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Monday, November 14, 2011

Dreaming of ( massive parallel ) computing power

Or: Numbers divisible by seventeen (17)

I am looking at properties of decimal numbers consisting of only 1s and 0s. Here is a sample of them which are divisible by 17.

\begin{array}{l}
100000001100000000001000100000100000010010 \\
100000001000001000000100110000000000100010 \\
1000000000010001000000010000000100000100000010010 \\
1000000000010001000001000000100100000001000000010 \\
10000001001000000010000000110000000000100010 \\
10000001001100000000001000100000001000000010
\end{array}

Again, these are just ordinary decimal numbers consisting of only ones and zeros. They are all divisible by seventeen (17). Divided by 17 they are:

\begin{array}{l}
5882353005882352941235300000005882353530 \\
5882353000000058823535300588235294123530 \\
58823529412353000000000588235300000005882353530 \\
58823529412353000000058823535300000000058823530 \\
588235353000000000588235300588235294123530 \\
588235353005882352941235300000000058823530
\end{array}

I really wonder where this track might bring me. Do I ( we ) have control over it, or is there some invisible hand leading us?

I do most of my calculations on computers a geek would frown at today but were dreaming of only five years ago. What is computing power? - Since I am not a gamer I thought that I never needed a high-end PC. Now, I think I need a whole wall of them. Serious. It's kind of crazy, isn't it. More of this madness in future posts, I promise.

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