On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 07:11:33PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >In case there is no new mersenne prime found in the near future, we plan to > >make this an annual event - or semiannual, or quarterly, or however often we > >can get together. > > Speaking for the California chapter, a get-together to celebrate each new > prime (assuming we don't run into a huge gap
By Sod's Law, you'd call a party during a long gap and the next prime would then turn up. Unfortunately, similar laws would prevent one from using this effect to speed up the search, which is a pity :-) -- --------------- Robin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------- Oxford University Computing Services ----------- Web: http://www.cynic.org.uk/ ------- (+44)(0)1865: 273212 (work) 273275 (fax) Mobile: 07776 235326 ------- _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
