Lloyd Miller wrote: > ******************* > > Regarding those who think 100000 computers on this project is not enuf, > seems it is doing quite well to me. Setting records and getting results > that no one expected right and left. The fact that a few other projects > have larger numbers of contributers could be due to the abstract nature > of the project and nothing to do with the mode it runs in. For goodness > sake, this is MATHEMATICS! You know how many people LIKE MATH these > days? :-)
More than ever before in history--even as a percentage of the population rather than just gross numbers. It's about how many can afford (in terms of excess calories/cash/time/ resources) to be interested in ... anything that's not directly related to their family's survival. Lately--from Redford in Sneakers through Paltro in Proof--we've been seeing movies that deal directly w/ the questions that prime95 users are interested in. Hollywood only makes movies that they think will make $$$, so they must have believed that there were a _lot_ of people out there who were interested--if only enough to buy a ticket. --jim _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
