From: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
Subject: Re: adaptive word score, and numbers
Date: 23 Nov 1996 15:18:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <rjafs899og.fsf@babbage.dina.kvl.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of 23 Nov 1996 04:54:39 +0100
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:
> quisquosian things, the number 42 is as likely to appear in something
> that talks about the cosmic constant as it is in articles about speed
> limits. Or something.
If you read rec.cats.pets and see 42 in the subject of a thread,
*someone* will make the Douglas Adams reference. This can be a reason
to avoid or enter the thread, depending on your preferences.
I would also guess that the number 666 increase the chance of an
article being entertaining, while 900 decrease it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-11-23 14:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-11-18 12:00 Steinar Bang
1996-11-18 15:04 ` Lars Balker Rasmussen
1996-11-18 16:06 ` Sudish Joseph
1996-11-18 18:07 ` David Moore
1996-11-18 17:56 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-11-19 7:02 ` Steinar Bang
1996-11-20 14:50 ` Steinar Bang
1996-11-20 15:26 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-11-22 8:46 ` Wesley.Hardaker
1996-11-23 3:54 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-11-23 14:18 ` Per Abrahamsen [this message]
1996-11-25 3:39 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-11-25 8:39 ` Wesley.Hardaker
1996-11-25 11:13 ` Steinar Bang
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