Own a piece of math history, for free!
 

We have a few of these buttons to give away. They were kindly donated to us by Curtis Cooper.

This will be the third time that he has donated buttons to the forum.

[url]http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=5498[/url]
[url]http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=6421[/url]

We probably do not have enough buttons for everyone in the world, so we will be running this operation sort of like a lottery.

We need you to send a PM to us with your complete address. It is very important that your address is formatted in whatever international format that is appropriate.

If your name is "pulled from the hat" the button will be shipped to you, wherever you live, for free.

If you live anywhere other than the USA the button will be listed on the customs form as a gift with a value of one USD.

There are some special rules/exceptions:
[LIST][*]Certain people within the number theory community are sent buttons automatically. Some of these people do not participate on this forum but we can always hope that they decide to!
[*]If you have the previous two buttons, take a picture of them together and send us the picture ([URL="mailto:xyzzy@mersenneforum.org"]xyzzy@mersenneforum.org[/URL]) and you are [U]guaranteed[/U] a third button. (You must send us this picture by the end of April 2013!)
[*]Each super mod has been assigned special "gifting power" and have chosen certain people to send buttons to.[/LIST]Unlike previous button deals, we will not be mailing out all of them at once. This operation will take two or three months to complete, mainly because our resident forum assistants do not have opposable digits.

Please use this thread for general reminiscing and button discussion.

:spot:

PM sent. :smile:

Groveling plea sent privately! :bow:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;336801]Please use this thread for general reminiscing and button discussion.

:spot:[/QUOTE]
Sigh, we've created so many beautiful little 1s over the years. ;)

PM sent.

The first batch of buttons has been dispatched via an irritable yak. (We had to cut costs somewhere!)

[U]If[/U] you receive your button please post about it here so we can keep track of things.
[LIST=1][*]Alpern, D[*][STRIKE]Andrews, W[/STRIKE][*]Bai, S[*][STRIKE]Batalov, S[/STRIKE][*]Caldwell, C[*]Carmody, P[*]Childers, G[*]Dodson, B[*][STRIKE]Egdell, B[/STRIKE][*]Garg, A[*]Garrison, C[*]Gilchrist, J[*][STRIKE]Halsall, C[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Heinrich, J[/STRIKE][*]Kleinjung, T[*]Kruppa, A[*]Kurowski, S[*][STRIKE]Lenstra, A[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Leyland, P[/STRIKE][*]Lipp, W[*][STRIKE]Mayer, E[/STRIKE][*]Montgomery, P[*][STRIKE]Moore, P[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Morelli, L[/STRIKE][*]Papadopoulos, J[*][STRIKE]Rajala, T[/STRIKE][*]Reix, T[*][STRIKE]Schiff, R[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Smith, R[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Underwood, P[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Wagstaff, S[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Weihe, O[/STRIKE][*]Woltman, G[*][STRIKE]Womack, T[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Woods, R[/STRIKE][*]Zimmermann, P[/LIST]:busted:

Many thanks, Mike - I woke up this morning to the sound of loud yakking outside my window - that explains it.

I would like onto getting one case if whenever if[COLOR=White] in case whether
[/COLOR]you would have got something left remaining onto stack afterwards
after distributing onto other people onto other pieces

and then if in case whether[COLOR=White] whenever
[/COLOR]if is it being freely available
one or not at all[COLOR=White] on to other words
[/COLOR][COLOR=Black][SUP][/COLOR][COLOR=White][COLOR=Black][SUP][/COLOR][COLOR=White][COLOR=Black][SUP][/COLOR][COLOR=White][COLOR=Black][SUP][/COLOR][COLOR=White][COLOR=Black][SUP][/COLOR][COLOR=White][COLOR=Black][SUP][/COLOR][COLOR=White][STRIKE][/COLOR][COLOR=White]case done enough r r r r r r r r r r[/STRIKE][/COLOR][COLOR=Black][/SUP][/SUP][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Black][/SUP][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Black][/SUP][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Black][/SUP][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Black][/SUP][/COLOR][/COLOR]

[CODE][SIZE=1]Raman, V
3, Nethaji Street
Kanagam, Taramani
Chennai - 600 113
Tamil Nadu
India

12.995º N[COLOR=White]orth[/COLOR] Latitude[/SIZE][SIZE=1][COLOR=LemonChiffon][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1][COLOR=LemonChiffon], [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1]80.24316º E[COLOR=White]ast[/COLOR] Longitude[/SIZE][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/CODE]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;337289]This first batch of buttons has been dispatched via an irritable yak. (We had to cut costs somewhere!)

[U]If[/U] you receive your button please post about it here so we can keep track of things.[/QUOTE]

[youtube]-cHB3Rbz1OI[/youtube]

The second batch of buttons has been dispatched via an irritable yak. (We had to cut costs somewhere!)

[U]If[/U] you receive your button please post about it here so we can keep track of things.
[LIST=1][*]Alekseyev, M[*]Beckert, U[*][STRIKE]Bonath, K[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Buhrow, B[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Cameron, R[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Carlson, N[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Chatfield, C[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Chia, D[/STRIKE][*]Duell, T[*][STRIKE]Edmondson, C[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Gill, D[/STRIKE][*]Gladman, B[*][STRIKE]Greathouse, C[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Hallett, J[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Hoglund, A[/STRIKE][*]Hoogendoorn, S[*]Jones, D[*][STRIKE]Kaiser, P[/STRIKE][*]Knuth, D[*][STRIKE]Ladner, K[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Litster, S[/STRIKE][*]Malysz, P[*][STRIKE]Martel, D[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Metcalfe, D[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Minovic, P[/STRIKE][*]Noll, C[*]Penne, J[*][STRIKE]Raman, T[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Ramsay, M[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Recker, R[/STRIKE][*]Rodenkirch, M[*][STRIKE]Schickel, F[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Schmidt, K[/STRIKE][*]Silverman, R[*]Slowinski, D[*]Smith, E[*][STRIKE]Vornicu, L[/STRIKE][*]Winslow, B[*]Zulueta, R[/LIST]:busted:

One problem: some of these people probably aren't members of this forum.

[QUOTE=ixfd64;337531]One problem: some of these people probably aren't members of this forum.[/QUOTE]Another is that some of the members of this forum aren't some of these people.

:sulk:


[Raman][STRIKE][COLOR="White"][SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP]I'm well aware that I'm in the first list. Just being pedantic so don't take it seriously.[/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/COLOR][/STRIKE][/Raman]

Batch 1, entry 28, received. These yaks hardly stink at all!

I love this. Thank you very much.

Ross

...yakety-yak, don't talk back. (strike batch 1, line 4.)

(Strangely, I now have two green buttons. If I wear all of them, I will soon look like L.I.Brezhnev.)


P.S. My package was delivered by a [URL="http://www.sandiegozooglobal.org/what_we_do_preserving_wildlife/mammals/the_rare_and_wonderful_somali_wild_ass/"]Somali Wild Ass[/URL]. He didn't want to let go. He said that it was him on the badge.

[QUOTE=Batalov;337557](Strangely, I now have two green buttons. If I wear all of them, I will soon look like L.I.Brezhnev.)[/QUOTE][Cue Aaahnold Voice]
In Kalifornia, you'd look like a little Gurl Scout. Maybe you have thin mint cookies.
:busted:

The yak express arrived. Batch 1, line 29 received. Thank you!

Rich

Batch 1, line 35: received. :-)

PM sent :max:

Thanks, Mike and Curtis - an awesome button! I will wear it proudly!

Phil (batch 1, line 23)

I just got mine. Thanks!

Batch 2, Line 20 has arrived. Many thanks!

Batch 2, line 32 received.

[SIZE="1"](I was considering asking for one, but had decided to pass since I'm not really contributing much to GIMPS.....but I do most of my hanging out here, so thanks so much for the unexpected gift!)[/SIZE]

[QUOTE=schickel;337901]

[SIZE="1"](I was considering asking for one, but had decided to pass since I'm not really contributing much to GIMPS.....but I do most of my hanging out here, so thanks so much for the unexpected gift!)[/SIZE][/QUOTE]

Ditto. Thanks!

Batch 2, #4 arrived.

Batch 2, # 6 received in good condition. Is it customary to give a tip to the delivery Yak, or would that be insulting? (I've never insulted a Yak before, and am not sure how they respond...)

Many thanks- Will send a picture of my pin collection soon-

Norm

Batch 2 #10 received in good order. Thanks.

Mine arrived today and Arjen Lenstra's on Wednesday. Our thanks from both of us.


Paul

Mine received today with thanks.

Batch 2 #25 just arrived.

What a nice surprise, thanks a lot!

Mine arrived this morning -batch 2 #5- Thank you Curtis and thank you Mike.

I promise I'll look after this one. (I gave the last one away to a young lady. I don't talk to young ladies any more).

Batch 2 #24 arrived in the post this morning which was a nice surprise.

There will be a (smaller) third batch sent out. We are waiting until the end of the month so that anyone with proof of ownership of the previous two buttons will be guaranteed a third button.

:snake1:

My buttons arrived this morning; thanks very much!

Got mine today. Thank you. :smile:

Just received my buttons. Batch 1, #9. Thanks, I'm very honoured.

Batch 1, #26 arrived yesterday. Many thanks!

Batch 2, line 29 received - thank you!

Batch 1. It was a nice surprise to find another 10th anniversary badge included. I shall pin them all to my rucksack, which I use daily, and see if anyone comments on them. Cheers! :smile:

Batch 2, 3rd line... just received. Many thanks! :smile:

Batch 2 #23 arrived yesterday. Thanks a lot. It´s my third.
Also, it was a really nice surprise to get the one from the 10th anniversary of the forum!
We´re getting [STRIKE]old[/STRIKE] experienced and wise people :smile: ...
On to the next one!

Batch 2 #30 arrived yesterday. Thank you.

Batch 1, #13 received today. Postmarked by the USPS 2013.04.16.

Delivered to me here in Barbados 2013.05.09.

Thanks Mike! :smile:

I have only one previous buttons but I would neitherway like to have another, I PM'ed some days ago but received no reply. The button I have is on my fathers house, when I get there I can take a picture of it if it is necesary. Would like to know if there is any chance of getting this button, it would be an awesome surprise.

Two thiefes entered my house two weeks ago and stealed everything including my computer that was running gimps (it was always on), I can prove that because my ip camera took pictures of them as I attach here where you can see them stealing my computer.

My gimps username is dsilvestre, if you can see my statistics, you can see how it was constantly factoring (for years) until they stole it on 22 April.
Thanks and sorry for the bad news.

All private messages have been processed and are on the list.

Once Troll3 feels up to it she can start filling out envelopes again. Apparently filling all of the customs forms out has given her tendinitis or something.

You might notice that the envelopes the buttons are shipped in are the self-sealing type. We have found out that, "just to be sure", troll4 licked them all. He is currently under observation after he began exhibiting nausea, projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;339892]He is currently under observation after he began exhibiting nausea, projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea.[/QUOTE]

There's nothing quite like the empirical.... :wink:

... inspired by [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Marshall#Life_and_research]Barry Marshall[/url]?

Batch 2, #37 safely arrived to Thailand.

A lot of happiness here around, caused by the fact that the trolls did not forget the fact that our former button was damaged by the shipment, so they inserted an identical copy of the former button in the shipment with the current button too. Both of the buttons are now in good condition, I would say perfect, if not for some small scratches caused by the fact that they were together in the same envelope. Well, if I would own a shipping company, then I won't employ any of the trolls there :razz:, but hey, the buttons look wonderful, and for the long way they traveled, they ARE perfect :smile:

Thanks a lot!

Batch 2, #18 has arrived today. Thanks a lot!

My button arrived days ago. Thank you.

The final batch of buttons has been dispatched via an irritable yak. (We had to cut costs somewhere!)

[U]If[/U] you receive your button please post about it here so we can keep track of things.
[LIST=1][*][STRIKE]Baugh, D[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Butera, M[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Edington, N[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Feitsma, J[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Lukasik, M[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Peterson, B[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Silvestre, D[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Tilander, A[/STRIKE][*][STRIKE]Vincent, G[/STRIKE][/LIST]:busted:

Batch 1, #24, arrived I-don't-know-when-because-I-was-not-at-home-last-week.

I gladly found the surprise inside.

And when I openedd my email, I found that a new Fermat factor was found.
I guess I should have written this post on the happy me threead, but, oh well...

Thanks Mike!

Luigi

Batch 2, #21, reported received.

Pins came today. Many thanks. - D. Baugh

Final batch #2 arrived, thanks!

Received. They look great! Thanks!!

Batch 3 #6 arrived. I was so happy to know it was coming that I spent the last week learning how to say "Thank you very much kind Yak" in Yakese, but I must have mispronounced it as he butted in the front door and left a Yak surprise on the floor.

[QUOTE]…and left a Yak surprise on the floor.[/QUOTE][url]http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/facultypages/EdMoise/ch05tyd.html[/url]

[QUOTE=bcp19;340751]Batch 3 #6 arrived. I was so happy to know it was coming that I spent the last week learning how to say "Thank you very much kind Yak" in Yakese, but I must have mispronounced it as he butted in the front door and left a Yak surprise on the floor.[/QUOTE]

Oh well. It has been described as "irritable." Perhaps it got up on the wrong side of its yak bed.

:kladner:

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakity_Yak[/url]

[url]http://www.metrolyrics.com/yakety-yak-lyrics-the-coasters.html[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;340756][URL]http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/facultypages/EdMoise/ch05tyd.html[/URL][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]Children round the world,
put camel shit on the walls

They're making carpets on treadmills,
or garbage sorting

And it's no game [/QUOTE]It's No Game (Part 2) -David Bowie

(with lyrics)
Part 1
[YOUTUBE]E6hEcDt8HZI[/YOUTUBE]

Part 2
[YOUTUBE]yUzWAJJMycs[/YOUTUBE]

Got mine yesterday! Neat-o !
Muchas gracias, Danke, thanx !

Hi,

I have received a nice present today, a good surprise because I didn't noticed my name on the list for batch #1. Thank you Mike! :smile: :tu:
Accordings to the stickers on the letter the journey took 32 days from USA to Germany.

Oliver

Final batch #3 has arrived! Postmarked May 13th, arrived sometime on or before the 17th (we only visit the post office on Fridays). There was also the lovely surprise of another green 10th anniversary button...which I can only assume is a base-11 celebration of next month's milestone...:geek:

I was thinking how amazing it has been for a school the size of UCM to end up getting this kind of worldwide exposure. If not for GIMPS, probably none of us would even give the school a second thought. So the lesson for the day is to get your school/university/company the worldwide recognition it didn't even know that it deserved, by borging all of your entity's computers for GIMPS!

I do have to share what a friend of mine said when I showed him the button (no offense to UCM or Curtis Cooper, though I hope this gives them a laugh). He saw the mule on the button, and suggested a motto for Curtis Cooper: "UCM/GIMPS. We find the big-ass primes." :lol:

I proudly installed the beasts onto my work monitor and they have started nibbling.
My colleagues seem to be in awe of this new display of nerdness. Or they avoid me even more now, I'm not sure yet.

Many thanks // hartelijk bedankt!
-- Jan

Batch 3 #8 arrived today
 

Many thanks! :smile:

Batch 3 number 9 delivered, thanks Xyzzy.

Final batch #7 arrived!
 

Cool! I received the button, finally it has arrived to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Thank you Mike!

Copy of old, original posting message
 

I would like onto getting one case if whenever if[COLOR=White] in case whether[/COLOR]
you would have got something left remaining onto stack afterwards
after distributing onto other people onto other pieces

and then if in case whether[COLOR=White] whenever[/COLOR]
if is it being freely available
one or not at all[COLOR=White] on to other words[/COLOR]
[SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP][COLOR=White][STRIKE]case done enough r r r r r r r r r r[/STRIKE][/COLOR][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP]

[CODE]
[SIZE=1][COLOR=Black]Raman, V
3, Nethaji Street
Kanagam, Taramani
Chennai - 600113
Tamil Nadu
India

12.995º N[COLOR=White]orth [/COLOR]Latitude[COLOR=White], [/COLOR]80.24316º E[COLOR=White]ast [/COLOR]Longitude[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/CODE]

Small correction, please
 

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;337529]The second batch of buttons has been dispatched via an irritable yak. (We had to cut costs somewhere!)

[U]If[/U] you receive your button please post about it here so we can keep track of things.

28. Raman, T

[/QUOTE]

Please notice initials properly
if it were being me.

I do wonder if it is being me!

[QUOTE=Raman;343056]Please notice initials properly
if it were being me.

I do wonder if it is being me![/QUOTE]
[COLOR=Black] Yes, that way[/COLOR][COLOR=Black][COLOR=White] that which[/COLOR]
no doubt with[/COLOR][COLOR=Black]in that at all!
[COLOR=White]which shows that confirming over thereby, that proving that by using that way that[/COLOR]
I had received with in my own button on to date 29 April[COLOR=White] , [/COLOR]2013[COLOR=White].[/COLOR]
[/COLOR]

I did receive mine several weeks ago, thank you.

I'm sorry I forgot to post confirmation here. I'm #15 in batch 2.