# Count To A Million Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653 "2018-09-02T18:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 263
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5245 "2021-09-13T18:08:45Z")
4780 = 22 x 5 x 239 My mama said, "To get things done ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5246 "2021-09-13T22:17:48Z")
4781 You’d better not mess with Major Tom." ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5247 "2021-09-14T01:12:15Z")
4782 = 2 × 3 × 797 My mama said, "To get things done ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5248 "2021-09-14T01:58:54Z")
4783 You’d better not mess with Major Tom." ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5249 "2021-09-14T15:14:56Z")
4784 = 24 × 13 × 23 My mama said, "To get things done ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5250 "2021-09-14T18:01:38Z")
4785 You’d better not mess with Major Tom." ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5251 "2021-09-14T22:05:13Z")
4786 = 2 × 2393 My mama said, "To get things done ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5252 "2021-09-14T22:30:45Z")
4787 You’d better not mess with Major Tom." ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5253 "2021-09-15T06:15:00Z")
4788 = 22 × 32 × 7 × 19 Grudlich durchgecheckt ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5254 "2021-09-15T06:19:37Z")
4789 [I don’t speak German, but since Bowie’s song just repeats and fades from here, let’s start a new one. This is Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom (Coming Home)”] Standing there alone, ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5255 "2021-09-15T06:27:46Z")
4790 = 2 × 5 × 479 The ship is waiting ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5256 "2021-09-15T06:43:40Z")
4791 All systems are go. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5257 "2021-09-15T08:23:08Z")
4792 = 23 x 599 Are you sure? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5258 "2021-09-15T14:36:30Z")
4793 I was told there would be no math…? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5259 "2021-09-15T15:54:41Z")
4794 = 2 x 3 x 17 x 47 Control is not convinced [That is not math, it is just arithmetic. Cheating helps, see for instance > **[Properties of the number 4794](https://www.numberempire.com/4794)** > > Properties of the number 4794 And you missed a prime 😲) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5260 "2021-09-15T20:54:20Z")
4795 But the computer ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5261 "2021-09-15T21:11:23Z")
1. dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5262 "2021-09-15T21:21:12Z")
4797 = 32 x 13 x 41 has the evidence ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5263 "2021-09-15T21:25:19Z")
4798 No need to abort. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5264 "2021-09-16T04:54:16Z")
4799, a prime number The countdown starts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=262) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=264)