2019-09-25
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Posted on September 24, 2019 by Mark Farinas
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7 Responses to 2019-09-25

  1. Josh says:
    September 24, 2019 at 1:58 pm

    “16309? That’s the kinda thing an idiot would have on his luggage!”

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  2. DSL says:
    September 24, 2019 at 7:35 am

    I like the way the first panel is composed and lit.

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    • dru mcd says:
      September 26, 2019 at 10:57 pm

      Agreed!

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  3. Bieeanshee says:
    September 24, 2019 at 7:21 am

    Oh, yes. I’ve been hoping for something like this.

    And I appreciate that then-modern prefix codes are both absurdly long and apparently not just numeric. I’d always wondered what would happen if a hacker started spinning the proverbial tumblers on a TOS-movie-era ship’s codes…

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    • Mark Painter says:
      September 24, 2019 at 8:59 am

      My goodness, yes.

      Not only were TOS-era prefix codes mere five digit numbers, limiting them to 100,000 possible codes, but apparently they were entered by manually flipping a single set of switches numbered 0 through 9, meaning a given digit could only appear once in a given code, which further reduces the number of possible codes to a mere 30,240.

      Or do I just watch TWoK too many times? (What am I supposed to do, tho, watch Into Darkness?)

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      • Maurice says:
        September 24, 2019 at 2:24 pm

        TWOK-specific, not TOS-era. 🙂

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      • DSL says:
        September 26, 2019 at 8:07 am

        MAD Magazine had some fun with that in its TWOK satire. If I recall correctly, Spock tells Kirk he can take over the Reliant (“Refinanced”) if he can figure out the code. Kirk protests: “It would be impossible for one to … ” Spock interrupts: “4-1-2! Brilliant, Admiral!”

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