RE: Mersenne: Publicity from the 38th

1999-07-08 Thread Rick Pali
From: Lucas Wiman > >However, I agree with your sentiment, except - _what_ "victory"? > > It might be interpreted as a deception, I suppose... > "victory" would of course be finding another prime... To me [read: disclaimer], 'victory' implies a successful end. Perhaps 'success' would get the ide

Re: Mersenne: Publicity from the 38th

1999-07-08 Thread Lucas Wiman
>Actually I think mentioning the prize money might constitute >deception, since the next prize isn't in reach, yet. However, I agree >with your sentiment, except - _what_ "victory"? It might be interpreted as a deception, I suppose... "victory" would of course be finding another prime... -Lucas

Re: Mersenne: Publicity from the 38th

1999-07-08 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
At 06:59 08.07.99 -0400, Lucas Wiman wrote: >I think that we should put the publicity from the 38th mersenne prime >to good use. If we all write letters to the local paper, then we can >probably gain a very large number of people. Stick encouragements >to join on your website, in you .sig files