Mikus Grinbergs wrote: < several good ideas > > > mikus (not looking at the GIMPS forums)
Mikus is just one of the contributors to the Mersenne list discussion who has not only independently reached some of the same conclusions posted slightly earlier on the GIMPS Forum, but also come up with new wrinkles that I don't recall having seen there. This is not unexpected; it makes sense that there would be both parallels and differences between two separate discussions that had been seeded with the same proposal. But consider the potential loss of ideas, as well as needless duplication of effort, because some readers of each medium will not see the discussion in the other medium. The point I wish to make is that this sort of thing will continue to happen as long as GIMPS has significant discussions in independent media without extensive (and probably not practical) cross-communication. Richard Woods _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
