Het 'Seventeen or Bust'-distributedcomputingproject probeert met hulp van computergebruikers over de hele wereld het kleinste sierpińskigetal te bewijzen. Over de jaren heen heeft men de meeste waarden kunnen uitsluiten, behalve zeventien waarden die nog overbleven. Men heeft daarom Seventeen or Bust opgericht om de overgebleven waarden te controleren. Tot de dag van vandaag heeft men al elf van de zeventien waarden kunnen uitsluiten. Het ontwikkelteam heeft een nieuwe bètaversie van de client met 2.5.06 als het versienummer uitgebracht. De aankondiging ziet er als volgt uit:
OS X Intel Beta Client [v2.5.06]
This is the first beta build of a OS X client. Feel free to give it a shot. Similar to the recent Linux beta builds, this client supports TransmitBlocks. This release package includes the binary and the configuration.
Caveats (for v2.5.06): YMMV. This is even more beta. I need to do more testing on this client to make sure things are reported properly, as we have never had an OS X client before. Please test with it, but don't deploy widely.
Linux Beta Client [v2.5.06]
Allllrighty.. for your pleasure: Uncompress, add 'TransmitBlocks X' where X is how many blocks you want it to transmit after. Eg, 'TransmitBlocks 10' will transmit an update after every 10 blocks.
Caveats (for v2.5.05): YMMV. This is beta. This fixes another bug which may actually cause other problems but probably not. I won't be doing this for the windows client. I may build one for FreeBSD.
Caveats (for v2.5.06): YMMV. This is even more beta. This uses updated math libraries which should result in a speed improvement. I have not done calculations to figure out how much faster it is, but if other people would like to that'd be great. This should fix the P4 and other crashes that were occurring. Because of the updated libraries, I need to do more testing on this client to make sure things are reported properly. Please test with it, but don't deploy widely.[break]De volgende drie bestanden staan klaar:Seventeen or Bust 2.5.06 beta - Mac OS X
Seventeen or Bust 2.5.06 beta - Linux lib23
Seventeen or Bust 2.5.06 beta - Linux lib24