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NeoGen
05-15-2007, 02:31 AM
(May 5, 2007)


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

Beerknurd
05-15-2007, 02:38 AM
Dang, I forgot all about that project...

That's a great find for SOB!!! Only 7 more to go...