At 4:54 PM 9/4/96, John F. Fricker wrote:

Ok so maybe here in Organ we are a little behind the times but I just heard about this 378,632 digit prime. Grab your HP11C's and crank out 2^1,257,787-1 courtesy of David Slowinski at Cray.

The news sites on the Web I looked at had the announcement, but not the number. Thanks. I've already modified my .sig. --Tim May We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."