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4 doesn't originate from XKCD, it originates from Playstation 3's firmware. Ultimately, 4 is a random number, so the developer in question could argue he was te
by eptcyka 3y ago
4 doesn't originate from XKCD, it originates from Playstation 3's firmware. Ultimately, 4 is a random number, so the developer in question could argue he was technically correct, it's the specification that's wrong.
- hcs 3y agoThe xkcd reference was a joke used in the fail0verflow CCC PS3 presentation in 2010. I don't know what the reused nonce was but it probably wasn't 4, and the xkcd comic is from 2007.
- SilasX 3y agoI appreciate the background, but I'm not aware of any usage of "X a la Y" that implies "Y is the first ever instance of X".