From: Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@u...>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 21:48:23 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: FT Scenario ideas & OT; mostly OT in fact
> On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Denny Graver wrote: > According to something I read recently, the number 6 is the perfect in other words, it is the sum of its factors. this property is known as 'perfection' - 6 is a 'perfect number'. it's a mathematical property whose study dates back to the greeks. other numbers are excessive if their factors sum to greater than themselves, and defective if their factors sum to less than themselves. 1 is also (sort of) a perfect number, and the next six are 28, 496, 8128, 33550336, 137438691328 and 2305843008139952128, if i remember correctly :-). rolling three sizes on your beam attack is nothing; you just wait till you get three of those babies, and then you hit the eject button! Tom