> Conjecture time: The prime number earning the $150K prize will not be a
> Mersenne.
This isn't so much a conjecture as a prediction (there is a difference).
A conjecture is a very specialized prediction.
> Why do I say that? Even with processor speeds increasing, we have a good
> idea how lo
As soon as I heard that there was a $100,000 prize available for finding a
prime, I decided to switch to the 10m digit test, even though my chances
of finding it were extreemly small. I mean, the tiny chance of winning
that cash is better than leaving your idle CPU time idle, right ?
Unfortunat
