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Perhaps we could just ask TI nicely? Pretty please with sugar on top? [picture of lolcat]But they apparently are pissed that the previous keys were cracked, so they went all ninja with the Nspire key... :'(
Well, every bit you add doubles the difficulty
This result is a record for factoring general integers. Factoring a 1024-bit RSA modulus would be about a thousand times harder, and a 768-bit RSA modulus is several thousands times harder to factor than a 512-bit one.
I would actually say that if you are doing a distributed computing project, java is your best bet.
Judging by the ease of use, it makes it possible for even non- programmers to help.
Well, BOINC would mean the computers act like one supercomputer.
I'm pretty sure the Nspire came out before the other keys were cracked.
We could advertise it to the TI community and other large sites that might care
[...]Although different sieving-clients do not need to communicate, each client needs to communicate a fair amount of data to the central storage location. This required a bit more organizational efforts than expected, occasional recovery from mishaps such as unplugged network cables, switched off servers, or faulty raids, [b]and a constantly growing farm of backup drives[/b]. We do not further comment on these more managerial issues in this article, but note that [b]larger efforts of this sort would benefit from full-time professional supervision[/b].