[Dragaera] OT reference to the number 17

Jon Lincicum lincicum at comcast.net
Thu Nov 9 15:17:09 PST 2006


>On 11/9/06, Casey Rousseau <casey at the-bat.net <http://lists.dragaera.info/listinfo.cgi/dragaera-dragaera.info>> wrote:
>>/ Buckley has obviously pulled the number 17 out of his, um, hat.  This
/>>/ number is what you're likely to come up with when you're asked to pick a
/>>/ random number: it's the smallest prime number without any special
/>>/ cultural significance.  ...
/>
>What is the significance of 11?

I suppose it depends on how you define "culturally significant".

Myself, I don't find much that's "culturally significant" in the number 5 either, but maybe that's just me.

Majikjon





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