what does it take to get listed on major news agencies? - Page 7

lpmurray · 2003-12-11, 11:45

I DIDN'T NOTICE IF ANYONE PUT THIS ONE UP THERE

http://www.msnbc.com/news/1003718.asp?0si=-

I CAN SEE PLENTY OF NEW MACHINES COMMING IN IF THIS KEEPS UP

BY THE WAY MSNBC PUT A LINK TO THE ACTUAL 6.5MILLION DIGIT NUMBER http://mersenne.org/prime6.txt SO THE SEVER MIGHT GET NAILED IF A LOT OF PEOPLE HIT THAT LINK

TauCeti · 2003-12-11, 12:20

Quote:

Originally posted by lpmurray
SO THE SEVER MIGHT GET NAILED IF A LOT OF PEOPLE HIT THAT LINK

Looks like the http-service on www.mersenne.org is down now...

eu-Robert · 2003-12-11, 13:03

Quote:

Originally posted by TauCeti
MSNBC PUT A LINK TO THE ACTUAL 6.5MILLION DIGIT NUMBER on mersenne.org

That's a big file. Very unwise of them.

Quote:

Originally posted by lpmurray
the http-service on www.mersenne.org is down now...

Yup. Looks like it overloaded the server, as expected. I hope this won't cost us a lot of potential participants! There are no mirror sites to George's mersenne pages, are there?

ET_ · 2003-12-11, 13:11

I have a mirror but it's in Italy.

Italians don't like maths

Luigi

eu-Robert · 2003-12-11, 13:26

(sorry, I mixed up TauCeti and lpmurray's quotes!)

I'm sure quite a few people visit the Italian GIMPS pages every day, Luigi! Your traffic statistics will show that. Most visitors arrive via the links on mersenne.org

I was thinking of mirror sites in English, actually.

Ciao,
Robert.

My Dutch mersenne mirror site

SlashDude · 2003-12-11, 16:38

Front page on cnn.com

Under "SCIENCE & SPACE"
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science....ap/index.html

Complex33 · 2003-12-11, 23:57

Holy

M40 was just mentioned on the National News (ABC)!!! Weeeweeeweee

eu-Robert · 2003-12-16, 03:21

Student vindt grootste priemgetal (student finds largest prime number)

Student ontdekt grootste priemgetal (student discovers largest prime)

Internetprogramma berekent grootste priemgetal (internet program computes largest prime)

ET_ · 2003-12-25, 22:43

http://www.sanpaolo.org/fc/0351fc/0351f106.htm "Internet da' i numeri"

only_human · 2004-01-05, 19:54

What's It Do? Nothing, but Mathematicians Relish the Quest (Commentary) Los Angeles Times, December 29th, 2003 (Subscription -- but registering is free).

A nice article by Fernando Q. Gouvêa (professor of mathematics at Colby College). It mentions GIMPS; then lightly surveys mathematical theorems and quests and makes some sense of the motivation for finding out things that may not have immediate practical use.

eu-Robert · 2004-01-05, 23:25

Nice story, thanks for the link, only_human.
If you don't want to register, you can read Mr. Gouvêa's story here: http://mersenne.dse.nl/m40gouvea.htm

2003-12-11, 11:45	#67
lpmurray Sep 2002 89₁₀ Posts	I DIDN'T NOTICE IF ANYONE PUT THIS ONE UP THERE http://www.msnbc.com/news/1003718.asp?0si=- I CAN SEE PLENTY OF NEW MACHINES COMMING IN IF THIS KEEPS UP BY THE WAY MSNBC PUT A LINK TO THE ACTUAL 6.5MILLION DIGIT NUMBER http://mersenne.org/prime6.txt SO THE SEVER MIGHT GET NAILED IF A LOT OF PEOPLE HIT THAT LINK Last fiddled with by lpmurray on 2003-12-11 at 11:49

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2003-12-11, 16:38	#72
SlashDude Aug 2002 Minneapolis, MN E4₁₆ Posts	Front page on cnn.com Under "SCIENCE & SPACE" http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science....ap/index.html

2003-12-11, 23:57	#73
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2003-12-16, 03:21	#74
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2003-12-25, 22:43	#75
ET_ Banned "Luigi" Aug 2002 Team Italia 2×3×11×73 Posts	http://www.sanpaolo.org/fc/0351fc/0351f106.htm "Internet da' i numeri"

2004-01-05, 19:54	#76
only_human "Gang aft agley" Sep 2002 2·1,877 Posts	What's It Do? Nothing, but Mathematicians Relish the Quest (Commentary) Los Angeles Times, December 29th, 2003 (Subscription -- but registering is free). A nice article by Fernando Q. Gouvêa (professor of mathematics at Colby College). It mentions GIMPS; then lightly surveys mathematical theorems and quests and makes some sense of the motivation for finding out things that may not have immediate practical use.

2004-01-05, 23:25	#77
eu-Robert Dec 2003 Eindhoven 2·11 Posts	Nice story, thanks for the link, only_human. If you don't want to register, you can read Mr. Gouvêa's story here: http://mersenne.dse.nl/m40gouvea.htm