Talk:221: Random Number - Revision history

FaviFake: spam

2025-06-12T13:06:11Z

spam

ExplainEuge.ca at 06:31, 12 June 2025

2025-06-12T06:31:53Z

Certified nqh at 06:18, 9 October 2023

2023-10-09T06:18:29Z

An user who has no account yet at 13:36, 5 September 2023

2023-09-05T13:36:49Z

108.162.245.15 at 19:54, 2 July 2022

2022-07-02T19:54:14Z

Kimmerin at 15:18, 27 January 2022

2022-01-27T15:18:03Z

172.70.34.91: Add a little separator so the two bottom comments do not look like one comment.

2022-01-02T02:42:18Z

Add a little separator so the two bottom comments do not look like one comment.

172.70.34.91: Add section about how this may be in reference to gif89a spec

2022-01-02T02:40:49Z

Add section about how this may be in reference to gif89a spec

172.70.130.109 at 20:13, 17 August 2021

2021-08-17T20:13:36Z

141.101.76.46: forgot a sig

2018-10-19T04:18:05Z

forgot a sig

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	i have a game that i've played once where i repeatedly open a random xkcd comic until i get one i've already seen because xkcd apparently really, REALLY likes showing me comics i've already seen 3 seconds after i've seen them. anyway, my chromebook almost crashed when i did because it decided to spice up its game a little and give me no dupicate comments, thank you [[User:Certified_nqh\|Me]]<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester\|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 06:18, 9 October 2023 (UTC)		i have a game that i've played once where i repeatedly open a random xkcd comic until i get one i've already seen because xkcd apparently really, REALLY likes showing me comics i've already seen 3 seconds after i've seen them. anyway, my chromebook almost crashed when i did because it decided to spice up its game a little and give me no dupicate comments, thank you [[User:Certified_nqh\|Me]]<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester\|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 06:18, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
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−	~~Euge.ca also has a comic called Random Number. [[User:ExplainEuge.ca\|ExplainEuge.ca]] ([[User talk:ExplainEuge.ca\|talk]]) 06:31, 12 June 2025 (UTC)~~

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	i have a game that i've played once where i repeatedly open a random xkcd comic until i get one i've already seen because xkcd apparently really, REALLY likes showing me comics i've already seen 3 seconds after i've seen them. anyway, my chromebook almost crashed when i did because it decided to spice up its game a little and give me no dupicate comments, thank you [[User:Certified_nqh\|Me]]<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester\|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 06:18, 9 October 2023 (UTC)		i have a game that i've played once where i repeatedly open a random xkcd comic until i get one i've already seen because xkcd apparently really, REALLY likes showing me comics i've already seen 3 seconds after i've seen them. anyway, my chromebook almost crashed when i did because it decided to spice up its game a little and give me no dupicate comments, thank you [[User:Certified_nqh\|Me]]<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester\|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 06:18, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
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		+	Euge.ca also has a comic called Random Number. [[User:ExplainEuge.ca\|ExplainEuge.ca]] ([[User talk:ExplainEuge.ca\|talk]]) 06:31, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

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	die: 4 [[User:An user who has no account yet\|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet\|talk]]) 13:36, 5 September 2023 (UTC)		die: 4 [[User:An user who has no account yet\|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet\|talk]]) 13:36, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
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		+	i have a game that i've played once where i repeatedly open a random xkcd comic until i get one i've already seen because xkcd apparently really, REALLY likes showing me comics i've already seen 3 seconds after i've seen them. anyway, my chromebook almost crashed when i did because it decided to spice up its game a little and give me no dupicate comments, thank you [[User:Certified_nqh\|Me]]<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester\|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 06:18, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

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	Size field and up to but not including the Block Terminator. This		Size field and up to but not including the Block Terminator. This
	field contains the fixed value 4.		field contains the fixed value 4.
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		+	me: rolls a die
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		+	die: 4 [[User:An user who has no account yet\|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet\|talk]]) 13:36, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

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	Possibly turned up in Gravity Falls. Journal 3 (book edition) states that the Infinity-Sided Die can theoretically result in any outcome, but "you'd be surprised how often you'd roll a 4." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.46\|141.101.76.46]] 04:18, 19 October 2018 (UTC)		Possibly turned up in Gravity Falls. Journal 3 (book edition) states that the Infinity-Sided Die can theoretically result in any outcome, but "you'd be surprised how often you'd roll a 4." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.46\|141.101.76.46]] 04:18, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
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		+	Rewatching Futurama again, I just noticed the season 2 episode "When Aliens Attack" (airdate 7 November 1999) has a throwaway line said by a news anchor: "Once again, today's winning lotto number was four." Wonder if this inspired Randall, or if 4 really is ''the'' standard random integer of our universe. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.15\|108.162.245.15]] 19:54, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

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 :Java code for this would be something like "public static int fin(){}" or just "public int fin(){}". I think the code would still compile though without the public/private part. {{unsigned ip|188.114.106.41}}
 ::I know this comment is from several years ago, but I'll add this just for posterity. The "default" access modifier exists in java and is somewhere in between "private" and "protected". You can only use it by otherwise unspecifying the access modifier.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.187|108.162.215.187]] 16:40, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 :How can Java come to mind when it is pure C syntax, which predates Java by several years and is arguably better known. A feature of most languages is that they have a "C-like syntax". See, a whole page on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_C-based_programming_languages [[Special:Contributions/122.161.20.238|122.161.20.238]] 19:53, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 ::"C-like syntax" is the best explain, this covers all. Even when I disagree that it's better known than Java these days.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:04, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

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	Possibly turned up in Gravity Falls. Journal 3 (book edition) states that the Infinity-Sided Die can theoretically result in any outcome, but "you'd be surprised how often you'd roll a 4." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.46\|141.101.76.46]] 04:18, 19 October 2018 (UTC)		Possibly turned up in Gravity Falls. Journal 3 (book edition) states that the Infinity-Sided Die can theoretically result in any outcome, but "you'd be surprised how often you'd roll a 4." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.46\|141.101.76.46]] 04:18, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
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	Unknowingly or not, this could very well be related to the gif spec. https://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt		Unknowingly or not, this could very well be related to the gif spec. https://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt

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	Possibly turned up in Gravity Falls. Journal 3 (book edition) states that the Infinity-Sided Die can theoretically result in any outcome, but "you'd be surprised how often you'd roll a 4." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.46\|141.101.76.46]] 04:18, 19 October 2018 (UTC)		Possibly turned up in Gravity Falls. Journal 3 (book edition) states that the Infinity-Sided Die can theoretically result in any outcome, but "you'd be surprised how often you'd roll a 4." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.46\|141.101.76.46]] 04:18, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
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		+	Unknowingly or not, this could very well be related to the gif spec. https://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt
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		+	In the graphic control extension part of gif89A, a block size is allowed to be specified. And well... I'll just let the spec speak for itself:
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		+	iii) Block Size - Number of bytes in the block, after the Block
		+	Size field and up to but not including the Block Terminator. This
		+	field contains the fixed value 4.

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 :The comic is from February 9, 2007.  The 3.55 firmware was released December 7, 2010. {{unsigned ip|173.245.50.144}}
 This seems to have turned up in [http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/set-theory SMBC].  [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 20:00, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 Possibly turned up in Gravity Falls. Journal 3 (book edition) states that the Infinity-Sided Die can theoretically result in any outcome, but "you'd be surprised how often you'd roll a 4." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.46|141.101.76.46]] 04:18, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

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	This seems to have turned up in [http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/set-theory SMBC]. [[User:.42\|.42]] ([[User talk:.42\|talk]]) 20:00, 18 July 2016 (UTC)		This seems to have turned up in [http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/set-theory SMBC]. [[User:.42\|.42]] ([[User talk:.42\|talk]]) 20:00, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

−	Possibly turned up in Gravity Falls. Journal 3 (book edition) states that the Infinity-Sided Die can theoretically result in any outcome, but "you'd be surprised how often you'd roll a 4."	+	Possibly turned up in Gravity Falls. Journal 3 (book edition) states that the Infinity-Sided Die can theoretically result in any outcome, but "you'd be surprised how often you'd roll a 4." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.46\|141.101.76.46]] 04:18, 19 October 2018 (UTC)