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Here horsey:
random numbers n. When one wishes to specify a large but random number of things, and the context is inappropriate for N, certain numbers are preferred by hacker tradition (that is, easily recognized as placeholders). These include the following:
17 Long described at MIT as `the least random number'; see 23.
23 Sacred number of Eris, Goddess of Discord (along with 17 and 5).
42 The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. (Note that this answer is completely fortuitous. `
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69 From the sexual act. This one was favored in MIT's ITS culture.
105 69 hex = 105 decimal, and 69 decimal = 105 octal.
666 The Number of the Beast.
but ummm oh wait..... i still dont get it....
[This message has been edited by ami (edited 07 September 2000).]
random numbers n. When one wishes to specify a large but random number of things, and the context is inappropriate for N, certain numbers are preferred by hacker tradition (that is, easily recognized as placeholders). These include the following:
17 Long described at MIT as `the least random number'; see 23.
23 Sacred number of Eris, Goddess of Discord (along with 17 and 5).
42 The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. (Note that this answer is completely fortuitous. `
')69 From the sexual act. This one was favored in MIT's ITS culture.
105 69 hex = 105 decimal, and 69 decimal = 105 octal.
666 The Number of the Beast.
but ummm oh wait..... i still dont get it....
[This message has been edited by ami (edited 07 September 2000).]
