Re: Did anyone else notice?

Steffen Grunewald (steffen@gfz-potsdam.de)
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:21:27 +0200 (MET DST)

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
|>
|> I think I see now:
|> #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2 672274793
|> in hex: 28121969 .. Linus's (or Tove's?) birthdate?
|> #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2A 85072278
|> 5121996 .. his first daughter's?
|> +#define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2B 369367448
|> 16041998 .. his second's?
|>
|> It looks like MAGIC2A can be used instead of MAGIC2.. what about MAGIC2B?
|> :)
|>

What is worrying me is the fact that with every additional magic,
the chance to catch one of them accidentally increases.
Of course starting with an average lifetime of say 80+x years,
there are still about 20000 possible entries. Quite sparse in a
32bit space, I admit... (and that would mean 20000 offsprings in the
next 50+ years - Linus would need a slower computer to get near to
that number :)

Steffen

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