Don't forget about thirteen, we'd have to add that back in.


On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Jon Crowcroft wrote:

> 
> o course, if we were to internationalise the elevator ights, we';d
> have to syubtract 1 (as we count from zero, not 1) and then they'd all
> be even numbers....unless of course one of them was the one even
> prime...
> 
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
> "Dawson, Peter D" typed:
> 
>  >>oh... did the other members on the elevator dispute 
>  >>the prime number sequence ..I.E as the elevator descended or ascended ?? 
>  >>if so.. 
>  >>then they were part of the ietf convention 
>  >>else
>  >>they were a bunch of normal geeks....
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>->-----Original Message-----
>  >>->From: Dennis Glatting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>  >>->Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 11:57 AM
>  >>->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >>->Subject: Heard at the IETF
>  >>->
>  >>->
>  >>->
>  >>->
>  >>->Based on an experience of mine last night.
>  >>->
>  >>-> Q: How can you tell if you are at a convention
>  >>->    with a bunch of geeks?
>  >>-> A: When you are in a crowded elevator and 
>  >>->    someone looks down at the panel of lit 
>  >>->    buttons and says: look, they're all prime 
>  >>->    numbers!
>  >>->
>  >>->
>  >>->
>  >>->
>  >>
> 
>  cheers
> 
>    jon
> 
> 

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