You just might be addicted to GIMPS if... - Page 53

StarQwest · 2006-12-13, 02:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by moo

you refuse to buy intels quad core cpu because of course 4 is not a prime number.

Of course, you could add on a separate Pentium 4, giving you 5 cores total. You would then have even more power to run Prime95.

cheesehead · 2006-12-14, 13:54

... not to mention handling the awkward compositeness of the "95" in "Prime95":

Prime95 = (Prime19 per core) * (5 core).

Mini-Geek · 2006-12-14, 19:37

...so you take the source of Prime95, and edit it so that it is Prime19.

ixfd64 · 2006-12-15, 23:57

You keep failing school on purpose until you can be a member of the class of <insert prime number>.

Mini-Geek · 2006-12-23, 13:19

If all you want for Christmas (or [insert holiday here]) is a Mersenne prime.

ixfd64 · 2006-12-29, 17:28

I'm not sure if this has been said, but:

You can do the Lucas-Lehmer test mentally.

jinydu · 2006-12-31, 11:06

... you are constantly thinking about when the total output of GIMPS statistic will be updated:

Quote:

Originally Posted by http://mersenne.org/ips/stats.html

Between 23 November 1997 and 04 February 2006, PrimeNet has handled 11,579,649,914 P90 machine-hours (1,320,973 P90 machine-years) of Mersenne number tests.

Mini-Geek · 2007-02-02, 13:10

If you think the answer to life, the universe, and everything is (√9)! * (9 - (√9)!/(√9) )
(took the equation from four nines thread)

petrw1 · 2007-02-02, 16:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mini-Geek

If you think the answer to life, the universe, and everything is (√9)! * (9 - (√9)!/(√9) )
(took the equation from four nines thread)

I am honored that my puzzle helped you find the answer you were seeking ....

I will add one of my own: If you are carefully monitoring the odometer in your car as it nears M297,622.1 AND at the same time your wife's car as it nears M139,826.9

petrw1 · 2007-02-02, 16:40

and if you had to make one more post realize it was a prime number (#37)

moo · 2007-02-07, 07:30

you lock yourself in a prime number of rooms...
you bury your head in a box of sand containing a prime number of grains

2006-12-14, 13:54	#574
cheesehead "Richard B. Woods" Aug 2002 Wisconsin USA 17014₈ Posts	... not to mention handling the awkward compositeness of the "95" in "Prime95": Prime95 = (Prime19 per core) * (5 core). Last fiddled with by cheesehead on 2006-12-14 at 13:57

2006-12-23, 13:19	#577
Mini-Geek Account Deleted "Tim Sorbera" Aug 2006 San Antonio, TX USA 17×251 Posts	If all you want for Christmas (or [insert holiday here]) is a Mersenne prime. Last fiddled with by Mini-Geek on 2006-12-23 at 13:20

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2006-12-14, 19:37	#575
Mini-Geek Account Deleted "Tim Sorbera" Aug 2006 San Antonio, TX USA 10253₈ Posts	...so you take the source of Prime95, and edit it so that it is Prime19.

2006-12-15, 23:57	#576
ixfd64 Bemusing Prompter "Danny" Dec 2002 California 2·11·109 Posts	You keep failing school on purpose until you can be a member of the class of <insert prime number>.

2006-12-29, 17:28	#578
ixfd64 Bemusing Prompter "Danny" Dec 2002 California 2×11×109 Posts	I'm not sure if this has been said, but: You can do the Lucas-Lehmer test mentally.

2007-02-02, 13:10	#580
Mini-Geek Account Deleted "Tim Sorbera" Aug 2006 San Antonio, TX USA 1000010101011₂ Posts	If you think the answer to life, the universe, and everything is (√9)! * (9 - (√9)!/(√9) ) (took the equation from four nines thread)

2007-02-02, 16:40	#582
petrw1 1976 Toyota Corona years forever! "Wayne" Nov 2006 Saskatchewan, Canada 3×5×313 Posts	and if you had to make one more post realize it was a prime number (#37)

2007-02-07, 07:30	#583
moo Jul 2004 Nowhere 1451₈ Posts	you lock yourself in a prime number of rooms... you bury your head in a box of sand containing a prime number of grains