Greg Morphis wrote: > I'm trying to find the importance of knowing a large prime number.. I > mean seriously, who cares? > Especially one that's 13 million digits long.. The only place I can > see it used is on a game show ;)
There is definitely the 'it's there' reason of a lot of discovery! But it my understanding that these mind blowing large prime numbers play some role in many computer encryption security methods. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271426 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
