'No practical use' for 17-million digit prime number

Feb 08, 2013 7 Replies

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Why is it only "thought" to be the largest prime number ever identified?



Stupid American fuckpigs.

Probably because its so bloody boring and they all went down the pub.

Brian

Because an apprentice found it and you cannot verify if he foundit first?

On Friday 08 February 2013 18:11 ARW wrote in uk.d-i-y:

I'm guessing that it has not been independently verified?

It was just lying around, waiting to be discovered? F*ck me.

In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes

Didn't you know there were places in Dorset where they are just lying on the beach ready to be picked up

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