Web Cooperative Unearths Top Prime Number
News The number, with more than 6.3 million digits, is the sixth so far uncovered by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS). A computer run by Michael Shafer, a 26-year-old at Michigan State University found the number, the GIMPS organisers said.
[December 3, 2003, 10:05]
Distributed Computing Enjoys Prime Success
News The discovery, made Dec.and confirmed Saturday, marked the second time this year that a cooperative computing project called the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has found a new largest prime.
[December 28, 2005, 11:45]
Distributed Computing's Prime Moment
News Cameron's computer found the number, but he shares credit with others: George Woltman, who founded the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) and wrote the search software, and Entropia founder Scott Korowski, who created the network system...
[December 13, 2001, 13:44]
Lies Or Ignorance?
Talkback I've used both Gimp and Inkscape a lot, but Inkscape still has a ways to go before reaching 1.0 and Gimps featureset is simply to small for graphics professionals nowadays. Equivalent means "equal in value".
[April 30, 2007, 9:11]
