[ExI] 2^57885161-1

Tomasz Rola rtomek at ceti.pl
Sun Feb 10 22:13:09 UTC 2013


On Sun, 10 Feb 2013, BillK wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote:
> > Goedelized messages had been used by crew of one fictional s-f-spaceship,
> > sent with mission to nonexistant planetary system (if I remember well),
> > who once freed from civilisation boundaries, quickly developed themselves
> > into superhumans, and started sending back home things like "we are coming
> > back to whip your arses, get ready you bastards". Sounds to me like
> > perfect way to use prime numbers. Unfortunately I keep forgetting the
> > title and author, this must be a civilisation-induced block.
> >
> >
> 
> Frederik Pohl's The Gold at the Starbow's End.  1974
> 
> 
> BillK

Wow, thanks! Of course I will forget it soon, again. Maybe I should 
re-read it.

Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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