Re: Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #427

1998-09-17 Thread gerdes
> > >The Post article said that Mr. Blosser, while he was busy doing the NT Prime > > >stuff, also "posted encrypted info on the Net" or something thereof. I find > > >this hard to believe. Is that accurate? > > > Contacting Primenet to post results constitutes "posting encrypted > info on the

Re: Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #427

1998-09-17 Thread Brian J Beesley
> >The Post article said that Mr. Blosser, while he was busy doing the NT Prime > >stuff, also "posted encrypted info on the Net" or something thereof. I find > >this hard to believe. Is that accurate? > Contacting Primenet to post results constitutes "posting encrypted info on the Net". (The me

Re: Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #427

1998-09-17 Thread John R Pierce
>The Post article said that Mr. Blosser, while he was busy doing the NT Prime >stuff, also "posted encrypted info on the Net" or something thereof. I find >this hard to believe. Is that accurate? a) How the heck should WE know??!? b) Mr. Blosser has himself posted here that this was completel

Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #427

1998-09-17 Thread STL137
The Post article said that Mr. Blosser, while he was busy doing the NT Prime stuff, also "posted encrypted info on the Net" or something thereof. I find this hard to believe. Is that accurate? STL

Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #427

1998-09-17 Thread Martin Lehmann
>From: John Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 05:39:33 -0700 >Subject: Re: Mersenne: Should we or not? > >At 02:59 AM 9/16/98 -0400, Vincent J. Mooney Jr. wrote: >>Should the GIMPS effort discard Alan Blosser's results on the grounds that >>they were improperly obtained? Surely