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Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Sat Dec 15, 2001 6:50 pm

Originally posted by ThorinOakensfield:
uh, she? right...

So that's your big secret, Thorin...

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sat Dec 15, 2001 10:22 pm

I always suspected.... and that would explain Weasel's pictures....

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 8:42 am

There ARE rules to follow to determine if it is a prime number.

1.) If it is an even number, it is composite.
2.) If it ends with 5, it is composite.
3.) Add up all the digits and if the sum is divisible by 3 it is composite.

That usually wipes out most of them. The 17x13 ones might be a bit tricker, though...

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 12:49 pm

Now... what the hell is a composite number?

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 1:00 pm

Originally posted by Aegis:
Now... what the hell is a composite number?

It's egghead-speak for an integer that isn't a prime number. Go [url="http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=composite%20number"]here[/url] for an English definition.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 1:14 pm

Yes.. Of course......

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 4:12 pm

Originally posted by HighLordDave:
It's egghead-speak for an integer that isn't a prime number. Go [url="http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=composite%20number"]here[/url] for an English definition.

Okay, Dave, here's the real question: which is your favorite prime number?

Mine is 11.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 4:13 pm

mine is 7

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 5:01 pm

Mine is 23, always has been always will be.

Aleldar · Post by **Aleldar** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 5:06 pm

31??

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 5:41 pm

3
Well, it is the magic number

Aleldar · Post by **Aleldar** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 5:44 pm

Originally posted by Georgi:
3
Well, it is the magic number

Well, well, well, if it isn't the 2nd Queen of Spam.

Hi ya Georgi.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 6:12 pm

Originally posted by Gwalchmai:
Okay, Dave, here's the real question: which is your favorite prime number?

Well, Zero is my hero (but not a positive integer), Nine is naughty but not prime, Seven is lucky, I'm not ready for Five, and Eleven will always be a friend of mine . . . but on this one, I've got to go with Georgi and say Three.

A man and a woman had a little baby,
Yes, they did,
And there were three in the family,
That's a magic number.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 6:19 pm

Originally posted by HighLordDave:
A man and a woman had a little baby,
Yes, they did,
And there were three in the family,
That's a magic number.

LOL

I don't suppose you know who the original of that song is by? I know the De La Soul version that samples it, and I've heard a cover that one of my favourite bands plays at gigs, but not the original...

@Aleldar the original, and now the only, I think you'll find

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 6:33 pm

There is a fantastic cover of Three is a Magic Number by Blind Melon on the [url="http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1046482598/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/ArtistID=VA-SCHOOLHOUSE+ROCK!+ROCKS/ITEMID=354610"]Schoolhouse Rocks! Rocks[/url] CD that has some other good recordings.

The writers for Three is a Magic Number were [url="http://www.rhino.com/Albums/72455lin.html"]Bob Dorough and Tom Yohe[/url] and I think Dorough may also have been the singer, but I'm not sure about that.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 7:53 pm

Originally posted by Georgi:
LOL

I don't suppose you know who the original of that song is by? I know the De La Soul version that samples it, and I've heard a cover that one of my favourite bands plays at gigs, but not the original...

@Aleldar the original, and now the only, I think you'll find

Blind Melon!

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 8:26 pm

Hahaha, looks like 3 is winning...

I still like 23 though. Probably because my favorite day is 23 December. The day when everyone decides to make that last choice to put off Christmas shopping until 24 December.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 8:52 pm

I'm telling you... 7!