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Title: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: jtex316 on February 23, 2006, 04:54:07 pm
Can anyone guess what the number 65536 means / is?

I'll award you with something if you can figure it out.  Go for it!


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: GUATARICCAN on February 23, 2006, 04:56:05 pm
867-5309!


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Sunstroke on February 23, 2006, 04:57:28 pm

The only time I've ever seen that number is in the line limitation of excel files.




Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Brian Fein on February 23, 2006, 04:57:39 pm
is this one of those stupid things that nerd write and think they're cool like "l33t"?

Otherwise, I'd say its the MS Excel date code for 6/5/2079


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Brian Fein on February 23, 2006, 04:58:16 pm
The only time I've ever seen that number is in the line limitation of excel files.



CRAP, that's what I was thinking... I went with the date code instead!

POO!


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: jtex316 on February 23, 2006, 04:59:52 pm
Wow..you got it Sunstroke.  Well done.

Oh, and I lied about the prize. 


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: jtex316 on February 23, 2006, 05:01:18 pm
To see for yourself, open up any excel document and hit CTRL + the down key, it takes you all the way down to the bottom.  I never knew there was a bottom to an excel sheet.


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: BeefStewert on February 23, 2006, 05:02:00 pm
It's 2^16.


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Brian Fein on February 23, 2006, 05:02:23 pm
I've seen the bottom many times, just never memorized the number.

I think the last column is like IA or something...


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Fau Teixeira on February 23, 2006, 05:06:21 pm
1 -  it's a Fermat number .. which is (65537 (a Fermat prime) -1) according to the formula: 2^(2^n) n being 4 in this case so 65536 is 2^(2^4) or 2^(16)
2 - amount of bytes commonly referred to as 64 megs
3 - a zip code in lebanon, MO .. (near springfield)


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: jtex316 on February 23, 2006, 05:07:18 pm
Fau you are officially the biggest nerd on the planet.


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Brian Fein on February 23, 2006, 05:08:08 pm
1 - it's a Fermat number .. which is (65537 (a Fermat prime) -1) according to the formula: 2^(2^n) n being 4 in this case so 65536 is 2^(2^4) or 2^(16)
2 - amount of bytes commonly referred to as 64 megs
3 - a zip code in lebanon, MO .. (near springfield)
See? I told you Fau was the smartest....

(nerd...)


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Fau Teixeira on February 23, 2006, 05:09:07 pm
pfft .. says the engineer who nerded out about physics .. say it ain't so !


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Brian Fein on February 23, 2006, 05:16:12 pm
Even I don't know what a Fermat number is...


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Fau Teixeira on February 23, 2006, 05:19:23 pm
it was in star trek


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: bsmooth on February 23, 2006, 05:22:09 pm
it was in star trek

Yes this answer takes him to the nerd bonus round.


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Fau Teixeira on February 23, 2006, 05:27:45 pm
I have a semi-photographic memory .. i just remember things really well.

(which means i'll end up getting alzheimers)


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: bsfins on February 23, 2006, 05:56:58 pm
Quote
3 - a zip code in lebanon, MO .. (near springfield)
Damn it Fau...that's my sister's Zipcode.... ;D
You stole my answer...


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Buddhagirl on February 23, 2006, 06:17:27 pm
Damn Fau...You just took nerd to a whole different level.


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: jtex316 on February 23, 2006, 07:00:12 pm
Brian, the end of an excel Document is actually IV.

That's a hell of a way to hide something in a file, throw it in a random colum and row.


Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: Sunstroke on February 23, 2006, 07:09:11 pm

I figured for sure that my answer wasn't the one you were after...

...and Fau, I love ya man, but you are the God Emperor of Nerdliness.  ;D




Title: Re: Do you know what 65536 is?
Post by: crazy_scar_man on February 23, 2006, 07:23:41 pm
It's the length of my cock in centimeters