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``Re: How many needed'' by Algeboy on 2006-08-12 12:36:57
Well perhaps I don't understand what you were asking for, but this number is very well researched, google it, maybe try:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4542341

It is a very well used result in probabilistic attacks on hard number theory problems and in cyptography, which is the only reason I have any knowledge of the result. 
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