Path: csiph.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 18:28:45 -0600 Message-ID: <5692F747.3558@ix.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 16:28:55 -0800 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.math,alt.2600 Subject: Re: number 28 References: <5675C906.991@ix.netcom.com> <56803F37.1C4E@ix.netcom.com> <5680403A.6D3E@ix.netcom.com> <569176EC.B9C@ix.netcom.com> <569177A1.2937@ix.netcom.com> <5691785C.8F0@ix.netcom.com> <56917B0E.3BDE@ix.netcom.com> <5692A1A2.4EC4@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 143 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.239.141.5 X-Trace: sv3-jwPFCEGVBxrJ1r7rxpJMn8VOAlS4kkxUyMJh51OR0jjiLs5UfOP4baSd5Ds+rx1pn6LWP0PUQknWoMq!iDovF41AGrvMYkmNgP6mTlxPWjArJp5+HbwT4Xy2Rgk1CQ9G3gBuP2UaAqeiWmS1j69+ipNB0mNd!giujDSzFeA== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 6007 X-Received-Bytes: 6119 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1097790677 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:544353 sci.math:325802 The Starmaker wrote: > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > > > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > I'll fix it with this.. > > > > > > > > / > > > > function randomInt(min, max) { > > > > return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min)) + min; > > > > } > > > > // > > > > function randomIntByModulo(min, max) { > > > > var i = (Math.random() * 32768) >>> 0; > > > > return (i % (min - max)) + min; > > > > } > > > > > > don't play 69 or 69... > > > this script is heavely biased. > > > > > > it's meant to be...broken. > > > > I'm willing to share my lottery secrets...since this is being posted to > > alt.2600... > > > > all one needs to do to rasie the probabilty for 'certain numbers' to > > be spit out, is simply to spill Coca Cola on the add-on card in the > > lottery's computer. > > > > Don't use Pepsi or Seven-Up, it has to be the real thing. > > Now the way you fix a horse race is > if a race has 6 horses, you pay > 3 jockeys to hold back the horses,then > you play a triple with the other horses. > > With lottery balls, you inject mercury. > > but it seems somebody forgot > which ball numbers contain > the mercury. > > that's like fixing > a horse race and forgeting > which jockey you fixed. Right now, the Power Ball is at one billion dollars... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/10/powerball-jackpot-worlds-largest-at-1-3-billion-after-latest-drawing-sees-no-winners.html?intcmp=latestnews let's say it reaches...one trillion dollars. Do you think people will start getting...suspicious???? I bet somebody is saying right now at the lotto place... "HEY, CHECK THOSE FUCKING BALLS!!!!" http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2015/04/11/prosecutors-evidence-indicates-lottery-vendor-employee-tampered-equipment/25629733/ https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=rootkits wats a rootkit?