9.29.2008

They Beat Me to It

I was close, too.
Computer scientists are hoping to claim a $100,000 prize after discovering the largest known prime number. At 12,978,189 digits long, it would take the best part of two and a half months to write out by hand.

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  1. Darn, I had already planned how I was going to spend that money too.

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