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Science & Technology
45th Mersenne prime discovered (possibly)
2008-09-02
It may be 10 million digits long.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Major coolness.
Posted by: Pappy   2008-09-02 17:53  

#3  45th Mersenne Prime Discovered.

Oh thank god! Now we can finally....Umm.....
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-09-02 16:04  

#2  You can see why finding these numbers have such a cult following. [from the article]

Totally. What could be more sexy than that?

Posted by: Iblis   2008-09-02 13:45  

#1  Yowsers. I feel sorry for the poor sap that has to crack a message coded with that cipher.
Posted by: Mike N.   2008-09-02 01:08  

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