Re: Mersenne: M38 = M6972593
NOW it does, after the official announcement Remember when Roland found M37? Someone found a 0x000 residue in the report and beat George to the punch, so Scott modified the reports so that they would NOT post a zero residue automatically. So THIS time, when word came that we'd found a potential prime, some enterprising person immediately grabbed the "assigned exponents" file, and the "cleared exponents" file, and by the process of elimination, deduced the prime number because it was the ONLY candidate listed as "assigned" but was not EITHER cleared as non-prime or still in progress. Actually, it was updated and added on July 5. Previously, the cleared exponent list looked like the following (accounts removed for space): 6972451 62 0x1921D245846367__25-Jun-99 15:07 6972467 62 0x01123F0756E444__03-Jul-99 11:27 6972509 62 0x681B51793464A4__17-May-99 06:07 6972617 62 0xC377193C8903C1__05-Apr-99 05:25 6972649 62 0x30982ED7214ACA__09-May-99 12:49 6972709 62 0xEADF232189A0F0__21-Jun-99 08:30 George was telling Scott to correct for this 'leak' so that a really determined person could not do a comparison-elimination to deduce a prime number find before George announces it. Fixing this one 'leak' won't do the job, if you know how and where to look... Besides, *some people* know how to keep quiet about certain things. You didn't see this person going around announcing it to the world immediately after it was found, did you??? In fact, their website didn't post it being found until after it was verified, and even then, didn't disclose the number!! On the other hand, they could've noticed a discrepany and shrugged it off as meaningless until after word got out a new prime was found. At that point, they could've gone back and said to themselves '*that explains the discrepany!*'. Just a couple of possibilities Of course, Curt Noll's web page made that a pointless exercise... ;-) (Note to Scott - create a dummy non-zero residue a stick it in the cleared exponents report). Too late!! The Cleared Exponents Report reads: 6972593 62 P 0x 01-Jun-99 13:57 nayan precision-mm Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
Re: Mersenne: M38 = M6972593
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 09:50:42PM -0700, Eric Hahn wrote: (Note to Scott - create a dummy non-zero residue a stick it in the cleared exponents report). Too late!! The Cleared Exponents Report reads: I think he meant `next time' :-) /* Steinar */ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
Re: Mersenne: M38 = M6972593
NOW it does, after the official announcement Remember when Roland found M37? Someone found a 0x000 residue in the report and beat George to the punch, so Scott modified the reports so that they would NOT post a zero residue automatically. So THIS time, when word came that we'd found a potential prime, some enterprising person immediately grabbed the "assigned exponents" file, and the "cleared exponents" file, and by the process of elimination, deduced the prime number because it was the ONLY candidate listed as "assigned" but was not EITHER cleared as non-prime or still in progress. George was telling Scott to correct for this 'leak' so that a really determined person could not do a comparison-elimination to deduce a prime number find before George announces it. Of course, Curt Noll's web page made that a pointless exercise... ;-) At 09:50 PM 7/5/99 -0700, you wrote: (Note to Scott - create a dummy non-zero residue a stick it in the cleared exponents report). Too late!! The Cleared Exponents Report reads: 6972593 62 P 0x 01-Jun-99 13:57 nayan precision-mm Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
Re: Mersenne: M38 = M6972593
I'm curious - had this already been tested by someone else using the defective v17 software? Randy Given [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.aol.com/GivenRandy public key at http://members.aol.com/GivenRandy/pgpkey.asc Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
Re: Mersenne: M38 = M6972593
At 07:19 05.07.99 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm curious - had this already been tested by someone else using the defective v17 software? No. /* Steinar */ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
Mersenne: M38 = M6972593
(Note to Scott - create a dummy non-zero residue a stick it in the cleared exponents report). Too late!! The Cleared Exponents Report reads: 6972593 62 P 0x 01-Jun-99 13:57 nayan precision-mm Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
Mersenne: M38 = M6972593
Hi all, As the newspaper should announce the new prime on Monday or Tuesday, I've placed the info on the new prime at http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm Congratulations to Nayan Hajratwala and all GIMPS members for our fourth success! Each Mersenne announcement is different. This time round I finally figured out how to get the press interested in the new number - tell them its a secret. The Oregonian was doing an article on Richard Crandall and when the found out there was a new prime and we wouldn't tell them what it was, their interest level went way up! I admire the resourcefulness of GIMPS members for going on a "scavenger hunt" and finding out the exponent a few days before this email was sent out. However the resourcefulness award must go to one enterprising GIMPS member that dug through all the cleared and assigned exponent lists and human-readable files and deduced the exponent in early June! (Note to Scott - create a dummy non-zero residue a stick it in the cleared exponents report). Good luck to all in the search for M39! Have fun, George Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
