I guess I'm the first to say: "It's Prime95, not Prime25"
On 10/16/06, Hugh S. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WordNet says: > > Noun > S: (n) factor (anything that contributes causally to a result) "a number > of > factors determined the outcome" > S: (n) component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient (an abstract > part > of something) "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two > constituents > of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical > elements > of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective > ingredient of a speech" > S: (n) factor (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when > multiplied together) > S: (n) divisor, factor (one of two or more integers that can be exactly > divided into another integer) "what are the 4 factors of 6?" > S: (n) agent, factor, broker (a businessman who buys or sells for another > in > exchange for a commission) > S: (n) factor (an independent variable in statistics) > S: (n) gene, cistron, factor ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved > in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and > following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is > considered a unit of heredity) "genes were formerly called factors" > Verb > S: (v) factor, factor in, factor out (resolve into factors) "a quantum > computer can factor the number 15" > > --hsm > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:54 AM > > To: 'The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search list' > > Subject: Re: [Prime] prime25 > > > > > > Julien, > > > > I consulted two dictionaries on "factoring" versus "factorizing". > > > > Harrap's Chambers Encyclopedic dictionary only knows the verb > > "factorise" (British English I suppose) or "factorize" (USA English"). > > > > Longman Dictionary of contemporary English only knows the > > verb "factor" and states it is USA English. > > > > So there are at least three forms of the same verb :-) > > > > Regards, > > > > Jacob > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 2006-10-15 21:54 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Prime] prime25 > > > > > > HI, I (better my computer) am actually contributing to GIMPS > > > prime research > > > using prime25 > > > ver. 24.14 software. > > > Intermediate algorithm statistic results are displayed as > > > :[date time] > > > Factoring.........up to .. > > > Should it not be Factorizing ? > > > This does evidently not affect the quality and performance of > > > the algorithm > > > nor the image of > > > the GIMPS community,but just for the mathematical rigor! > > > Please let me know about my concern, i.e. if I'm wright or wrong? > > > > > > Best regards from a poor old professor > > > Julien Kipgen > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Prime mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Prime mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime > > > > _______________________________________________ > Prime mailing list > [email protected] > http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime > _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
