utterly random picture thread.
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
800 years ago, someone built a lockbox with 4 billion possible combinations.
the artifact is a seljuk-era box with a mechanical combination lock made around 1200–1201 ad in iran. it has four double dials with 16 positions each, giving about 4,294,967,296 possible settings.
the box uses multiple dials with engravings that must align in the correct order to open. depending on how you count the permutations (number of dials × number of characters per dial), the possible combinations land in the billions range, which is insane for the medieval period.
the artifact is a seljuk-era box with a mechanical combination lock made around 1200–1201 ad in iran. it has four double dials with 16 positions each, giving about 4,294,967,296 possible settings.
the box uses multiple dials with engravings that must align in the correct order to open. depending on how you count the permutations (number of dials × number of characters per dial), the possible combinations land in the billions range, which is insane for the medieval period.
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Looks like something I used to have on my pedalboard...Taipan wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 7:53 pm 800 years ago, someone built a lockbox with 4 billion possible combinations.
the artifact is a seljuk-era box with a mechanical combination lock made around 1200–1201 ad in iran. it has four double dials with 16 positions each, giving about 4,294,967,296 possible settings.
the box uses multiple dials with engravings that must align in the correct order to open. depending on how you count the permutations (number of dials × number of characters per dial), the possible combinations land in the billions range, which is insane for the medieval period.
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
Bit over kill for knocking a few pins in
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
Here at the hospital they paid someone to make the toilet signs confusing.
Every time I need to pay a visit, it's pot luck. Never get it right.
Just seen a disabled loo with all 3 signs. Still no idea what the first 2 mean
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Every time I need to pay a visit, it's pot luck. Never get it right.
Just seen a disabled loo with all 3 signs. Still no idea what the first 2 mean
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
I have my suspicions that this picture is AI generated? 
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This was bastard cold yesterday up in resort !!!
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Apparently this is a pillow 
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How the FCK can LENTIL crisps be even remotely "proper" 
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