[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Wow! That's the sum of the digits of the first 100 primes! Congrats!

Also, 1111 = 11 * 101 in base 10 and in base 2, where 11 and 101 are both prime in base 10 and base 2!

Source: http://primes.utm.edu/curios/page.php/1111.html

PS: I checked the base 10/base 2 curiosity. In base 10 notation, that would be 15 = 3 x 5. I'll leave to someone more ambitious to check whether 1111 = the sum of the first hundred primes!

Originally Posted by DaleDe

It is not true. The sum of all primes less than 100 is 1060 so there is no way the premise is true.

Dale

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Holy crap, you're right, if what they mean is the sum of all primes under 100. And if you add the individual digits of those primes together, the result is 214. Now I'm going to add the sum of the individual digits of the first 100 primes.

You, sir have destroyed my faith in the infallibility of the Internet. I'm going to go get drunk, now, and mourn my shattered illusions!

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

After you get drunk, be sure to puke on Al Gore's lawn - it's his fault!

Originally Posted by happy_terd

Al gore invented prime numbers.

I just went through the laborious process of adding together all the individual digits of the first 100 prime numbers. The website has it right. The sum of the digits of the first 100 prime numbers is 1111.

My faith in the infallibility of the World Wide Web is restored. Hallelujah! Gore be praised!

But don't make me do that again!