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Xtreme X.I.P.
My 100B run completed yesterday as far as calculation is concerned. It has spent all day today and half of yesterday converting the result to decimal, I imagine. 81.879 hours. I'll post a screen shot once it is 100% complete.
On another note, I have a question for you, Poke: I've noticed that the program has done 45 trillion bytes worth of reads so far. The unrecoverable read error rate for these enterprise-class drives is one per quadrillion bits read. This run has caused about 1/3 of that amount of reads so far and would have simply spun the dial around on regular desktop drives (1 per 100 trillion). Granted, in my case these reads were spread out among 16 individual hard drives. Statistically, I think that increases the expected rate, doesn't it? What happens if an unrecoverable read error is experienced? Does the system just try again and it works, does the calculation get a silent error in it, does it outright crash, etc? With these big runs, this is surely to be encountered from time to time.
Particle's First Rule of Online Technical Discussion:
As a thread about any computer related subject has its length approach infinity, the likelihood and inevitability of a poorly constructed AMD vs. Intel fight also exponentially increases.
Rule 1A:
Likewise, the frequency of a car pseudoanalogy to explain a technical concept increases with thread length. This will make many people chuckle, as computer people are rarely knowledgeable about vehicular mechanics.
Rule 2:
When confronted with a post that is contrary to what a poster likes, believes, or most often wants to be correct, the poster will pick out only minor details that are largely irrelevant in an attempt to shut out the conflicting idea. The core of the post will be left alone since it isn't easy to contradict what the person is actually saying.
Rule 2A:
When a poster cannot properly refute a post they do not like (as described above), the poster will most likely invent fictitious counter-points and/or begin to attack the other's credibility in feeble ways that are dramatic but irrelevant. Do not underestimate this tactic, as in the online world this will sway many observers. Do not forget: Correctness is decided only by what is said last, the most loudly, or with greatest repetition.
Rule 3:
When it comes to computer news, 70% of Internet rumors are outright fabricated, 20% are inaccurate enough to simply be discarded, and about 10% are based in reality. Grains of salt--become familiar with them.
Remember: When debating online, everyone else is ALWAYS wrong if they do not agree with you!
Random Tip o' the Whatever
You just can't win. If your product offers feature A instead of B, people will moan how A is stupid and it didn't offer B. If your product offers B instead of A, they'll likewise complain and rant about how anyone's retarded cousin could figure out A is what the market wants.
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