maddog1
07-13-2005, 07:44 PM
Well guys, it's time to say farewell...
I'll stop sieving for a while :|
Worry not, I'm still on the project, but I have decided to try out some secondpass testing for a while. Since most people that matter seem to believe that the project is underpowered there, I figured this would be a good area to help in. :)
Since I was still using 1m-20m dat, probably I won't be missed much. :|
I'm going to be back again sometime in the future and I'll still be reading the forum even when not sieving to keep up to date.
Some things, I'd like to see implemented before my return:
-website accepting factors >20m, totally abandon emails
-having a single place to make reservations, maybe add the Beta site made by Matt officially to the project (making that part of the official site would be perfect)
-use of a single dat, 991-50m is fine as long as it gets updated daily, like the 1m-20m one I was getting from MikeH's site. Best option would be to get Mike to put this dat on his site IMHO, grabbing a new dat and browsing the stats at the same place is excellent.
NOTE: the things stated above are NOT the reason I'm stopping sieving and are NOT prerequisites for my return either!
I am just taking the opportunity of my farewell message to leave some insights from the lesser, know-no-math users, like myself.
I just feel that to attract more users, especially the non-technically minded to the sub-projects like sieving, it is necessary to:
a)make things as simple as possible
b)maybe even more important, have a single policy and everything kept at the same, easy to reach place-this means not useless confusion of the "reserve here (forum) or there (beta site) or at two places (forum&site)" and of the "download 1m-20m dat (Mike's site) or 991-50m dat (VJS site), submit through the site if factor <20m, through email if factor >20m" type of confusion. Hell, it sounds confusing even to write this down! This doesn't help newbs or the casual user get involved.
Personal suggestion on the way to take: totally abandon 1m-20m dat, making the 991-50m the only available one, preferably from Mike's site so that one can view the stats and grab a dat at the same place. Make website ASAP accept any and all factors, regardless of size and forget everything about emailing attachments. Make reserving possible only on Matt's site and have CLEAR links for everything on the main site. VJS's efforts today at linking everything in the sieve coordination thread is the way to take, but having a single choice and not so many double options would be much better for everyone involved.
Since this post dangerously approaches the size of unreadable rant, I'll shuddup now. :)
Goodbye sievers, I'll be back :thumbs:
Maddog's final stats (sieving, period one) *thanks Mike for excellent site!*
Time sieving: 8 months (13 Nov 2004-13 Jul 2005)
Ranges complete: 10.9T (1.36T/month)
Factors found: 246 unique, 165 duplicate, ca. 4230 excluded
Saved tests until now: 18 firstpass, 6 secondpass
Final position (while still sieving): 22nd (all time), 7th (2005)
Not bad at all for a single AthlonXP...:D
I'll stop sieving for a while :|
Worry not, I'm still on the project, but I have decided to try out some secondpass testing for a while. Since most people that matter seem to believe that the project is underpowered there, I figured this would be a good area to help in. :)
Since I was still using 1m-20m dat, probably I won't be missed much. :|
I'm going to be back again sometime in the future and I'll still be reading the forum even when not sieving to keep up to date.
Some things, I'd like to see implemented before my return:
-website accepting factors >20m, totally abandon emails
-having a single place to make reservations, maybe add the Beta site made by Matt officially to the project (making that part of the official site would be perfect)
-use of a single dat, 991-50m is fine as long as it gets updated daily, like the 1m-20m one I was getting from MikeH's site. Best option would be to get Mike to put this dat on his site IMHO, grabbing a new dat and browsing the stats at the same place is excellent.
NOTE: the things stated above are NOT the reason I'm stopping sieving and are NOT prerequisites for my return either!
I am just taking the opportunity of my farewell message to leave some insights from the lesser, know-no-math users, like myself.
I just feel that to attract more users, especially the non-technically minded to the sub-projects like sieving, it is necessary to:
a)make things as simple as possible
b)maybe even more important, have a single policy and everything kept at the same, easy to reach place-this means not useless confusion of the "reserve here (forum) or there (beta site) or at two places (forum&site)" and of the "download 1m-20m dat (Mike's site) or 991-50m dat (VJS site), submit through the site if factor <20m, through email if factor >20m" type of confusion. Hell, it sounds confusing even to write this down! This doesn't help newbs or the casual user get involved.
Personal suggestion on the way to take: totally abandon 1m-20m dat, making the 991-50m the only available one, preferably from Mike's site so that one can view the stats and grab a dat at the same place. Make website ASAP accept any and all factors, regardless of size and forget everything about emailing attachments. Make reserving possible only on Matt's site and have CLEAR links for everything on the main site. VJS's efforts today at linking everything in the sieve coordination thread is the way to take, but having a single choice and not so many double options would be much better for everyone involved.
Since this post dangerously approaches the size of unreadable rant, I'll shuddup now. :)
Goodbye sievers, I'll be back :thumbs:
Maddog's final stats (sieving, period one) *thanks Mike for excellent site!*
Time sieving: 8 months (13 Nov 2004-13 Jul 2005)
Ranges complete: 10.9T (1.36T/month)
Factors found: 246 unique, 165 duplicate, ca. 4230 excluded
Saved tests until now: 18 firstpass, 6 secondpass
Final position (while still sieving): 22nd (all time), 7th (2005)
Not bad at all for a single AthlonXP...:D