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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> =?ISO-8859-15?Q?=A0?= wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/18/log-into-most-any-linux-system-by-hitting-backspace-28-times/
> > >
> > >
> > > i discovered the number 28
> > > works on other systems too!
> > >
> > > for example on twitter
> > > when you get the
> > > message you used up
> > > following limit...
> > > you hit 28
> > > and you bypass the limit!
> > >
> > > Is number 28 a magic number?
> >
> > Yes... 28 December, the equivalent day in Spain and Hispanic America of
> > the "April Fools' Day" in the english world.
> >
> > Are you an spanis fool... ???  :-p :-p
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day#Comparable_prank_days
> 
> https://www.lotterypost.com/lottery-report-card.asp
> 
>  he installed self-deleting software that rigged the selection of
> winning numbers in games that use random number generators.
> 
> Tipton installed what's known as a root kit that allowed him to
> manipulate the winning numbers. According to court documents, he was one
> of four people with access to the Hot Lotto "draw room." In 2010 he
> entered the draw room to update the lottery system for daylight saving
> time. Prosecutors allege that he manipulated the room's closed-circuit
> cameras while installing self-destructing software that allowed him to
> rig Hot Lotto drawings, thereby flipping Hot Lotto's 29 million-to-1
> odds of winning a jackpot.



it's the software...

https://www.lotterypost.com/tag/computerized_drawings


I didn't know they used compuerized lottery balls..

i thought maybe they used mercury.