[extropy-chat] new record largest prime

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SO how long would it take to email me that number on a 56k modem?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Clemmensen" <dgc at cox.net>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] new record largest prime


> spike wrote:
> 
> >>>225964951 - 1 is prime.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>I think you mean:
> >>    one less than two to the power of 25,964,951
> >>Sure enough, that's a big number. 25,964,951 binary digits,
> >>all ones.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Ja I superscripted it in the original.  The plaintext undid
> >the superscript.  Too bad for Dan Rather his copy machine
> >didn't do that as well.  I coulda put in a ^ however.  {8^]  
> >
> >spike 
> >
> >  
> >
> I sort of figured that your message had encountered a rabbit
> somewhere, and the rabbit has stolen the carrot. Sort of like
> a Spam filter :-)
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