The Answer To Life, The Universe, And Everything - MIT News
April 24, 2020
"I really liked running this computation on Charity Engine — we actually did use a planetary-scale computer to settle a longstanding open question whose answer is 42."
Mathematicians find a completely new way to write the number 3 - New Scientist
September 18, 2019
Third time’s a charm: just weeks after cracking an elusive problem involving the number 42, mathematicians have found a solution to an even harder problem for the number 3.
Excluding ineligible accounts and entries, 1379 people are in the running to win the next prize. You can check your numbers on the official List of Entries here.
After 48 hours, the list is final and we select a draw date. Good luck everyone!
Assuming it's not another computer game company who kindly gives the prize back (thanks guys - you know who you are!), User 741, Nick Thweatt (winning ticket 35616810) has just won this Chillblast Fusion Thunderbird - truly a PC you could scare the neighbours with.
The winner of the gaming PC, user #1723, is actually a UK-based PC gaming company...! As they have no need for any more gaming PCs, they've kindly asked us to give it away or do the draw again.