[XC] riptide
05-21-2007, 05:45 PM
http://www.seventeenorbust.com/ 7 left to go. Man I'd normally be on top of this. This is already old news. Damn!
[XC] riptide
05-21-2007, 05:47 PM
"Austin, Tx. -- The ``Seventeen or Bust'' distributed computing project
today announced the discovery of a massive prime number. The new prime is 3.9
million digits long and stands as the largest non-Mersenne prime ever
discovered. It is the seventh largest-known prime overall and the tenth such
discovery for the project in its five year history."
http://www.seventeenorbust.com/documents/press-050507.mhtml