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The number 69,105 was used as an in-joke at the United States computer game manufacturer Infocom. It has occasionally appeared in later computer games as a tribute to Infocom. A number is an abstract entity that represents a count or measurement. ...
An in joke is a joke whose humour is clear only to those people who are in a group that has some prior knowledge (not known by the whole population) that makes the joke humorous. ...
A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...
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Aleph-0, the smallest infinite cardinal In mathematics, cardinal numbers, or cardinals for short, are a generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set. ...
Commonly, ordinal numbers, or ordinals for short, are numbers used to denote the position in an ordered sequence: first, second, third, fourth, etc. ...
In mathematics, factorization or factoring is the decomposition of an object (for example, a number, a polynomial, or a matrix) into a product of other objects, or factors, which when multiplied together give the original. ...
The binary numeral system, or base-2 number system, is a numeral system that represents numeric values using two symbols, usually 0 and 1. ...
In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal, base-16, or simply hex, is a numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16, usually written using the symbols 0–9 and A–F, or a–f. ...
In mathematics
69105 is the third 23036-gonal number and the fifth 6912-gonal number. It is also the 17th 510-gonal and the 15th 660-gonal number. In mathematics, a polygonal number is a number that can be arranged as a regular polygon. ...
As of 2006, the only OEIS reference to 69105 was (sequence A097830 in OEIS), "Partial sums of Chebyshev sequence S(n, 16)," with 69105 corresponding to n = 4. The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) is an extensive searchable database of integer sequences, freely available on the Web. ...
Appearances
Appearances in Infocom games
The sample transcript includes a ticket with the description: "Ticket number 69105. Seat 25F. Acme Building Auditorium." Bureaucracy is a text-based computer game released by Infocom in 1987, scripted by popular comic science fiction author Douglas Adams. ...
Running the adventure game cartridge causes the Boysenberry computer to crash almost immediately, with the message, "INTERNAL ERROR 69105.....".
The serial number on the pharmacy label on the tablets is 69105. Deadline is an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1982. ...
There are 69,105 leaves in the sack found in Cleveland, Ohio. Cover of the Lane Mastodon comic—the instruction manual for the game Leather Goddesses of Phobos is an interactive fiction game published and developed by Infocom in 1986 for the DOS, Apple II, Apple Macintosh, Atari ST and Commodore 64 computers. ...
Cleveland redirects here. ...
There are 69,105 leaves in the book in the cottage. Trinity is an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and published in 1986 by Infocom. ...
At the lake edge, a "count leaves" gives Zork universe Zork games Zork trilogy Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter trilogy Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Wishbringer Beyond Zork Zork Zero Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Frobozzica Miscellaneous Timeline Calendar Magic Double Fanucci Companies Infocom Activision Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams is an...
"A quick count turns up exactly 69,105 leaves."
Probably its most famous appearance: Zork I: The Great Underground Empire is an interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels and Tim Anderson and published by Infocom in 1980. ...
- On the ground is a pile of leaves.
- >count leaves
- There are 69,105 leaves here.
"This zoo, with 69,105 cages, is easily the largest in Quendor." Zork universe Zork games Zork Anthology Zork trilogy Zork I Zork II Zork III Beyond Zork Zork Zero Planetfall Enchanter trilogy Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Other games Wishbringer Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor Zork: The Undiscovered Underground Topics in Zork Encyclopedia Frobozzica Characters Kings Creatures Timeline Magic Calendar...
Zork universe Zork games Zork trilogy Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter trilogy Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Wishbringer Beyond Zork Zork Zero Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Frobozzica Miscellaneous Timeline Calendar Magic Double Fanucci Companies Infocom Activision Quendor is the name of the large fictional...
Appearances in later games In Adam Cadre's game I-0: Adam Cadre (born February 5, 1974 in Silver Spring, Maryland[1]) is a U.S. writer. ...
I-0 is a piece of interactive fiction written by Adam Cadre about the adventures of a teenage girl hitch-hiking on the interstate freeway (Interstate Zero). ...
- >open trunk
- You open the trunk, revealing your laundry.
- >examine laundry
- There are 69,105 pieces of laundry here.
In the Kingdom of Loathing strange leaflet game-within-game, a parody of classic text adventures, you can count leaves and find 69,105 of them. Kingdom of Loathing (KoL) is a humorous, browser-based, multiplayer role playing game designed and operated by Asymmetric Publications (including creator Zack Jick Johnson and writer Josh Mr. ...
Significance of the number Nick Montfort, in his book Twisty Little Passages (ISBN 0-262-13436-5), suggests that the number was chosen not only because 69 is the common name of a sexual position, but also because in its written form 69,105 falls naturally into two parts with an unusual relationship: Nick Montfort is a poet, computer scientist, scholar of new media and game studies, and author of interactive fiction who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
Engraving by Félicien Rops for Le Diable au Corps, 1865 69 Sex Position The 69 position, also known by its French name soixante-neuf, is one of the most commonly known sexual positions. ...
This property was pointed out in a version of the Jargon File dating back at least to 1982. Commenting on the ("Exclusive to MIT-AI") usage of 69 as a generic "large quantity", Guy L. Steele said, "I don't know whether its origins are related to the obscene interpretation, but I do know that 69 decimal = 105 octal, and 69 hexadecimal = 105 decimal, which is a nice property."[1] In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal, base-16, or simply hex, is a numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16, usually written using the symbols 0–9 and A–F, or a–f. ...
105 (one hundred [and] five) is the natural number following 104 and preceding 106. ...
The decimal (base ten or occasionally denary) numeral system has ten as its base. ...
69 (sixty-nine) is the natural number following 68 and preceding 70. ...
The octal numeral system, or oct for short, is the base-8 number system, and uses the digits 0 to 7. ...
The Jargon File is a glossary of hacker slang. ...
The MIT Artificial intelligence Laboratory was an interdisciplinary research entity at MIT founded in 1959, and one of the most influential and accomplished in the field. ...
Guy Lewis Steele, Jr. ...
The same natural relationship applies to 1,001; 2,002; 3,003; 4,004; 5,005; 6,006; 7,007; 64,100; 65,101; 66,102; 67,103; and 68,104. However, 69,105 is the highest number with this property (with fewer than six digits).
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