On Wednesday 29 January 2003 01:07, Paul Missman wrote:
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> You bring up an interesting point about the software, I suppose. I never
> thought that George or Scott considered the software proprietary.
This whole area is a legal minefield ... Even open source software can be
proprietized, e.g. t
Paul Missman wrote:
> I do wonder at your assertion that, were I to discover a large
> prime by a self written program, I would have to publish the
> program along with the discovered prime. I'd imagine that, as
> long as the number could be verified by independent means, it
> would be an publisha
Hi Ernst!
You bring up an interesting point about the
software, I suppose. I never thought that George or Scott considered the
software proprietary. I'd think that a basic Lucas-Lehmer type software
could be written without too much headache, though I've never tried my hand at
it.
I do
Ah, nothing to get one's sluggish blood moving than a juicy discussion about
poaching and other number-theoretic high crimes.
Spike66 (Hiya, Spike!) wrote
>Please, fellow math lovers, do let us get
>things in the proper perspective here. GIMPS
>is just for fun.
Yes, but like most other recreati
>P.S. - Nice to see that GIMPSers aren't cold calculating
>mathematicians only!
Mathematicians don't have to be cold or uninteresting. Our maths teacher
cycles a 540km race every year, puts Zalo (that's the stuff you do your
dishwashing with in Norway) in her hair to increase the speed and is
pro
At 11:29 AM 6/14/99 -0500, Paul Becker wrote:
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>I've got a slower computer working on this project, and I've been
>involved for perhaps two years. My machine IS contributing to the
>project 24/7, and I'd like that to continue.
>
How long is it taking per exponent? What % complete is it for the
Alright, I've been quietly watching this until now...
I've got a slower computer working on this project, and I've been
involved for perhaps two years. My machine IS contributing to the
project 24/7, and I'd like that to continue.
>I'm not out to do all this just to get in the top-100 list...yo
