[QUOTE=retina;265730]If that is true then why did you make the claim in the first place? [/QUOTE]

Someone implied I didn't know how to use Google. Couldn't let that one go.

[QUOTE=LiquidNitrogen;265731]Someone implied I didn't know how to use Google. Couldn't let that one go.[/QUOTE]

they only implied it because to them you act as though you know it all while not necessarily knowing it all and have forgotten things that likely are key to the subject at hand that should be easy to find with Google assuming one knows how to use it well.

Drop the subject already.

[QUOTE=LiquidNitrogen;265731]Someone implied I didn't know how to use Google. Couldn't let that one go.[/QUOTE]Well of course that shows that you indeed [b]do[/b] care what people think. Nothing to be ashamed of there, but at least be honest about it.

BTW: I'm pretty sure people here don't care if you are god himself, you will still be spoken to according to how honest you are being.

BTW2: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

[QUOTE=retina;265738]
BTW2: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.[/QUOTE]

I agree, but, leaving aside the question about the facts that I couldn't care less about, I'm still struggling to understand what is so extrodinary about a google employee visiting a site catering to that exact type of person.

p.s.
@retina - not picking on you - you just had a convinient post to quote.

[QUOTE=LiquidNitrogen;265731]Someone implied I didn't know how to use Google. Couldn't let that one go.[/QUOTE]

Yes, you could. Indeed, you should. Were you not to start making a habit of letting go of such things, I would have to figure out where I left the banhammer and which way round one is supposed to hold it. Which would be sad; it would be unfortunate to lose you.

Last time I looked, this topic was "Predict M48" which was just two levels down from "Fun Stuff"

Blame me!
 

[QUOTE=LiquidNitrogen;265749]Last time I looked, this topic was "Predict M48" which was just two levels down from "Fun Stuff"[/QUOTE]

This thread was started back in June 2009, before the most recent
Mprime had been verified. See "Success?" thread in the Primenet subforum:
the manner of its discovery is entertaining.

Not being a clairvoyant, I focussed my attention on the probability
distributions in time and exponent, and pointed out that the expected
time for the next MP was about 6 years from now, given the current rate of
progress of the LL wave was a 6% increase in exponent per year.
Maintaining this rate requires a 20% increase in "computing" per year.

Post #133 on June 24th 2011 is what started the "digression".
The reason I posted it here was to suggest "how GPUs could best
help maintain the momentum of LL testing".

13 days, 170 posts in(ex)cluding a flame war or two later, [B]here we are now[/B]:smile:

David

[QUOTE=fivemack;265741]Yes, you could. Indeed, you should. Were you not to start making a habit of letting go of such things...[/QUOTE]


So you are saying I should tolerate other peoples' intolerance?

Watch how you hold the hammer then, you might hit yourself with it.

[QUOTE=LiquidNitrogen;265781]So you are saying I should tolerate other peoples' intolerance?

Watch how you hold the hammer then, you might hit yourself with it.[/QUOTE]Is the ambient temperature above your boiling point?

David

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SCt8JPAkgU]If I Had a Hammer[/url]

[QUOTE=LiquidNitrogen;265781]So you are saying I should tolerate other peoples' intolerance?[/QUOTE]Yes, please do. We appreciate your positive contributions, but there is plenty of intolerance here already; we don't need more. Cf. "Don't feed the troll."

It's quite possible to establish a solid and well-respected reputation here by making positive contributions over time, without needing to prove that you're a top dog by swiping at all the little dogs so soon after starting here.