Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
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Re: Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
#2They should say it in binary
Re: Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
#3They should say it in binary
It's a lot harder to make a mistake in binary mersenne primes, and if you loop your video's, 1 person should be able to do it quickly, so might be a bit boring.
Re: Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
#4This looks like an awesome project! I wish you guys the best in your race against the machine.
Re: Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
#5Re: Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
#6They should say it in binary
Well at least the calculations are easier
It takes about 3s to say 10 "one"s
There are 136,279,841 ones in the binary mersenne prime
That works out to about 41 million seconds worth of footage, or about 473 days
Given there was a gap of 6 years between the discovery of this mersenne prime and the previous, in theory 1 person could say all the digits (in binary) before we find the next mersenne prime!
Re: Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
#7They should say it in binary
Well at least the calculations are easier It takes about 3s to say 10 "one"s There are 136,279,841 ones in the binary mersenne prime That works out to about 41 million seconds worth of footage, or about 473 days Given there was a gap of 6 years between the discovery of this mersenne prime and the previous, in theory 1 person could say all the digits (in binary) before we find the next mersenne prime!
Sure, if that one person can stay awake and not eat/drink and use the restroom, sure. Otherwise, you need to make this union happy with 8 hour shifts, 2 15 minute breaks, and a minimum of 12 hour turn around before next shift. If they work more than 8 hours in a day, they are entitled to over time. Working a sixth day in a row is automatic 1.5x pay, and seven consecutive days is automatic 2x pay.
Want to run your calculations again? =)
Re: Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
#8Some unanswered questions: why in 419 digit chunks? Are there repeating chunks that they're going to dedupe?
Re: Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
#9They should say it in binary
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Re: Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
#10They should say it in binary
Then sort the bits and RLE-code them ;-)