1996-01-27 - Prime Time….
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From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-27 19:58:03 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 03:58:03 +0800
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From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 03:58:03 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Prime Time....
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Something I ran across in an old book on number theory
In 1953 D.H.Lhmer used the SWAC calculator to check for Mersenne primes
(2^n-1). The largest one found was n=2281 - the runtime was 66 minutes.
Anybody with access to one of the new Cray fish-tanks want to get a
datapoint for the closest machine in 96 so we can check on how well
Moore's law worked?
Simon // Suddenly my Powerbook 140 seems fast again
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