Units of light years are distance not time. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Matthew Brand <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ >
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