POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Prime question : Re: Prime question Server Time
9 Oct 2024 02:31:52 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Prime question  
From: Warp
Date: 17 May 2009 16:47:33
Message: <4a1077e5@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 May 2009 14:28:56 -0400, Warp wrote:

> > Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> >> I would guess that that piece of information changes quite frequently.
> > 
> >   It takes but a few seconds for a website to update for the latest
> >   data.
> > It's not like the internet were a printed encyclopedia.

> From which source?  If there are multiple people working on the project, 
> some aware of the work others are doing, and some not, you assume that 
> everyone working on it keeps everyone updated constantly as to their 
> progress.

> >> Factoring takes time, yes, but there's more than one number being
> >> factored at any given time...
> > 
> >   A number begin factored doesn't mean its status is known.

> Exactly.  See my above comment.

  Sorry, I didn't understand. "Exactly"? What exactly?

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                                                          - Warp


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