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The Year in Technology

Posted by michael on from the year-end-filler dept.

bedessen writes "It's that time again, when we look back on the year in summary. New Scientist has an article "2002, The Year in Technology", as well as "The Year in Medicine and Biology." Popular Science brings us "The 15th Annual Best of What's New.""

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  1. Re:I am surprised! by TheAntiCrust · · Score: 3, Informative

    Isnt 1 or 0 being a prime number unimportant? Perhaps my math isnt high enough yet (Math Analysis (Trig) in High school currently). Isnt it being a prime number just a label? Whats the significance? Its an interesting argument anyway. I like this kind of stuff, Im just wondering if it changes anything or is an argument for the sake of knowing.

  2. mod parent DOWN by $carab · · Score: 4, Informative

    Youve got to be kidding me. This comment should not have been modded up in the first place.

    The message text is at:
    http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/58723.htm l

    I remember having a distinctly similar conversation with my third grade teacher when we learned about things like long division and prime numbers.