formula for largest prime found

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by R.D. Silverman

What have you got against morons???

Not a thing - but on the internet I need to take extra steps to see whether I'm dealing with the genuine article or merely a faux-ron.

[Switches to George Costanza mode]

I've got nothing against morons! Many of my friends are morons! My parents are both morons! In fact .. I'm a moron! Yes - that's it! I'm very, very moronic! I'm flamingly moronic! Tell them, Jerry!

[davieddy]

I think Dr Silverman was suggesting that the comparison
was unfair to morons

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by davieddy

I think Dr Silverman was suggesting that the comparison
was unfair to morons

Ah, yes, that may very well be so. Luckily, any real moron would not realize that they had been unwittingly [or would it be nit-wittingly?] insulted.

I'm still curious how the thread starter is posting from an IP listed by WHOIS as belonging to Mercedes Benz Stuttgart, however... bas whois data? Our moron is a script kiddie? Debasheez Snr really works for MB and doesn't know that junior is using the office PC to post drivel to internet number theory forums?

[jasong]

http://www.assessmentpsychology.com/...ifications.htm

The Internet is so cool.

When I took an IQ test in the 9th grade, I scored in the 98-99 percentile overall, but I was a complete ass. Now, I'm mentally ill and working at KFC, but I tend to give a damn about people in general.

Mental illness, the answer to the world's problems. Just make everybody mentally ill for five years, right after high school would be a good time.

Note: That last paragraph is BS and is intentionally BS.

[davieddy]

Originally Posted by debasish

the formula is n!-1=prime number
n is any whole mumber

It has no factor <= n is all that is obvious.
But SQR(n!) > n+1 for all n > 4 so there is plenty of scope for
finding factors (n=5 being the first case).

[R.D. Silverman]

Originally Posted by davieddy

I think Dr Silverman was suggesting that the comparison
was unfair to morons

Bingo!

[akruppa]

It's hard to resist posting this old meme now... so I wont. Resist, that is.

Alex

[Orgasmic Troll]

Originally Posted by jasong

http://www.assessmentpsychology.com/...ifications.htm

The Internet is so cool.

When I took an IQ test in the 9th grade, I scored in the 98-99 percentile overall, but I was a complete ass. Now, I'm mentally ill and working at KFC, but I tend to give a damn about people in general.

Mental illness, the answer to the world's problems. Just make everybody mentally ill for five years, right after high school would be a good time.

Note: That last paragraph is BS and is intentionally BS.

Or, delay it for a few years and call it "grad school"

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by Orgasmic Troll

Or, delay it for a few years and call it "grad school"

That worked for me.

[ixfd64]

I've seen some pretty blatant cranks, but this one takes the cake.