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Re:Illegal prime by mixmax on Monday January 11, 2010 @11:57AM (#1045438)
A Danish Social security number consists of two numbers - the first one being four arbitrary digits, and the second one being the six digits of your birthday.

My two numbers aren't only prime, which in and of itself would be pretty unlikely. No they're Twin primes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_prime)

This is the only place I know where information like that would be considered pretty cool :-)

Now somebody guess my birthday.

Re:Illegal prime by niyazpk on Monday January 11, 2010 @01:42PM (#1045653)
Assuming that (1) you were born between 1950 and 1985 and (2) the danish date format is (dd-mm-yy), here are the possible DOBs:

    10-01-51    30-01-51    17-03-51    14-05-51    26-05-51    27-05-51
    13-06-51    16-06-51    16-07-51    18-07-51    25-07-51    25-09-51
    15-10-51    21-10-51    24-10-51    21-11-51    13-12-51    17-12-51
    19-12-51    28-12-51    10-01-53    17-03-53    27-05-53    16-07-53
    25-07-53    21-11-53    17-12-53    24-02-57    29-06-57    25-10-57
    13-02-59    24-02-59    21-03-59    29-06-59    14-07-59    17-07-59
    22-08-59    15-09-59    25-10-59    26-10-59    10-11-59    24-12-59
    13-02-61    10-03-61    21-03-61    31-03-61    27-04-61    23-05-61
    14-07-61    17-07-61    27-07-61    22-08-61    23-08-61    26-08-61
    15-09-61    12-10-61    18-10-61    21-10-61    26-10-61    10-11-61
    17-11-61    24-12-61    25-12-61    10-03-63    31-03-63    27-04-63
    23-05-63    27-07-63    23-08-63    26-08-63    12-10-63    18-10-63
    21-10-63    17-11-63    25-12-63    13-03-67    19-03-67    11-05-67
    19-06-67    15-07-67    14-08-67    20-08-67    16-09-67    25-09-67
    24-10-67    17-11-67    26-11-67    29-11-67    27-02-69    13-03-69
    17-03-69    19-03-69    22-04-69    11-05-69    19-06-69    29-06-69
    15-07-69    28-07-69    14-08-69    20-08-69    16-09-69    25-09-69
    22-10-69    24-10-69    12-11-69    15-11-69    17-11-69    26-11-69
    29-11-69    11-12-69    23-12-69    27-02-71    17-03-71    22-04-71
    29-04-71    29-06-71    23-07-71    28-07-71    22-10-71    12-11-71
    15-11-71    22-11-71    11-12-71    23-12-71    29-04-73    23-07-73
    22-11-73    15-03-77    11-04-77    19-05-77    16-08-77    22-08-77
    17-10-77    25-11-77    27-12-77    18-01-79    15-03-79    11-04-79
    19-05-79    11-08-79    16-08-79    22-08-79    17-10-79    14-11-79
    25-11-79    10-12-79    27-12-79    18-01-81    20-03-81    16-04-81
    30-05-81    14-06-81    11-08-81    15-08-81    24-08-81    14-11-81
    30-11-81    10-12-81    20-03-83    16-04-83    30-05-83    14-06-83
    15-08-83    24-08-83    30-11-83
Re:Illegal prime by smokinn on Monday January 11, 2010 @02:19PM (#1045739)
Thanks for the list but he said 6 digits... So the format is probably dd-mm-yy.
Re:Illegal prime by niyazpk on Monday January 11, 2010 @02:20PM (#1045745)
Oops! Corrected.
Re:Illegal prime by swolchok on Monday January 11, 2010 @01:23PM (#1045613)
Impossible? Danes write dates as dd-mm-yy according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date, so your birthday can have at most one leading zero and thus is >= 10100. 9973 is the largest 4-digit prime number, and 9973 + 2 is 1) not prime and 2) not a 5-digit number.
Re:Illegal prime by mixmax on Monday January 11, 2010 @03:47PM (#1045946)
We're talking about two sets of twin primes, each part of the social security number being in each set. I'm sorry I didn't make it clear in the OP.
Re:Illegal prime by yan on Monday January 11, 2010 @12:10PM (#1045468)
Now someone can guess your entire social security number :P
Re:Illegal prime by mixmax on Monday January 11, 2010 @01:16PM (#1045596)
Calculated risk
Re:Illegal prime by pvg on Monday January 11, 2010 @02:25PM (#1045764)
Assuming you're talking about splitting your SSN down the middle (two 5 digit numbers) and it looks something like this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_identification_number_...

The candidates are (unless I horked something up, these are pairs of 5 digit twin primes that start with a sensible 6 digit date and checksum as Danish SSNs)

0212702129 0608706089 2105721059 2210722109

That's assuming you were not born in '90 or '91.

Re:Illegal prime by pvg on Monday January 11, 2010 @01:18PM (#1045601)
Which two numbers? It's quite difficult for a six digit and four digit number to be twin primes. Some zany Danish date format?