Illegal Numbers - Numberphile

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The hex should be: 4E554D, etc... We missed a digit copying it out!

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[rruzgarr]

am I the only one who loves the fact that this guy smiles 24/7

[christophergudgeon]

3 people in a prison cell:

1: so what are you in for, 2?

2: armed robbery, you?

1: drug dealing, what about you 3?

3: i posted some numbers on youtube.


(1 and 2 hide in corner in fear)

[lucromel]

ℝ
I am the greatest criminal mastermind of all time.

[suddenrushsarge]

What if you treated the illegal number as a solution, and created a problem.  So if 144 was an illegal number, would 12x12=? be an illegal question?

[diabolicallink]

"We are going to come into your house and stamp on a of your favorite toys" that's why I like this guy

[Doc_Fartens]

Joke's on you, Doc Grime, my favourite toys are Lego pieces.

[DrLogii]

"We are going to come to your house and stamp on all of your Toys"

Me: Lays out little Lego bricks

[SeriousApache]

"Sir, you can't have this number written on paper"
"Fine, I'll just cut it in two pieces and now I have two perfectly legal numbers."

[Nicoder]

94, 699, 040, 255, 592, 155, 765, 623, 877

[samiraperi]

Technically you can interpret programs as numbers too, and it's possible that pi includes all possible number sequences. Therefore pi is illegal.

[archaeologistify]

"I'll have 2 number 9, number 9 large, number 6 with extra dip, number 7, 2 number 45 and a large soda"

[Bonniee]

Imagine solving a math problem and then having Numberphile busting down your door 2 seconds later.

[Manabender]

Ah, copyright law...You had good intentions, but then people came around and used you to fuck everything up.

[masterflamaster]

Yeeey! We've got a Numberphile flag!

[JackLe]

pi contains all rational numbers inside of it. is pi illegal then?

[Monkeystaxx]

O M G so does that mean those bars of colour you see when a tv channel isn't working make a code? And then what would that code be?! I love this world

[negativeseven]

94, 699, 040, 255, 592, 155, 765, 623, 877 in base 94, 699, 040, 255, 592, 155, 765, 623, 877 is 10. So there's that.

[ribozyme]

And what's up with equations whose solution is illegal?

[laquishaadams]

The actual number of a CD key isn't illegal, it's distributing it in the context of "hey, you can use this to steal this program". So I can use the digit 12345, I just can't tell you that you can use it to unlock a pirated game or give you the entire binary code of a program and explain how to make it work or something. That's like saying kilograms are illegal when what I really mean is kilograms of cocaine. Or like saying car keys are illegal, when referring to giving you keys that don't belong to either of us with the intent that you use them to steal someone's car. The idea that we wouldn't be able to use a number on the number line in mathematics or finances because it just so happens to be the numerical key to a program is silly.

[red_isopat]

so, pi is illegal, since it might be infinite and if so, it contains all the sequences