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Prime95 2011-02-05 18:39

[QUOTE=tichy;251432]Not really news but one of very recent results' report:

Or maybe it's PrimeNet who got confused ?[/QUOTE]

Exponent 4096 is ECM on 2^4096+1, a.k.a. the 12th Fermat number.

science_man_88 2011-02-05 19:31

[QUOTE=retina;250925][url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351174/African-country-set-make-breaking-wind-crime.html]African country set to make breaking wind a crime[/url][/QUOTE]

LMAO if a place smells bad are they going to arrest someone for passing gas, instead of :poop:ing ? What will they outlaw next after this .. breathing, having fun, not being of a certain religion ?

retina 2011-02-15 10:06

True or not?
 
[url]http://www.metro.co.uk/news/855253-junk-food-makes-woman-have-orgasms[/url]

science_man_88 2011-02-26 17:56

this isn't so wacky. but I disagree with some of it not being stupid.

[url]http://ca.news.yahoo.com/the-coolest-invention-this-year---was-invented-two-years-ago-.html[/url]

science_man_88 2011-02-26 19:17

this guy is just stupid:

[url]http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/DTotD-Chile-U-20-player-hits-himself-in-face-wi?urn=sow-325620[/url]

99.94 2011-03-07 11:00

[url]http://www.theage.com.au/national/bride-burnt-as-wedding-car-bursts-into-flames-20110307-1bkbm.html[/url]

science_man_88 2011-03-11 13:07

well if Libya's war wasn't enough on gas prices heres another thing:

[url]http://ca.news.yahoo.com/strong-earthquake-jolts-east-japan-tsunami-warning-20110310-220316-600.html[/url] mainly because so far I've read a refinery was fire.

science_man_88 2011-03-13 23:02

[url]http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/us-22424932/what-is-a-nuclear-meltdown-24508852.html[/url]

This made me say wtf because they claim meltdown is a "loaded and scary term" near the start then they say what it is , and it's exactly what I thought of at one point or another.

science_man_88 2011-03-15 00:53

[url]http://ca.news.yahoo.com/lost-city-atlantis-swamped-tsunami-may-found-20110312-083617-132.html[/url]

Anyone want to go to Atlantis ?

ATH 2011-03-25 12:17

[B]Yeti institute planned for Siberia[/B]


[URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8401671/Yeti-institute-planned-for-Siberia.html[/URL]

retina 2011-03-28 12:57

I've eaten only crisps for the past 10 years
 
[url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/12/eaten-only-crisps-for-ten-years[/url]


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