-----Original Message----- Terry Blanton wrote: > "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly > what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly > disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and > inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has > already happened."
Horace Heffner wrote: I think, therefore I change. I change, therefore I change the universe. Well, speaking of approaching change, no one can deny that the big U (U-42?) did indeed disappear for the sayer of the above; and thereafter was undoubtedly replaced by something changed, for better or worse, maybe something even more bizarre or maybe less, even 'prime', this time, shall we say (43?) ... ... as it may change for the rest of us, 'real soon now' ... but do not "assume the risk" of that happening because of a mistranslation in a silly stone calendar ... ... because, like it or not, we are still living in a subprime universe. http://www.examiner.com/x-2912-Seattle-Exopolitics-Examiner~y2009m5d19-The-r isks-of-believing-that-the-Mayan-calendar-ends-December-21-2012 "Wish You Were Here" Doug. How did we let the anniversary pass unnoticed, 11 days ago? Hey - U-43 probably isn't so bad. After all, 43 is the smallest prime that is not a Chen prime. It is also the third Wagstaff prime, a Heegner number and the largest natural number that is not an (original) McNugget number ;-) Jones (putting google through its paces) BTW One special case of lunacy (the coin problem) is sometimes referred to as "McNugget numbers". A McNugget number is the total number of McDonald's Chicken McNuggets in any number of boxes. The original boxes (prior to the introduction of the Happy Meal-sized nugget boxes) were of 6, 9, and 20 nuggets. The largest non-McNugget number is 43 meaning that any number of McNuggets larger than 43 can be purchased. ... does that say anything about U-43?
