[QUOTE=davieddy;205436]I'll have to watch House.[/QUOTE]

Do yourself a favor and start with season #1, as p(show jumped the shark at the end of season #5)>0.5

[QUOTE=flouran;205474]I am a huge House fan![/QUOTE]

It appears we have a lot in common. I'm still a fan but I think the older episodes are a lot more fun.

How to fall in love
 

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdlGHBX9ig0[/URL]

David

New Mersenne Primes
 

Personally speaking, I wouldn't give a toss if we were to
include 2^1 - 1 and 2^0 - 1.

(Lights blue touch paper and retires to a safe distance)

Guy Fawkes

You're arguing that the numbers 1 and 0 should be regarded as prime?

Not giving a toss doesn't get us very far does it?:smile:
So what are the positive benefits of your idea?

[QUOTE=Brian-E;212706]So what are the positive benefits of your idea?[/QUOTE]I know you are not asking me, but I am going to answer anyway. The great benefit that I can see is that we can now stop searching for any more primes. Defining 1 as prime automatically eliminates every other number as a candidate. And since 0 is divisible by 1 then it is also not a prime and is a prime at the same time. :ermm:

Yeah, I know: :dnftt:

Tossing
 

"wouldn't give a toss" was an an allusion to the "coin tossing" thread
in "puzzles" which (as hoped for) generated mass debate about the distribution
of Mersenne primes.

Musing on the graph of log(exponent)/ranking number, it occurred to
me that the best fit straight line could easily pass though the origin.
(log(1) = 0).

OTOH log(0) might really put a spoke in the wheel.

[quote=retina;212708]
Yeah, I know: :dnftt:[/quote]

Red rag to a bull:smile:

[quote=davieddy;212764]Red rag to a bull:smile:[/quote]
[URL]http://www.mythbustersfanclub.com/mb2/content/view/235/27/[/URL]

[quote]The team’s results are confirmed by Professor Janet Andrews. ... Bulls can see red, but there’s nothing about that color or how they perceive it that would cause rage.[/quote]

Life is too short....
 

... for the intricacies of private mailing on this forum.

I quote:
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Lord Lucan

OK its case specific

When you fill out the "Recipients" part just type the first three letters, wait a few seconds, and the system will list the matches for you.

The Mods' people skills stink
 

[quote=davieddy;212764]Red rag to a bull:smile:[/quote]
Mods, please try this at home:

[url="http://misconceptions.us/images/bullfight.jpg"]Red rag to a bull[/url]

Now you can ban me too, you petty politically-correct totalitarian control-
freaks.