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random numbers
(jargon) | 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:
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│ │Long described at MIT as ‘the least random number’; see also 23. This│
│17 │may be Discordian in origin, or it may be related to some in-jokes │
│ │about 17 and “yellow pig” propagated by the mathematician Michael │
│ │Spivak. │
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│23 │Sacred number of Eris, Goddess of Discord (along with 17 and 5). │
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│ │The most random two-digit number is 37, When groups of people are │
│37 │polled to pick a “random number between 1 and 100”, the most commonly│
│ │chosen number is 37. │
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│ │The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and │
│42 │Everything (“what is 6 times 9”, correct in base 13). (This answer is│
│ │perhaps not completely fortuitous; in Kabbalism, the true unspeakable│
│ │name of God is said to have 42 characters.) │
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│69 │From the sexual act. This one was favored in MIT's ITS culture. │
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│105│69 hex = 105 decimal, and 69 decimal = 105 octal. │
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│666│In Christian mythology, the Number of the Beast. │
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For further enlightenment, study the Principia Discordia, The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy, The Joy of Sex, and the Christian Bible (Revelation
13:18). See also Discordianism or consult your pineal gland. See also {
for values of}.
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