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Distributed.net Finds Optimal 25-Mark Golomb Ruler 265

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 25, 2008 @09:32PM from the unique-and-in-duplicate dept.

kpearson writes "Distributed.net's 8-year-old OGR-25 distributed computing project has just proven conclusively that the predicted shortest 25-mark Golomb ruler is optimal. 'The total length of the ruler is 480, with marks at positions: 0 12 29 39 72 91 146 157 160 161 166 191 207 214 258 290 316 354 372 394 396 431 459 467 480. (This ruler may alternatively be expressed in terms of the distance between those positions, which is how dnetc displays them: 12-17-10-33-19-...).' 124,387 people participated in the project and two people found the shortest ruler, one on October 10, 2007 and the other on March 24, 2008."

Comment Re:What does he have on you, Bill? (Score 1) 2304

by riske on Friday April 22, 2005 @08:58AM (#12312122) Attached to: Microsoft Abandons Gay Rights Bill

You believe that it's wrong to be a homosexual. That's fine; you're entitled to your belief.

The problem is that some of those who share your viewpoint are intolerant. They seem to think that people should not be allowed to make this choice, and should be penalized for doing so.

I applaud you for standing up for what you believe in, but being tolerant of dissenting viewpoints and respectful of the decisions of others.

There is nothing that I find more offensive than self-righteousness - no matter who it's coming from.

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