Re: Mersenne: Publicity from the 38th

1999-07-08 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
At 06:59 08.07.99 -0400, Lucas Wiman wrote: I think that we should put the publicity from the 38th mersenne prime to good use. If we all write letters to the local paper, then we can probably gain a very large number of people. Stick encouragements to join on your website, in you .sig files

Mersenne: Publicity from the 38th

1999-07-08 Thread Lucas Wiman
all, I think that we should put the publicity from the 38th mersenne prime to good use. If we all write letters to the local paper, then we can probably gain a very large number of people. Stick encouragements to join on your website, in you .sig files, anywhere you can think of. Be sure

Re: Mersenne: Publicity from the 38th

1999-07-08 Thread Lucas Wiman
Actually I think mentioning the prize money might constitute deception, since the next prize isn't in reach, yet. However, I agree with your sentiment, except - _what_ "victory"? It might be interpreted as a deception, I suppose... "victory" would of course be finding another prime... -Lucas

RE: Mersenne: Publicity from the 38th

1999-07-08 Thread Rick Pali
From: Lucas Wiman However, I agree with your sentiment, except - _what_ "victory"? It might be interpreted as a deception, I suppose... "victory" would of course be finding another prime... To me [read: disclaimer], 'victory' implies a successful end. Perhaps 'success' would get the idea