[QUOTE=retina;422394]So it is a male. That eliminates about 1% of the possible candidates.[/QUOTE]

Except, of course, when the third person pronoun "[I]his[/I]" is meant as gender neutral. (still found in many academical circles, who abhor "[I]his or hers[/I]")

[QUOTE=rudy235;422398]Except, of course, when the third person pronoun "[I]his[/I]" is meant as gender neutral. (still found in many academical circles, who abhor "[I]his or hers[/I]")[/QUOTE]

"They" / "their"?

[QUOTE=rudy235;422398]Except, of course, when the third person pronoun "[I]his[/I]" is meant as gender neutral. (still found in many academical circles, who abhor "[I]his or hers[/I]")[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.americandialect.org/2015-word-of-the-year-is-singular-they[/url]

I have no specific knowledge of who the finder was, that information has not been shared and is specifically hidden, but if I were guessing I would just look at the top producers list for LL. The work rate there is so disproportionately heavy to the top 10 I would be amazed if it was someone else. Anything is possible though!

[QUOTE=airsquirrels;422404]I have no specific knowledge of who the finder was, that information has not been shared and is specifically hidden, but if I were guessing I would just look at the top producers list for LL. The work rate there is so disproportionately heavy to the top 10 I would be amazed if it was someone else. Anything is possible though![/QUOTE]

One of the top ten represents many people.

[QUOTE=retina;422324]It is curious that curtisc would double check his own exponent. Later to be checked by MadPoo

[url]http://www.mersenne.org/report_exponent/?exp_lo=72295777&full=1[/url][/QUOTE]

For whatever reason, Curtis' machines sometimes wind up working on the same exponent (same assignment ID even) and they'll turn in results within days of each other. I don't know if it's something in the way those machines are managed.

At least right now with the new assignment rules where you can't get a DC for something you did the first check, it's only cases like this that generate new self-verified things for me to fret over. :smile: There are maybe 2 or 3 a month, if that.

Thats great news. hopefully, we will get a few fistfull( or a few handfulls) of new participants . Some of wich will stay.

[QUOTE=chalsall;422400]"They" / "their"?[/QUOTE]

Unless I misremember my own past statements, I think I was being careful to use gender neutral terms like that when talking about the discoverer. :smile:

[QUOTE=CRGreathouse;422402][URL]http://www.americandialect.org/2015-word-of-the-year-is-singular-they[/URL][/QUOTE]
I have had to adapt to this usage in my job, despite having grown up in a "Grammar Nazi" household. I still flinch when I use it, expecting to be called down for doing so. However, there seems to be no way around when one works in an LGBTQ social services organization.

I'll save ya some time, wasn't me.

[QUOTE=airsquirrels;422404]I have no specific knowledge of who the finder was, that information has not been shared and is specifically hidden, but if I were guessing I would just look at the top producers list for LL. The work rate there is so disproportionately heavy to the top 10 I would be amazed if it was someone else. Anything is possible though![/QUOTE]

So what happens when you look up the exponent on PrimeNet? I seem to recall that potential primes are marked as unassigned, but I could be wrong.