RE: Mersenne: Another cash prize for Mersenne testing?

2002-03-28 Thread Paul Leyland
> In any case, even a single Furby could probably be programmed > to factorise M(4), which seems to be the definitive challenge > for quantum computers at present ;-) That challenge was met a few months ago when M(4) was factored on a 7-qubit computer. The next challenge is to factor anything

Re: Mersenne: Another cash prize for Mersenne testing?

2002-03-27 Thread Brian J. Beesley
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 17:41, you wrote: > Whilst I was surfing I came across the word "Mersenne", > even though I didn't search for it. > After I had finished laughing, I had to tell you people. > > The Hack Furby Challenge is a $250 prize offered by > Peter van der Linden http://www.afu.com/

Re: Mersenne: Another cash prize for Mersenne testing?

2002-03-27 Thread Michael Kilfoyle
Now if we could get all the furbies linked to gether with the flashing eyes for RF we might have something.// LOL paul landon wrote: > Whilst I was surfing I came across the word "Mersenne", > even though I didn't search for it. > After I had finished laughing, I had to tell you people. > > T

Re: Mersenne: Another cash prize for Mersenne testing?

2002-03-27 Thread Michael Kilfoyle
Now if we could get all the furbies linked together with the flashing eyes for RF we might have something.// LOL paul landon wrote: > Whilst I was surfing I came across the word "Mersenne", > even though I didn't search for it. > After I had finished laughing, I had to tell you people. > > Th

Mersenne: Another cash prize for Mersenne testing?

2002-03-27 Thread paul landon
Whilst I was surfing I came across the word "Mersenne", even though I didn't search for it. After I had finished laughing, I had to tell you people. The Hack Furby Challenge is a $250 prize offered by Peter van der Linden http://www.afu.com/fur.html for software to do something with a Furby. The