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From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Prime Numbers Again
Message-ID: <1705@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 21:02:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1705
Posted: Fri Sep 27 21:02:51 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 08:08:20 EDT
References: <235@pyuxii.UUCP> <242@uwai.UUCP>
Reply-To: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi)
Organization: University of Woolamaloo
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Summary: 

In article <242@uwai.UUCP> luner@uwai.UUCP writes:
>Reminded by T. C. Wheeler:
>
>> A new super prime number for you to ponder is:
>> 
>>    2 to the 261,091 power -1
>
>I saw the small blurb on this in the Milwaukee Journal a couple days ago. After
>letting us on to this new secret, they added:
>
>"...prime numbers have no practical use."
>
>Sigh.

Hmmm... a little NSA-inspired disinformation, perhaps?  0.5 * :-)
-- 
David Canzi

"It's Reagan's fault.  Everything's Reagan's fault.  Floods... volcanoes...
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