Not to mention the billions of light years wait for the number to be retrieved from some memory cells. Oh well, it is Friday and the pub awaits ;-)).
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Jonathan Lettvin <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess my sense of humor is too dry. > I know the godaddy server idea is useless. > But then, calculating a universe > hexagonal close-packed with Hydrogen > struck me as being a bit overboard too. > Just thought I would join in the fun. > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Zsbán Ambrus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Zsbán Ambrus <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The point is, an average home computer can easily test the primality >> > of any one really huge number in a few moments (and does too when >> > doing public-key cryptography), >> ... >> > The same is true for factorization, >> >> I'm being a bit imprecise here though, because while a usual home >> computer does do primality tests for public-key cryptography, I do now >> think it performs prime factorizatoin often. >> >> Ambrus >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > > > -- > This e-mail is from Jonathan D. Lettvin, and may contain information that is > confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, do not > read, copy or distribute the e-mail or any attachments. Instead, please > notify the sender and delete the e-mail and any attachments. Thank you. > > Jonathan D. Lettvin > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- http://www.ixquick.com/ Ixquick Protects Your Privacy! The only search engine that does not record your IP address. http://www.vivapalestina.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
