Inter-Search Time
 

The time period required to wait between forum searches
is currently 60 seconds. Shouldn't it be 61 seconds?
After all, 2^60 - 1 is composite.

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[QUOTE=davar55;319858]The time period required to wait between forum searches
is currently 60 seconds. Shouldn't it be 61 seconds?
After all, 2^60 - 1 is composite.[/QUOTE]

I would rather it be 31 seconds. 60 is too long.

[url]http://www.google.com/[/url]

site:mersenneforum.org searchterm

:smile:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;319906][url]http://www.google.com/[/url]

site:mersenneforum.org searchterm

:smile:[/QUOTE]But that can't be made to show the latest unread posts. :sad:

[url]http://mersenneforum.org/search.php?do=getnew[/url]

No wait time is better than a prime time.
 

How about making it a Mersenne prime number of seconds (3, 7, 31)?

[QUOTE=Stargate38;321000]How about making it a Mersenne prime number of seconds (3, 7, 31)?[/QUOTE]How about 43,112,609 seconds?

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That's over a year! 1.3661... years to be exact. That's way too long. I think it should be 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971...* Half-life of Element 118.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;321005]How about 43,112,609 seconds?

:max:[/QUOTE]
That's not a mersenne prime.

[QUOTE=LaurV;321072]That's not a mersenne prime.[/QUOTE]
But, [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_prime"]2[SUP]43,112,609[/SUP]-1[/URL] is...