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Have you seen a webcomic review of (x, why?)?

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Aim High!

(C)Copyright 2008, C. Burke. All rights reserved.
The first person I show this one to wanted to know why they were saluting while they were flying the plane...
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Twin and Mersenne Primes

Sometimes I need to do some math that's above my students' levels, just for the sake of my own sanity. So sometimes I'll just ponder a puzzle and investigate it to see if I can find an answer. This is one of those times.

Twin primes are any two prime numbers that have a difference of two, such as 3 and 5 or 29 and 31.

Mersenne primes are prime numbers that are one less than a power of 2. In other words, they can be represented by the expression (2^p)-1, where p is a prime number. Examples include 3, 7, 31, etc.

You may have noticed that 3 is in both examples listed above. This brings the question:

Can you find another Mersenne prime that is
the smaller of two Twin Primes?

-- OR --

Can you explain why no other examples exist?

Happy Numbers

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Seven and Ten are "happy". Six is just glad.
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Speed of Light vs. Speed of Sound

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The 870,000:1 ratio is neglible over extremely short distances.
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(x, why?) webcomic review

I stumbled across a review of (x, why?) at a blog called "Too Many Webcomics", which reviews webcomics and says it is "focusing mainly on the obscure and the horrible. Because proportionately, that's what's out there."

I'd like to think that this comic was included because of the former, not the latter. It wasn't a horrible review and it was from the early days of the strip on Comic Genesis.

The review can be found out: http://webcomic-project.blogspot.com/2008/02/x-why.html

If you see any other reviews or mention of either this weblog page or the CG page, let me know. Thanks.

Track vs. Pump

(C)Copyright 2008, C. Burke. All rights reserved.
I can't really say which is the better bet and which is riskier.
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Battleship

(C)Copyright 2008, C. Burke. All rights reserved.
And when someone says, "I-1", I tell them, "Not yet you haven't!"
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Definition: Natural Log

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So is a stump the base? Or is it the roots?
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Information. Information. Information.

(C)Copyright 2008, C. Burke. All rights reserved.

And let's not get into the residuals from that HBO special!
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Alaska Gov Gives Birth to Boy Named "Trig"

Alaska governor gives birth to 5th child, a boy named Trig

The governor of Alaska, Sara Pallin, has given birth to her fifth child, a boy named Trig. No word on whether or not the baby already has a spiffy adventure hat or not.

Noah's Ark

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Obviously, the Lord didn't call the snakes or the insects. They sort of stowed away.
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