[OT] prime numbers was Re: Release update: deep freeze, planned dates, and remaining bugs

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

David Paleino wrote:
> As someone noted on debian-italian, one second later would be just as cool:
> 
> $ factor 1234567891
> 1234567891: 1234567891
>
> (i.e. it's a prime number)

>From my quick check, these events don't seem to be so rare:

$ for i in $(seq 1234567890 $[1234567890+3600]); \
  do factor $i; done |grep ": 12345" |wc

shows that there are 163 prime numbers within the hour after 1234567890.

On the other hand, there have been a few announcements to celebrate
1234567890.

Cheers,
Johannes