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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> 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.


The reason Why
the California Power Ball lottery
is near the billion mark is because
the lottery system is...not random.

It's...broken..
the random number generator is deterministic.

Let me go inside there and fix it for you guys...

I promise not to buy a lottery ticket for myself.



for _ = 1, 10 do 
	print(math.random(100))
	wait(1)
end