69,105
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal | sixty-nine thousand one hundred five | |||
| Ordinal | 69105th (sixty-nine thousand one hundred fifth) | |||
| Factorization | 3 × 5 × 17 × 271 | |||
| Greek numeral | ͵θρε´ | |||
| Roman numeral | LXIXCV | |||
| Binary | 100001101111100012 | |||
| Ternary | 101112101103 | |||
| Quaternary | 1003133014 | |||
| Quinary | 42024105 | |||
| Senary | 12515336 | |||
| Octal | 2067618 | |||
| Duodecimal | 33BA912 | |||
| Hexadecimal | 10DF116 | |||
| Vigesimal | 8CF520 | |||
| Base 36 | 1HBL36 | |||
The number 69,105 was used as an in-joke at the computer game manufacturer Infocom. It has occasionally appeared in later computer games as a tribute to Infocom.
Significance of the number[edit]
The number 69,105 makes a number of appearances in Infocom games. Nick Montfort, in his book Twisty Little Passages, 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:[1]
- 69 in hexadecimal is 105 in decimal
- 69 in decimal is 105 in octal
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."[2]
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.
In mathematics[edit]
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.
Appearances[edit]
Appearances in Infocom games[edit]
Beyond Zork[edit]
There are 69,105 Christmas tree monsters.
Bureaucracy[edit]
The sample transcript includes a ticket with the description:
Ticket number 69105. Seat 25F. Acme Building Auditorium.
Running the adventure game cartridge causes the Boysenberry computer to crash almost immediately, with the message:
INTERNAL ERROR 69105.....
Deadline[edit]
The serial number on the pharmacy label on the tablets is 69105.
Leather Goddesses of Phobos[edit]
There are 69,105 leaves in the sack found in Cleveland, Ohio.
Trinity[edit]
There are 69,105 leaves in the book in the cottage.
Wishbringer[edit]
At the lake edge, a "count leaves" gives:
A quick count turns up exactly 69,105 leaves.
The Witness[edit]
The gun receipt used as a bookmark in the mystery book is number 69105.
Zork I[edit]
Probably its most famous appearance:
On the ground is a pile of leaves.
>count leaves
There are 69,105 leaves here.
Zork Zero[edit]
This zoo, with 69,105 cages, is easily the largest in Quendor.
Zork: The Undiscovered Underground[edit]
Entering the Theater from the Cultural Complex:
Built to the precise specifications of Lord Dimwit Flathead, its excessive structure holds 69,105 seats, …
Appearances in later games[edit]
In Advanced Xoru, after you drink a potion, you drop it to the floor "shattering into 69,105 shards of glass".
In Adam Cadre's game I-0:
>open trunk
You open the trunk, revealing your laundry.
>examine laundry
There are 69,105 pieces of laundry here.
In the NES version of Ultima: Quest of the Avatar, one of the mages claims he's working on a book that has 69,105 pages so far.
In the Kingdom of Loathing's Strange Leaflet game-within-game, a parody of classic text adventures, the player can count leaves and find 69,105 of them.
In TempusMUD, the throne of the Grand Mistress of Magic is made of 69,105 emeralds.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ Montfort, Nick (2003). Twisty Little Passages - An Approach to Interactive Fiction. Cambridge: The MIT Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-262-13436-5. Search this book on
- ↑ http://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-1.0.5.dos.txt
- ↑ TempusMUD
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