Re: Mersenne: GIMPS in Science News

[Nathan Russell]

>From: "Frank_A_L_I_N_Y" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Stefan Struiker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: "James Escamilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Mersenne: GIMPS in Science News
>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:23:34 -0500
>
>what aobut the fact that our tests will take longer and longer as the
>exponents get larger
>
>Frank

I believe that Moore's Law will more than make up for that, unless huge 
numbers of machines start joining GIMPS.

Regards,
Nathan
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