, 01:33	#1
Sloth Mar 2006 2·47 Posts	PrimeGrid dump Damn!! I thought I had a good day then I got 30K. Will have to save up for a while to beat their 1000K day. S.

2008-08-01, 00:59	#4
themerrill Jun 2008 2×5 Posts	VJS - PrimeGrid runs tests on each k/n pair to get a quorum of 2 (2 different systems send in the same result) before any result is confirmed. I'm not sure if they post a 'prime found' after they get the first or second result, but they announce it very quickly. No sense in slowing up the works and not announcing a prime. Last fiddled with by themerrill on 2008-08-01 at 01:00

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2008-07-31, 18:29	#2
VJS Dec 2004 13×23 Posts	wow with that many tests at a time do we wonder if there is a prime in there??? Or does/will primegrid post them as soon as they get them?

2008-07-31, 20:04	#3
Sloth Mar 2006 2·47 Posts	I know if you look at the stats on their pages they have the number of primes found (currently 0) I would assume they watch for a prime and would do something if one popped up. I know with the recent prime found they canceled some of tests at that point - since they were useless at that point. So they obviously are watching to make sure no "extra" work is being done for something that already has a prime. S.

2008-08-02, 12:38	#5
VJS Dec 2004 100101011₂ Posts	very cool, glad to see that they are thinking things through as well.