M44 might be, no, *IS* here

[T.Rex]

Originally Posted by Primeinator

I have to agree with Lycorn, the more people that help with a project of this kind, the better.

So, talk to news-magazines and try to convince them to talk about M44 !
T.

[T.Rex]

Originally Posted by Jeff Gilchrist

The second verification (now 70% complete) hasn't finished yet.

I suppose our residues are still in sync. Right ?
Tony

[BotXXX]

M44 has been mentioned here http://tweakers.net/nieuws/44376 (Dutch)

[only_human]

I feel that it is too easy to accidently download the full number in ASCII text by clicking on the digit size in this sentence at mersenne.org:
"The new prime at 9,808,358 digits is 650,000 digits larger than their previous record prime found last December."

Last time GIMPS found a prime number, I accidently did this myself while expecting to get some facts about what a number this size would occupy in pages of common sized text, etc.

Interestingly (or not), while searching with Google for "9,808,358 prime" (no quotes in search query) , the fourth hit is an unrelated entry pertaining to twin prime gaps:

Twin Prime Pairs from 70000000 to 80000000
Number of Twin Prime Pairs less than 80000000 = 361450 ... 9807380,9807500,9807758,9808040,9808160,9808358,9808502,9808748,9809048, ...
www.mathematical.com/twin70mto80m.htm - 331k

[eu-Robert]

Originally Posted by lycorn

We do need more volunteers. There is no such thing as "too many people" cooperating in projects of this kind [...].
Therefore, we should go "tell it on the mountain"...

OK, OK, you convinced me.
A winning streak (like 5 Mersenne primes in 3 years) has to run out some time, and if that long dry spell in Mersenne primes is long overdue, we'll need every last spare CPU cycle out there! And I guess now is a good time to join the mersenne prime search, professor (of Chemistry) Boone says: "The next one almost has to be over 10 million digits". Yes, think EFF!

Thanks Jeff Gilchrist, for running a 2nd verification!!
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Look, it's Curt Cooper und Steven R. Boone, sitting in front of a large decimal number!

"What's better than finding one Mersenne prime? Finding two," says Steven Boone [...].

The article explains about Mersenne primes: "Mersenne primes are part of a special class of rare primes". Wow, impressive. Look ma, no formula or explanation!

"Individuals who are interested in obtaining software to participate in the project can do so by visiting the [mersenne.org] Web site." What?! He didn't say the magic word: FREE!! The FREE software! Will someone please ask them to insert that little word into the story?!

Well, maybe we should look at it this way: at least they quoted George!

• On another note, for those who understand German, check out this amusing article: Mersenne-Primzahl M44 verfehlt das 10-Millionen-Ziel nur um "Haaresbreite". That punch line!

[T.Rex]

Hum. Mr Caldwell made a mistake in his page: Mersenne Primes: History, ...
"A forty third Mersenne found September 2006: 2^32582657-1"
forty fourth ...
T.

[Prime95]

Originally Posted by T.Rex

Hum. Mr Caldwell made a mistake

Be sure to email him

[brunoparga]

He's surprisingly responsive, given the massive amount of work he must have keeping his excellent website.

Bruno

[ixfd64]

Some news sources are starting to pick up the story:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/new...0?OpenDocument

http://www.digitalburg.com/artman/pu...cle_2565.shtml

[T.Rex]

Originally Posted by Prime95

Be sure to email him

Still the same now. I've emailed him.
Regards,
Tony

[jinydu]

Some pages on www.mersenne.org are still out of date.