Wednesday, October 05, 2005
what if there was a largest number ?
“shit...”
“what?”
“... i was just running a prime number search ...”
“that old chestnut ? the mathematicians proved years ago that there was no infallible predictive pattern.”
“i know; i was just tuning up these new quantum circuit chips, kinda felt like a laugh, you know...”
“so what's the problem?”
“it stopped.”
“you'll have to be more specific.”
“it was churning right along, then - well, look...”
“heeyyyy - you're right. but that would mean...”
“yeah. i know. it's already started.”