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42nd Mersenne Prime Probably Discovered
RTKfan writes "Chalk up another achievement for distributed computing! MathWorld is reporting that the 42nd, and now-largest, Mersenne Prime has probably been discovered. The number in question is currently being double-checked by George Woltman, organizer of GIMPS (the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search). If this pans out, GIMPS will have been responsible for the eight current largest Mersenne Primes ever discovered."
... the moment they discovered the 42nd prime, the world was immediately destroyed to make way for an intergalactic superhighway.
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The theory is that there is an infinite number of these numbers, but they are unlikely to prove the theory by finding them all...
Call me when a distributed computing project finds Fruit Fucker Prime.
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Either that or their eyes glaze over and you sneak a quick peck before they slap you silly.
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>What is number going to for us? Is it going to feed us? No. It would be better if the computer power was used for cancer research or finding aliens.
Because of course aliens will feed us...
They even will bring a cookbook with them, "To Serve Mankind."
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If this pans out, GIMPS will have been responsible for the eight current largest Mersenne Primes ever discovered.
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