From: William Rutiser <wruyahoo05@...>
Date: 2009-08-21T03:03:47+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I estimate how long it will take a calculation to 	complete?

Paul Carvalho wrote:
> On Aug 20, 12:45 pm, Fabian Streitel wrote:
>
>   
>> You input a number 9e10 times as large as the 10 digit version, meaning
>> it'll take at max 9e10^sqrt(9e10) times as long.
>> times 30sec that means at max 9375000000000 days to complete... happy
>> waiting :-)
>>
>> Greetz!
>>     
>
> ha ha.  I've stopped the script. =D
>
> Thanks!
>   
Paul,

Now that you have a little experience with the problem, to see what you 
were up against, see

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_factorization

-- Bill