random numbers
1. ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=pseudorandom number">pseudorandom number. 2. When one wishes to specify a large but random number of things, and the context is inappropriate for ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=N">N, certain numbers are preferred by hacker tradition (that is, easily recognised 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, as revealed in Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker' s Guide to the Galaxly". Note that this answer is completely fortuitous :-) (US pronunciation). It has been observed that in the little-used number base 13, the answer to the ultimate question, "What is 6 x 9?", is indeed 42, showing that in six dimensions white mice have 13 digits. 69 - From the sexual act. This one was favoured in ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=MIT">MIT' s ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ITS">ITS culture. 105 - 69 ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=hex">hex = 105 decimal and 69 decimal = 105 ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=octal">octal. 666 - The Number of the Beast. For further enlightenment, study the "Principia Discordia", "The Joy of Sex", and the Christian Bible (Revelation 13:18). See also ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Discordianism">Discordianism or consult your pineal gland. See also ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=for values of">for values of. (1997-02-10) e="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-style:dashed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition suitable contents:
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