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Re: mpi too large (42434 bits)



Around 10:10pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 (UK time), Kyle Wheeler scrawled:

> On Tuesday, October 25 at 08:00 PM, quoth Laurent Fousse:
> >* Kyle Wheeler [Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 12:58:39PM -0500]:
> >>P.S. Just because large numbers are cool... 2^42434 is:
> >>8069302665049837285185927484586516887901749316273798113666703517310686974
> >[snip]
> >>1435432466789658268877341141191840867157054285299757221
> >
> >No.
> 
> ?
> 
> I'm pretty sure it is - why do you say no?

Because its odd, and 2 to the power of anything greater than 0 is even

Steve

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A:  Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q:  Why is top-posting a bad thing?

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