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[Mindez]

[chimera245]

It tells me, or rather the Web Server, the moment a potential candidate is found.

[hexDa3m0n]

Guessing that we have not had any yet?



as an aside, I have wanged my throttle up onto maximum, so that when i am not using my pc it can hog as much as it wants, but I have then set its priority in Task Manger to Low, which means that when other things run (such as my Virus scan....or my e-mail) it allows them to, but wacks straight back up to 98% after

Not sure this is good/bad idea.....thought I'd share though, also handy when browsing internet

[Magma]

I'm too slow a poster - never mind

[Juxta]

I'm also happy to relate that since the webserver upgrade, I've had nae more problems with the congestion issues (I was one of the awkward buggers who was getting client-side problems pretty much most of the time)



J

[NinjaPirate]

I found a link that describes the mathimatics of the 13th Labour of Hercules:
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~boas/courses/math696/Maple-Hercules.html

[number9dream]

[SocialElite]

I know that a couple of people put a whole lot of effort into getting the distributed cracking program up and running, so I hate to ask about the possibility of them putting in more work, but has there been any concrete discussion about adding to 13labour.tk so that it displays the amount we've done so far, number of people involved, etc.? I feel there's a chance that this sort of info might act as encouragement to get people involved and continue being involved. of course, it might also just demoralize the hell out of everyone instead, so maybe its not worth doing. either way, just a thought.

[NinjaPirate]

[Juxta]

I think that regular updates are a good thing - even if they can't be automated via the client, once a week or possibly more often would be reasonable. As long as the numbers keep getting smaller (or conversely larger, depending on which way you want to show it) then it's a good motivational tool.

Of course, the other way of looking at it is the fact that whilst it might take X hundred computers Y hundred days to go through all of the computations...it might turn out that we hit upon the right WU tomorrow. Or the day after. Or next week. Every time you process an unsuccessful work unit, the chances of the next one being the *right* one go up. Think about it that way.

J

[sackofpotatoes]

[GuyP]

Another pointer that we're on the right tack with bruteforcing is from MC's interview with the MTV website:

[chimera245]

Just as an update, the latest Client patch (in final testing) displays the number of Active Users and Work Units solved thus far on startup.

[hexDa3m0n]

[mattyjh]

Just a quick question... I'm running the client at the moment and I'm trying to figure out the best speed to get the most out of my computer...

Just wanted to check; if I put the speed up too high will it just run at the highest speed possible and slow everthing else down or will my computer explode and burn down my house...?



Matt

P.S I'd just like to say great work on this guys; you've done a really good job! I think the fact that mind candy has given you prizes to give to the eventual "winner" (or whatever you want to call the person who finds the key) shows that this is the right path to go down...