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Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by bglusman on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @12:44AM (#13061117)
er... which numbers? can someone expand on this?
Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by proto-n on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @03:23AM (#13061667)
4 8 15 16 23 and 42
Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by handojin on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @12:47AM (#13061127)
Lost. Old TV show. Netflix maybe?
Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by Warp__ on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @03:20AM (#13061658)
I think he means the 000000 that the USAF set the password to for launching the LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM. For expediency, apparently.
Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by throwanem on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @05:43AM (#13062225)
That was eight zeroes, not six. Two more bits of entropy!
Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by Warp__ on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @06:47AM (#13062428)
Ah, 8 of them.

I bet that made it some much more secure! /s

Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by chiph on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @09:04AM (#13063065)
> Twelve milkmen IS theoretically possible. Thirteen is silly.

From "Freaked" (1993)

Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by paublyrne on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @04:24AM (#13061891)
You really consider a TV programme that ran from 2004 to 2010 old?
Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by cmrdporcupine on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @08:05AM (#13062759)
I'm the old dude (42) who works in a team with a bunch of milennials. It is humbling and bizarre to realize that they were kids when 9/11 happened, when Lost ran, when George W. Bush was president, when Java 5 was released, Ruby on Rails became trendy, all events that occurred when I was already old and even having kids.

Ugh

Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by croon on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @03:53AM (#13061765)
Wow, that hit me right in the feeling-old-shin. I gave up on it between season 2 and 3, thinking I'd get back to it sometime. Didn't realize it's become an "old TV show", but I suppose you're right.
Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by lolive on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @04:03AM (#13061809)
"That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!"
Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by cmrdporcupine on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @08:08AM (#13062770)
I think I might start buying lotto tickets with those numbers.