Posts by Greg
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News :
New record penultimate prime factor
(Message 2287)
Posted 25 Mar 2022 by Greg Post: NFS@Home has found a new record penultimate prime factor! 7,889M, which is a portion of the number 7^889+1, splits into 151-digit and 160-digit prime factors. This 151-digit prime factor beats the old record, a 147-digit prime factor of 12^293+1. Congrats to all contributors who helped set this new Cunningham project record! |
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Can the currently progress shown in pages?
(Message 2285)
Posted 6 Mar 2022 by Greg Post: Somewhere around 80%, yes. I do it manually so it's not exact. |
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New email address is invalid.
(Message 2283)
Posted 5 Mar 2022 by Greg Post: Please PM to me the new email address and the exact error message it is giving you. Also, please check to make sure the password you entered on the email address change page is correct. |
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Can the currently progress shown in pages?
(Message 2282)
Posted 5 Mar 2022 by Greg Post: 7,889L is done, but 7,889M is only about 50% sieved. It will take a couple more weeks at least. The earlier ones were faster thanks to a BOINC challenge bringing in additional contributors. |
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Right?
(Message 2277)
Posted 17 Feb 2022 by Greg Post: Exponents divisible by 5 are possible but yield a degree-4 algebraic polynomial which is far from optimal at this size. They are more difficult than their SNFS-size suggests. See this paper for details. To a lesser extent the same applies for exponents divisible by 11, which results in a degree-5 algebraic polynomial. |
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Why the next number (7,889M) is not sieving?
(Message 2276)
Posted 17 Feb 2022 by Greg Post: At that time there was a backlog of numbers waiting for the linear algebra to be run. That backlog has now been cleared. The reserved numbers will appear on the page as they are entered into the BOINC queue. |
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Why the next number (7,889M) is not sieving?
(Message 2273)
Posted 14 Feb 2022 by Greg Post: We only need one number sieving in each queue to supply the clients. Currently both f_small and f queues have only one number sieving. Once 7,889L is close to done, I'll start 7,889M. |
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How often are Badges updated?
(Message 2263)
Posted 5 Jan 2022 by Greg Post: Thanks for the report! It should be fixed now. |
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Hogmanay Hootenanny 2022 Challenge
(Message 2260)
Posted 30 Dec 2021 by Greg Post: The Hogmanay Hootenanny 2022 challenge begins shortly on Dec. 31 at 12:00 UTC. Welcome to all participants! |
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you are attached to this project twice.
(Message 2257)
Posted 13 Nov 2021 by Greg Post: I've seen that happen occasionally. Don't know why, but if it's working you can ignore it. |
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Change NFS@Home to use SSL
(Message 2256)
Posted 13 Nov 2021 by Greg Post: I have modified NFS@Home to use SSL. As a result, the project URL has changed from http://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs to https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs. If you see problems as a result of this change, you may need to remove then reattach the project. Old http links will continue to work. |
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Errors when reporting tasks!
(Message 2253)
Posted 8 Nov 2021 by Greg Post: Let's see if it happens again when you report results. |
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Errors when reporting tasks!
(Message 2251)
Posted 8 Nov 2021 by Greg Post: That's odd. I'm using macOS Big Sur 11.6, and the project works fine using both BOINC 7.14.2 and 7.16.19. |
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NFS Discussion :
Formula BOINC Sprint 14: 09/03/2021 02:00 UTC - 09/06/2021 01:59 UTC Project NFS
(Message 2234)
Posted 3 Sep 2021 by Greg Post: On it. |
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2018-10-29 Error reported by file upload server. Server is out of disk space
(Message 2218)
Posted 10 Aug 2021 by Greg Post: I don't see anything wrong on the project side. Try resetting the project. |
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Wrong Page (from BOINC Manager)
(Message 2217)
Posted 10 Aug 2021 by Greg Post: Thanks for reporting this! It should be fixed after your next update. |
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14e lasieved release time
(Message 2200)
Posted 29 May 2021 by Greg Post: The 14e queue isn't used as often anymore, so work will be sporadic. You can view the current status at https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/crunching.php. |
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16e small numbers all fail
(Message 2199)
Posted 29 May 2021 by Greg Post: Ah, they're running a job with an octic polynomial. The Linux binaries aren't compiled to support that. It's mostly done, so they should pass soon. Sorry about that. |
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No tasks available
(Message 2188)
Posted 17 May 2021 by Greg Post: Looks like you have the 16e V5 app disabled in your preferences. It's not listed in your output above. |
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NFS Discussion :
BOINC pentathlon
(Message 2180)
Posted 16 May 2021 by Greg Post: Ok Kiska, no more sticks! It's always fun to wake up and discover Apache PHP crashed shortly after I went to bed. We're back and I'll keep an eye on it. |