certificate of appreciation

2004-02-06, 17:02

May I receive a certificate of appreciation by Mersenne Prime Search?

edorajh · 2004-02-07, 09:50

I don't think GIMPS has such feature. Not a bad idea though.

PrimeCruncher · 2004-02-07, 15:30

I agree, though all that paper and ink would be costly. Maybe it would be better just to present them to long-term GIMPSers, i.e. those who have been doing it for over a year, or maybe have 25 CPU years of credit in LL or TF.

edorajh · 2004-02-07, 17:10

Actualy, it doesn't have to cost at all. Some projects have simple PDF file or something like that. So you print it on your printer. Some give certificates for participation and for certain milestones. And it could be special certificate for finding things we're looking for.

PrimeCruncher · 2004-02-07, 19:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by edorajh

Actualy, it doesn't have to cost at all. Some projects have simple PDF file or something like that. So you print it on your printer. Some give certificates for participation and for certain milestones. And it could be special certificate for finding things we're looking for.

Good point. We could whip up something like that in Word. There was a free program out there that I found a while back that acts like a printer except it converts any file 'printed' to it into a PDF.

optim · 2004-02-08, 14:01

Yes I would like such a feature! A PDF file saying that I am "a GIMPSter monster" would be nice!

edorajh · 2004-02-08, 14:52

I use PDFCreator. It's free.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

Xyzzy · 2004-02-08, 15:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by optim

Yes I would like such a feature! A PDF file saying that I am "a GIMPSter monster" would be nice!

How about this?

Maybeso · 2004-02-08, 15:42

I bet if you used data off your individual account report you could generate a very impressive certificate.

PrimeCruncher · 2004-02-08, 15:45

Way, way, way too boring Xyzzy! We need something that looks cool and fancy. Maybe the border could be the decimal version of M40.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaybeSo

I bet if you used data off your individual account report you could generate a very impressive certificate.

Yeah, that would be good. "Loyally serving PrimeNet since (insert date here)"

Xyzzy · 2004-02-08, 17:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maybeso

I bet if you used data off your individual account report you could generate a very impressive certificate.

Okay, how is this?

[pre]wget -O - -q http://mersenne.org/cgi-bin/primenet_user.pl?UserID=Team_Prime_Rib | a2ps -o - | ps2pdf - rank.pdf[/pre]

2004-02-06, 17:02	#1
Unregistered 3×5×7×59 Posts	certificate of appreciation May I receive a certificate of appreciation by Mersenne Prime Search?

2004-02-07, 17:10	#4
edorajh Oct 2003 Croatia 1C8₁₆ Posts	Actualy, it doesn't have to cost at all. Some projects have simple PDF file or something like that. So you print it on your printer. Some give certificates for participation and for certain milestones. And it could be special certificate for finding things we're looking for. Last fiddled with by edorajh on 2004-02-07 at 17:10

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2004-02-07, 09:50	#2
edorajh Oct 2003 Croatia 2³·3·19 Posts	I don't think GIMPS has such feature. Not a bad idea though.

2004-02-07, 15:30	#3
PrimeCruncher Sep 2003 Borg HQ, Delta Quadrant 2×3³×13 Posts	I agree, though all that paper and ink would be costly. Maybe it would be better just to present them to long-term GIMPSers, i.e. those who have been doing it for over a year, or maybe have 25 CPU years of credit in LL or TF.

2004-02-08, 14:01	#6
optim Nov 2003 European Union 2³·13 Posts	Yes I would like such a feature! A PDF file saying that I am "a GIMPSter monster" would be nice!

2004-02-08, 14:52	#7
edorajh Oct 2003 Croatia 2³×3×19 Posts	I use PDFCreator. It's free. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

2004-02-08, 15:42	#9
Maybeso Aug 2002 Portland, OR USA 2·137 Posts	I bet if you used data off your individual account report you could generate a very impressive certificate.