[Gllug] What to do in 151 days?

[Kieran Barry]

On 25 Sep 2001, Nix wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Harry Jackson stated:
> > Try and crack a few large prime numbers.
> 
> Er, crack them to what, exactly?
> 
> Do you mean `find large prime numbers' (the GIMPS project) or `factor
> some large prime products' (RC5 &c), or what?
> 
Bzzzzt

RC5 is a block cipher which uses pi and e.

Now, finding primes factors of either of those would be a worthy
challenge...

Regards

Kieran


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