Forum Statistic - What's the odds?

[bystander]

And now I can make another post!
This will be my 501st post...

And now you are certifiable. Congratulations, Commander!

[owlice]

Total posts 127877 • Total topics 12277

Both prime.

[Beyond]

Hey owlice, is 252515144 a prime number

[BMAONE23]

Hey owlice, is 252515144 a prime number

obviously not. Other than 2, all following even numbers aren't prime
But 252515143 is prime

[owlice]

But 252515143 is prime

You might be my new favorite person!!

[Beyond]

Aw heck i missed being prime by one number.

B=2
e=5
y=25
o=15
n=14
d=4

However, if i change to ::Beyonc::, then i would be prime.

[owlice]

Oh, that was cute, Beyond! And your name doesn't have to be prime when you are!

[Beyond]

I've been tickled to :content:ment by the feathery words of an owl in her prime.

[BMAONE23]

Owltemus Prime?

[BMAONE23]

Aw heck i missed being prime by one number.

B=2
e=5
y=25
o=15
n=14
d=4

However, if i change to ::Beyonc::, then i would be prime.

That would be really close to Beyonce'

[Beyond]

To e', or not to e', is definitely NOT the question

[makc]

total number of vowels on this page is odd.

it is now even.

[Beyond]

It's not even where i am yet. It's late afternoon. Nothing odd about that.

[BMAONE23]

You have 24 odds and ends on a table.
If 23 of them fell off, what would you have left?

an odd end

[Beyond]

What would you have left?

Not much

[makc]

oh look, you can not nest these

lol

[owlice]

Total posts 131381 • Total members 8819

I do like those primes!

(I'm not proud of them, though. )

[geckzilla]

Better watch out, owlice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime

[owlice]

Oh, that's really interesting; thanks. Since they are such huge numbers, I think I'm safe; too many digits for the tingling sensation!

[Nitpicker]

Better watch out, owlice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime

It is a source of constant disappointment to me that the legal profession has no issue with making certain numbers illegal, or patenting genes, or patenting mathematical algorithms, etc, etc, etc.

We are a flawed species.

[Chris Peterson]

It is a source of constant disappointment to me that the legal profession has no issue with making certain numbers illegal, or patenting genes, or patenting mathematical algorithms, etc, etc, etc.

We are a flawed species.

And lawyers especially so.

[Nitpicker]

Some of my best friends are lawyers. I reckon that makes me flawed too.

The alternative is perfection, which also has its down side.

[Chris Peterson]

Some of my best friends are lawyers. I reckon that makes me flawed too.

The alternative is perfection, which also has its down side.

There is only one state of perfection, but an entire spectrum of flawed. I guess we need to look at where people lie along that spectrum.

[Nitpicker]

There is only one state of perfection ...

That statement is too subjective for my taste.

[owlice]

What are the chances that two of the three main statistics on the Asterisk home page (Total posts, total topics, total members) are prime numbers at any given time? As has happened in the past, tonight I noticed that two of them were prime (Total posts 132721 • Total topics 12577); it's inevitable that this circumstance should occur, but how often?