February 2014, the month of the 2014 Winter Olympics. What do we do to earn our medals?


February 01 to February 28 - Tour de Primes 2014
Welcome to the 6th annual Tour de Primes. 2 is the first prime number...and the only even one. This makes it unique among prime numbers. Therefore, February is declared Prime month...being the 2nd month of the year. And there's no better way to pay homage to a prime number than to go out and find one. More precisely, a Top 5000 prime. For the month of February, an informal competition is offered. There are no points to be gained or awards to be won...just a simple rare jersey at the end of the month to add to your badge list. No pressure or stress other than what you put on yourself.
We are currently working on an overview for the Tour de Primes 2014. This post will be updated with links when it's available. Note that this might be a day or two after the start! Currently, the fastest opportunity to find Top 5000 primes is with the PPSE (LLR) project. Of course, should someone find a prime in the higher n searches, this would pretty much guarantee the green jersey. Should you bag a GFN prime, whether it's a world record or "small" one, you're pretty sure of a win too. All ports in PRPNet except for the GFN32768 port are also available for the competition. To participate in BOINC PPS(E) (LLR), all you have to do is select it in your PrimeGrid preferences. To participate in PRPNet, please see the Welcome to PRPNet thread. Good Luck, have fun, and enjoy! :D

Tour de Primes 2014 thread on PrimeGrid Forum

February 13 to February 14 - [Twenty Four 016] Auguste and Louis Lumiere Crunch
Sixteenth edition of the serie of challenges between teams [Twenty Four] issued by the french team BRIGADE DU COSMOS. [Twenty Four] serie of challenges aims to celebrate an important day of the year. 24 hours of intense crunch tribute to this day ! For this [Twenty Four 016], we celebrate the deposit of the patent of the Cinematograph, at the same time camera of shooting and film projector, by the brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière on February 13th, 1895. We shall never thank enough the Lumière Brothers for their indisputable contribution in the development of the cinema. Happy crunching and movies to everyone !

Auguste and Louis Lumiere Crunch chat and stats page


February 15 to February 22 - Galileo Galilei - 450 anniversary of the birth
Astronomy.Ru Forum organizes a SkynetPogs challenge in honor of the 450th anniversary of the birth of the great Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei - 450 anniversary of the birth chat and stats page


February 26 to March 04 - The Carnival Crunch
The ngb:setiteam team wants a Seti challenge to celebrate the German Carnival

The Carnival Crunch chat and stats page