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The president that chases the opinion poll is the president that will have failed policy, in my judgment. ...when history looks back, I'd rather be judged as solving problems and being correct, rather than being popular. -- President George W. Bush, 6 July 2006

Dec 11, 2003

Student finds largest known prime number 

From CNN.com:

DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- More than 200,000 computers spent years looking for the largest known prime number. It turned up on Michigan State University graduate student Michael Shafer's off-the-shelf PC.
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The number is 6,320,430 digits long and would need 1,400 to 1,500 pages to write out. It is more than 2 million digits larger than the previous largest known prime number.


I'd supply the link to the story, but I think the number of people saying "Who gives a rat's ass?" is equal to the value of the number in question.
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