number 28

From	The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups	sci.physics, sci.math, alt.2600
Subject	number 28
Date	2015-12-19 13:15 -0800
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<5675C906.991@ix.netcom.com> (permalink)

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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?

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number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-19 13:15 -0800
  Re: number 28 chanB4 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-19 17:10 -0600
    Re: number 28 deathby@snu-snu.com (Phillip J. Fry) - 2015-12-20 00:31 +0000
      Re: number 28 chanB4 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-19 21:38 -0600
    Re: number 28 FromTheRafters <erratic@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-12-20 08:27 -0500
      Re: number 28 Boris Mohar <borism_void_@sympatico.ca> - 2015-12-20 10:15 -0500
  Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-19 21:43 -0800
    Re: number 28 G. Morgan <sealteam6@osama-is-dead.net> - 2015-12-22 12:36 -0600
      Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-22 10:55 -0800
        Re: number 28 Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 20:21 +0100
          Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-22 12:02 -0800
            Re: number 28 Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 21:11 +0100
          Re: number 28 G. Morgan <graham@grahammorgan.name> - 2016-01-10 18:58 -0600
        Re: number 28 G. Morgan <graham@grahammorgan.name> - 2016-01-10 18:53 -0600
  Re: number 28 Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 12:02 +0100
    Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-20 11:24 -0800
      Re: number 28 Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 11:54 -0800
      Re: number 28 Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 21:32 +0100
        Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-20 14:02 -0800
          Re: number 28 Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 23:18 +0100
            Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-21 13:49 -0800
              Re: number 28 Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-21 16:09 -0600
                Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-22 11:06 -0800
                Re: number 28 Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-27 18:31 -0600
              Re: number 28 Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 09:49 +0100
      Re: number 28 G. Morgan <graham@grahammorgan.name> - 2016-01-10 19:04 -0600
  Re: number 28   <nisesabe@aqui.no.es> - 2015-12-27 20:10 +0100
    Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-27 11:42 -0800
      Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-27 11:47 -0800
        Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-09 13:09 -0800
          Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-09 13:12 -0800
            Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-09 13:15 -0800
              Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-09 13:26 -0800
                Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-10 10:23 -0800
                Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-10 12:14 -0800
                Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-10 16:28 -0800
                Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-11 10:21 -0800
                Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-11 10:37 -0800
                Re: number 28 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-13 10:56 -0800
    Re: number 28 Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2015-12-28 03:10 +0000

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