Kelli Garner is excited about the new Mersenne Prime

Jonathan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:36:54 +0000

Some people have noticed a slow decline around here into posting photos of beautiful women again. How dare you question the integrity of Keebler/Blog, your most trusted source for news…well, somewhat trusted…a little trusted?…Ok, you actually shouldn’t read this site.

Anyhow, after some soul searching, I’ve decided to raise the level of discourse around here. So behold: it looks like they have discovered a new prime number. Umm….yeah!? I wasn’t aware that we needed another one, especially one with over 10 million digits. We should ask ourselves, do we want to live in a world with such large prime numbers? I think we should get Kelli Garner’s perspective on things, who surprisingly, is not the sister of Jennifer Garner but is also an actress. Yes, very interesting…

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has apparently discovered a new world-record prime number. A GIMPS client computer reported the number on August 23rd, and verification is currently under way. The verification could take up to two weeks to complete. The last Mersenne prime discovered was over 9.8 million digits long, strongly suggesting that the new value may break the 10 million digit barrier — qualifying for the EFF’s $100000 prize!

I shouldn’t get as excited abo… I shouldn’t get as excited about playing with CDNs as...

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Kelli Garner is excited about the new Mersenne Prime