Would you rather...
 

This is nice and simple. I start with a question where you have to choose between two options (occasionally three if it makes sense). You make your choice and give your reasons, then give a new 'Would you rather...' question for the next person to reply to. The only rule is to limit each person to one 'Would you rather...' question and answer per day.

I'll start.

Would you rather find the next Mersenne Prime or discover a method to test for Mersenne Primes that is much faster than an LL test (on similar hardware)?

I would rather (at the moment!) do the latter.

This is in large part because I think that the next is likely to be under the 10M digit threshold. Secondly, this will help all future M primes be found faster.

You need a followup question...

Would you rather take an unknown fate 50/50 good bad, or a sure and known sorta bad thing?

I would take my chances on 50/50. At least I have a 50% chance of a good outcome. I have a 0% chance the other way.

Would you rather win the Academy Award for Best Actor/Actress or win the MVP title in your favorite sport?

Win the Academy Award. It would guarantee the purchase of a couple of hundred crunching machines.

Would you rather work hard for a great career and eventually a modest fortune or win $10 million from the local lottery?

I'd prefer the lottery win, as I then have the opportunity to make the decision where to work without the need that it is paid well enough - it can even be completely voluntarily when I like it...

Would you rather have had a cheap or an expensive car, assuming you have a crash, don't get hurt but completely destroy the car so it's use- and worthless and you don't get any money from an insurance company (Point is: whatever you take, there won't be a (physical) difference afterwards)?

The expensive car because I already drive a cheap car.

Would you rather be eaten by an alligator or a great white shark/

Shark, it's quicker (I'd hope.)

Be an elected Prime Minister/President or a non-elected dictator?

President because I believe in freedom.

Would you rather do DC projects for the next 30 years and die or live without them for 50 and die?

That's too easy. I would rather work on DC projects. That's a lot more fun.

Would you rather work for Apple or Microsoft?