Download Seventeen or Bust 1.10

People who participate in the Seventeen or Bust distributed-computing project can get a new version of their client since yesterday. The Seventeen or Bust project is trying to do it with the help of computer users around the world Sierpinski conjecture to prove. The name was chosen because of the results that the project can give: If the conjecture is correct there will be seventeen results, but if the conjecture is wrong, the project goes on forever: seventeen or ‘broken’.

The new version of the client, number 1.10, contains a whole host of improvements, mainly in the areas of performance and communication. However, the necessary bugs have also been fixed in other areas, according to the changelog:

-P4 SSE2 code improvements — 10% faster
-test abandoning code removed
-multiple open socket bug fixed
-removed blocking network calls (ie occasional hangs @ 100%)
-more verbose logging on intermediate block transmissions
-registry hook for Mathguy’s service added (sb-mg.exe no longer needed)
Mathguy’s service installer (v1.6) now packaged with main distribution
-can now finish test without downloading new one if desired
-new registry hooks for future add-on features (queuing)
-in-client signup interface improved
-no longer asks users to clear cache when entering first username
-uninstall function actually works now[break]You can use the new Windows client here download, versions for Linux, FreeBSD and BeOS to follow.