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Fun with Prime Numbers
Steve Litt writes "Fun With Prime Numbers contains a series of prime number finding algorithms starting with the most brute force imaginable, and working up to a paged algorithm capable of finding the first 1,716,050,469 primes in an hour and a half on a commodity machine. There are faster algorithms on the net, but these algorithms are within the reach of mere mortals and are fully explained." -
Fun with Prime Numbers
Steve Litt writes "Fun With Prime Numbers contains a series of prime number finding algorithms starting with the most brute force imaginable, and working up to a paged algorithm capable of finding the first 1,716,050,469 primes in an hour and a half on a commodity machine. There are faster algorithms on the net, but these algorithms are within the reach of mere mortals and are fully explained." -
Heroes of the Computer Age
Roofus writes "Troubleshooters.com has an awesome article on the Heroes of the Digital Age. Its got just about all the big names you can think of, and some you'd rather not think of :) " (CT:Back to hauling couchs for me. Ugh)