STL137 wrote:
>A summary of my opinions, so others don't need to respond directly to my
>(unfortunately) long message:
>1) Prize money should go to one person (or small team): The discoverer.
>2) A non-profit corporation to divide any prizes must NOT be created.
100% agree
>3) Orderly checking of exponents is vital.
sorry, it's up to me what i do, they all get done in the end
>4) We must make all attempts to not entice others to create competing
efforts
>to check Mersenne primes, as it would lead to chaos.
aahh, a new thread on chaos theory <G>
>5) We need new archives for this list, as the current ones seem to be
>dead/broken/seriously outdated.
I have the digests from 383 onwards, I can put them up for download on my
web-site if anyone is interested.
>6) Legal mumbo jumbo must be avoided. I like GIMPS the way it was, before
EFF
>prizes, and nothing ought to be changed.
100% agree. What was that saying about money being the root of all evil ;-)
and also wrote
>
><<Are you In It For The Money currently?>>
>
>Absolutely not! I joined before this money kookiness, and do it for the
fame.
Yep, the fame. It's kinda nice to be in demand from radio, tv & press for a
while.
G
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