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"Danny"
Dec 2002
California
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Does anyone know why Tony Reix can't do a verification run this time?
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2008-08-31, 09:36
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I'm back
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Sorry, I was in vacations ! Sea, Sun and ... Sand. South-East of France: Marseille, Hyères, Giens. Callanques... Several good old friends. Very nice weather ! But no Internet. So, I'm back home since yesterday and, after a nice restaurant with my children (red "Côtes du Rhône" !), I've read my emails very late and found this wonderful news: A NEW BIG PRIME ! Congratulations to all the team ! I'll read my emails in details and see if they need some help for the verification. Maybe it's too late. However, I'll ask my company if I can borrow a big machine: that really depends on the projects we have with customers. Félicitations pour cette magnifique découverte ! I've noticed that the 4 previous Mersenne primes were discovered during French vacations (and so I had the opportunity to use a big machine of my company, Bull SAS). This new one has (again) been discovered during (summer) vacations and during MY vacations... Strange ?! Regards, Tony Last fiddled with by T.Rex on 2008-08-31 at 10:25 |
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2008-08-31, 10:22
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The Texas Hill Country
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2008-08-31, 10:26
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2008-08-31, 10:42
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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I would guess that if you can't verify the number before September 12th, it is bigger than 10M digits. David |
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2008-08-31, 10:59
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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Yes. I think MiniGeek's quibble was fairly worthless  The use of the extremely familiar unit "Million" and the immediate clarification of the position of the decimal point made the author's point as clearly as possible. Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2008-08-31 at 11:52 |
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2008-08-31, 11:29
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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Who said "No magazine editor ever went bust through underestimating the intelligence of its audience"? Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2008-08-31 at 11:45 |
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2008-08-31, 15:23
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"Danny"
Dec 2002
California
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Welcome back, Tony!
By the way, you should go on vacations more often.
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2008-08-31, 15:51
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Good vacations...
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2008-08-31, 20:40
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"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." is attributed to H.L. Mencken "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." is attributed to P.T. Barnum. Chances are neither one of them said it. |
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2008-08-31, 21:47
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"Lucan"
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Well considering that I was referring to the style in "Scientific American" I think my paraphrase was fairly accurate, if not original as I acknowledged. Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2008-08-31 at 21:48 |
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