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[[User:Billsmithsmithbill22|Billsmithsmithbill22]] ([[User talk:Billsmithsmithbill22|talk]]) 02:16, 18 November 2021 (UTC) Bill Smith
 
[[User:Billsmithsmithbill22|Billsmithsmithbill22]] ([[User talk:Billsmithsmithbill22|talk]]) 02:16, 18 November 2021 (UTC) Bill Smith
 
:That's how I interpreted it, too. Password recovery links are usually very long strings, not just 6 digits. The joke is that the email or SMS with the 2FA code usually warns not to disclose the code, even though it can't be reused. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 02:43, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
:That's how I interpreted it, too. Password recovery links are usually very long strings, not just 6 digits. The joke is that the email or SMS with the 2FA code usually warns not to disclose the code, even though it can't be reused. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 02:43, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
:Some Services offer a form of 2FA where they give you a list of 10 one time passwords / back-up codes that are valid indefinitely and are supposed to be printed out, in case access to the phone is lost. The generally romantic atmosphere of the comic makes me feel the number is more like that, especially since she also offers him her password in the alt-text. [[User:Ruffy314|Ruffy314]] ([[User talk:Ruffy314|talk]]) 10:39, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
  
263827 is prime, is that worthy of a mention? {{unsigned ip|108.162.249.63|21:13, 17 November 2021 (UTC)}}
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263827 is prime, is that worthy of a mention? {{unsigned}}
 
:If you think it is a factor! (...of a semiprime, maybe.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.141|172.70.90.141]] 03:48, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
:If you think it is a factor! (...of a semiprime, maybe.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.141|172.70.90.141]] 03:48, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
  
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The number here is 263827.  In the original Star Wars movie, the trash compactor that the main characters get stuck in is numbered 3263827.  Any chance that this is an incredibly obscure Star Wars reference?  (I figure since one-time codes are usually six digits, using that full seven-digit number would be a bit of a distraction.) [[User:Ghostelephant|Ghostelephant]] ([[User talk:Ghostelephant|talk]]) 05:01, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
The number here is 263827.  In the original Star Wars movie, the trash compactor that the main characters get stuck in is numbered 3263827.  Any chance that this is an incredibly obscure Star Wars reference?  (I figure since one-time codes are usually six digits, using that full seven-digit number would be a bit of a distraction.) [[User:Ghostelephant|Ghostelephant]] ([[User talk:Ghostelephant|talk]]) 05:01, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
No way that's a coincidence! That is simply too unlikely to be an accident.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.123|172.70.178.123]] 08:14, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
No way that's a coincidence! That is simply too unlikely to be an accident.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.123|172.70.178.123]] 08:14, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
:How on earth did you figure this out? Do you just happen to know the number of that trash compactor? And if so, how? And why? For me this comment raises way more questions than the comic did. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 10:58, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
::Though I'm not as obsessive with Star Wars to know this particular number, I know that the THX 1138 4EB meme pops up again throughout Lucas's later oevre, and (like just the other day) gets co-opted referentially by the Randalls of this world. Forty-odd years of obsession by generations of fans would not leave a single remastered pixel/unremastered grain of footage unanalysed of every last detail. I've personally used "6EQUJ5" as an obscure reference, at times, and had others have known/worked out what I was echoing (even before Google) and that's from a far more transient source... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.211|172.70.90.211]] 11:35, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
::: 6EQUJ5 is no longer considered a one time code. In the 70s, it was inexplicable, but since then it has been found again. In fact, it is not considered to have a unique source. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.82.111|172.70.82.111]] 20:20, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
::::Going back to how I noticed -- I double-checked it before commenting to make sure, but yeah I do happen to know that particular number haha.  It came up at some point on a Star Wars podcast, where a guest talked about making a good friend in elementary school after realizing they had both memorized that number.  I think they also said that particular number was chosen because it was Mark Hamill's phone number at the time.  I guess at that point I was like "huh yeah I should probably know this number" (though I am not really sure why).  A benefit, of course, is that every time I listen to the Star Wars Radio Drama I notice that they leave out a digit and it bothers me.... [[User:Ghostelephant|Ghostelephant]] ([[User talk:Ghostelephant|talk]]) 01:30, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 
 
Aren't one time codes also used for Bluetooth pairing?  If so, couldn't this be considered a marriage proposal?  --[[User:Divad27182|Divad27182]] ([[User talk:Divad27182|talk]]) 13:49, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
:If that's what you consider a proposal, I fear you will have plenty trouble finding a spouse----{{unsigned ip|162.158.203.36|13:45, 18 November 2021}}
 
:: "Repeat these digits back to me (over an alternate communications channel) to pair with me."  A bit geeky perhaps (cf. [https://xkcd.com/ XKCD]), but could be either a proposition or proposal.  --[[User:Divad27182|Divad27182]] ([[User talk:Divad27182|talk]]) 14:39, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 
:I was thinking of something along those lines. They don't say what service the code is for, so it gave me a kind of weird train of thought like "this is a code that will give you access to ''me'', but only if you use it right away". Was wondering if anyone else was thinking along those lines [[User:Angel|Angel]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 01:26, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 
 
Can some tell me why this comic is *still* in List of all comics even though it's number 2543, and so should be in the next page (2501-3000) --[[User:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e|GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e]] ([[User talk:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e|talk]]) 19:42, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 
 
Joke's on you: I've already used that code before. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.227|172.70.85.227]] 10:48, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 

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