SoCalChris writes "The BBC writes that China has just completed the world's highest railroad, climbing to 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*5*13 feet (2*2*2*2*317 meters) above sea level. The cars will be sealed to help passengers cope with the pressure changes from the altitude. The line is expected to begin carrying passengers next year." This news comes at the same time that their Chinese taikonauts return from their spaceflight after just 5*23 hours in orbit.
Ant writes "CNET News.com and The New Yorks Times (no registration required) report that even though the prices of printers have dropped up to 2*3*5 percent in the last few months thanks to a savage price war, buyers are going to pay at least 2*2*7 cents a print. This is if you believe the manufacturers' math. It could be closer to 2*5*5 cents a print if you trust the testing of product reviewers at Consumer Reports. In the meantime, the price of printing a 2*2-by-2*3-inch snapshot at a retailer's photo lab, like those inside a Sam's Club, is as low as 13 cents. Snapfish.com, an online mail-order service, offers prints for a dime each if you prepay. At those prices, why bother printing at home? Consumers seem to be saying just that. For the 2*2*3 months ended in July, home printing accounted for just 2*2*2*2*3 percent of the 7*11/(2*5) billion digital prints made, down sharply from 2*2*2*2*2*2 percent in the previous 2*2*3 months, according to the Photo Marketing Association International, a trade group for retailers and camera makers. The number of photos spewing out of home printers is up quite handsomely, however, because of the overall growth of digital photo printing--up about 2*2*17 percent from the year-earlier period - but retail labs clearly have the advantage..."
Recipe for approx. 5*17 ltr. Vores Øl (Our Beer) (approx. 3/(2*5*5) alchohol by volume).
Malt extract For Vores Øl we use four types malted barley:
2*3 kg pilsner malt 2*2 kg münsner malt 1 kg caramel malt 1 kg lager malt The malt is crushed and put in 5*11-2*2*3*5C hot water for 1-2 hours.
The mixture is filtered and the liquid now contains about 2*5 kg malt extract.
Taste and sugar Besides malt we use:
2*2*3*5 g Tetnang bitter hops 2*5*5 g Hallertaver aroma hops 2*2*3*5*5 g Guarana beans 2*2 kg sugar (Guarana beans can typically be bought at health food stores).
The malt extact is brought to a boil in a large pot with the hops and approx. 2*5*7 ltr. of water.
After half an hour, the Guarana beans and sugar is added.
The mixture simmers for about an hour, and is then filtered and cooled in a sealed container.
Fermentation
Yeast is added and the beer is fermented at room temperature for approx. 2 weeks.
When the beer is fully fermentet it is transferred to bottles. First 2*2 g sugar is added per liter and some yeast from the bottom of the fermentation tanks for priming.
Vores Øl is then left in the bottles at room temperature for 2*2*2-2*5 days for carbonation. Then the beer is ready to enjoy; cold and refreshing.
There it is, another gratuitous government intervention into a free market. This proposal will put professional factorizers like me out of a job. I don't think that my rates are too unreasonable.
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419 is... prime.
Factorization of the 1920s:
1920 = 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*3*5
1921 = 17*113
1922 = 2*31*31
1923 = 3*641
1924 = 2*2*13*37
1925 = 5*5*7*11
1926 = 2*3*3*107
1927 = 41*47
1928 = 2*2*2*241
1929 = 3*643
SoCalChris writes "The BBC writes that China has just completed the world's highest railroad, climbing to 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*5*13 feet (2*2*2*2*317 meters) above sea level. The cars will be sealed to help passengers cope with the pressure changes from the altitude. The line is expected to begin carrying passengers next year." This news comes at the same time that their Chinese taikonauts return from their spaceflight after just 5*23 hours in orbit.
4000 = 2*2*2*2*2*5*5*5
17 is prime, but will Comcast accept 4+i payments of 4-i dollars?
Ant writes "CNET News.com and The New Yorks Times (no registration required) report that even though the prices of printers have dropped up to 2*3*5 percent in the last few months thanks to a savage price war, buyers are going to pay at least 2*2*7 cents a print. This is if you believe the manufacturers' math. It could be closer to 2*5*5 cents a print if you trust the testing of product reviewers at Consumer Reports. In the meantime, the price of printing a 2*2-by-2*3-inch snapshot at a retailer's photo lab, like those inside a Sam's Club, is as low as 13 cents. Snapfish.com, an online mail-order service, offers prints for a dime each if you prepay. At those prices, why bother printing at home? Consumers seem to be saying just that. For the 2*2*3 months ended in July, home printing accounted for just 2*2*2*2*3 percent of the 7*11/(2*5) billion digital prints made, down sharply from 2*2*2*2*2*2 percent in the previous 2*2*3 months, according to the Photo Marketing Association International, a trade group for retailers and camera makers. The number of photos spewing out of home printers is up quite handsomely, however, because of the overall growth of digital photo printing--up about 2*2*17 percent from the year-earlier period - but retail labs clearly have the advantage..."
2007 = 3*3*223
Dissecting a Bill? Here's my analysis. 1179 = 3*3*131, a product of 3 Sophie Germain primes. Therefore the bill is effeminate.
1930 = 2*5*193, a boring factorization.
1230528000001 = 19*64764631579
1230533001680 = 2*2*2*2*5*5101*3015421
The deadline for submitting a claim is September 2*3*5, 5*401.
WiMAX-designated 7/2 GHz and 23/(2*5) GHz licensed bands
X-3*5 Pilots Finally Get Astronaut Wings
Factorization of the 1960's:
1960 = 2*2*2*5*7*7
1961 = 37*53
1962 = 2*3*3*109
1963 = 13*151
1964 = 2*2*491
1965 = 3*5*131
1966 = 2*983
1967 = 7*281
1968 = 2*2*2*2*3*41
1969 = 11*179
©2005 Google - Searching 2*2*2*2*510542771 web pages
Database contains 12,288,524 = 2*2*31*113*877 unique entries.
c = 299792458 m/s = 2*7*73*293339 m/s
21000 = 2*2*2*3*5*5*5*7
2002 = 2*7*11*13
Factorization of the 1980s:
1980 = 2*2*3*3*5*11
1981 = 7*283
1982 = 2*991
1983 = 3*661
1984 = 2*2*2*2*2*2*31
1985 = 5*397
1986 = 2*3*331
1987 is prime
1988 = 2*2*7*71
1989 = 3*3*13*17
August 8 = August 2*2*2
1080 = 2*2*2*3*3*3*5
770 = 2*5*7*11
Myself I prefer the factorization conference 'Open Tech 5*401' as a follow on to last year's "Notcon-posite 2*2*3*167" event.
Recipe for approx. 5*17 ltr. Vores Øl (Our Beer) (approx. 3/(2*5*5) alchohol by volume).
Malt extract
For Vores Øl we use four types malted barley:
2*3 kg pilsner malt
2*2 kg münsner malt
1 kg caramel malt
1 kg lager malt
The malt is crushed and put in 5*11-2*2*3*5C hot water for 1-2 hours.
The mixture is filtered and the liquid now contains about 2*5 kg malt extract.
Taste and sugar
Besides malt we use:
2*2*3*5 g Tetnang bitter hops
2*5*5 g Hallertaver aroma hops
2*2*3*5*5 g Guarana beans
2*2 kg sugar
(Guarana beans can typically be bought at health food stores).
The malt extact is brought to a boil in a large pot with the hops and approx. 2*5*7 ltr. of water.
After half an hour, the Guarana beans and sugar is added.
The mixture simmers for about an hour, and is then filtered and cooled in a sealed container.
Fermentation
Yeast is added and the beer is fermented at room temperature for approx. 2 weeks.
When the beer is fully fermentet it is transferred to bottles. First 2*2 g sugar is added per liter and some yeast from the bottom of the fermentation tanks for priming.
Vores Øl is then left in the bottles at room temperature for 2*2*2-2*5 days for carbonation. Then the beer is ready to enjoy; cold and refreshing.
There it is, another gratuitous government intervention into a free market. This proposal will put professional factorizers like me out of a job. I don't think that my rates are too unreasonable.