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Offline DeathwishTopic starter

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mental images
« on: December 16, 2015, 05:26:49 pm »
How many of you see a series of 4 numbers or so and your brain starts trying to associate it with some piece of kit ?.
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Offline TimFox

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Re: mental images
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2015, 10:16:23 pm »
I always compare 4-digit lottery numbers to the American industrial/military vacuum tube numbers that started at 5500.
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Re: mental images
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2015, 09:02:31 pm »
I saw "1723" the other day and thought it awfully familiar.  Though the only thing that came to mind was, Motorola regulator IC?

I spot "11:38" seemingly more often than chance (unsure whether it's subconscious, confirmation bias or what).  Odd as I've not seen the movie, and am only passingly familiar with the lore.

Numerology is much more fun when you have random part numbers floating around in your head. :)

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Re: mental images
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2015, 08:23:40 pm »
555 (quite common on German car plates) means the timer IC

723 is the voltage regulator

741 (I'm old) is now a rather poor opamp

7474 is a dual FF

and of course 42 is the meaning of life, the universe and everything
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