From a Satire site... http://theeschalot.com/smallest-prime-number-discovered.html
Smallest Prime Number Discovered, Soon After Largest
DETROIT - Wallace Bonownski says you don't have to have 200,000 computers and a grad student to discover a new prime number. "You just gotta use yer thinker, is all," said the Michigan State University groundskeeper. "I heard about Michael's big find, and I thought, 'Hey, if that's the largest prime number, then I'll bet the negative version would be the smallest. And I discovered it!'"
(continues)
_________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers