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Posted by kdawson on Saturday September 13, 2008 @03:58PM from the interest-rate dept.

kahunak writes to alert us that GIMPS has announced that the 45th and 46th Mersenne primes have been confirmed. The EFF's $100,000 award, for the first prime over 10 million digits in length, will probably be claimed. (We discussed no. 45 when it was announced.)

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Re:So (Score:4, Funny)

by JustOK ( 667959 ) writes: on Saturday September 13, 2008 @04:02PM (#24992797) Journal

Hang on, I'm trying to type it in, but it takes longer because i'm using sms

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Re:So (Score:5, Funny)

by felipekk ( 1007591 ) writes: on Saturday September 13, 2008 @04:06PM (#24992821) Journal

The $100k award is not enough to cover the cost of sending the number through sms...

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Unfortunately these primes can't be published... (Score:4, Funny)

by the_humeister ( 922869 ) writes: on Saturday September 13, 2008 @05:16PM (#24993375)

... because they coincidentally correspond to two of Britney Spears's songs encoded as mp3 files at 128kb and the RIAA won't allow such copyright infringement! Double ouch!

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Re:Unfortunately these primes can't be published.. (Score:3, Funny)

by TheSpoom ( 715771 ) * writes: <{ten.00mrebu} {ta} {todhsals}> on Saturday September 13, 2008 @07:13PM (#24994199) Homepage Journal

This just in: Britney Spears is actually a weapon sent by aliens to enslave the Earth through hidden prime number telepathic messages.
News at eleven.

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Re:So (Score:3, Funny)

by rachit ( 163465 ) writes: on Saturday September 13, 2008 @09:16PM (#24994931)

Yes, the rates the carriers charge for SMS's have risen *that* much...

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