Well, if the string was a widely occuring one (say, because it's useful in some coding task, etc.) you might expect it to turn up a few times in a google search

Well, if the string was a widely occuring one (say, because it's useful in some coding task, etc.) you might expect it to turn up a few times in a google search for occurrences prior to Aug 1 2016. But, apparently not: https://www.google.com/search?q=ace02468bdf13579&client=firefox-b&source=lnt&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A%2Ccd_max%3A8%2F1%2F2016&tbm= https://www.google.com/search?q=ace02468bdf13579&client=fire...