For the seasoned weblog readers, this is be second hand old news, but I couldn’t help but post it.

Apparently a mathematician stumbled across (suspicious, I know) a prime number (seen below) that when written in hexadecimal format forms a Zip file that contains the DeCSS information (the now infamous DVD decryption software).

The obvious joke here is that no court could seriously render a number illegal (I’m not so confident in the legal systems of the world).

Other humorous versions of the DeCSS include a Mircrosoft wizard who will tell you a story containing the code (wacky plugin and download), the DVD logo itself rendered from the code, and my personal favourite, the code written in plain English.

The Number:
485650789657397829309841
894694286137707442087351
357924019652073668698513
401047237446968797439926
117510973777701027447528
049058831384037549709987
909653955227011712157025
974666993240226834596619
606034851742497735846851
885567457025712547499964
821941846557100841190862
597169479707991520048667
099759235960613207259737
979936188606316914473588
300245336972781813914797
955513399949394882899846
917836100182597890103160
196183503434489568705384
520853804584241565482488
933380474758711283395989
685223254460840897111977
127694120795862440547161
321005006459820176961771
809478113622002723448272
249323259547234688002927
776497906148129840428345
720146348968547169082354
737835661972186224969431
622716663939055430241564
732924855248991225739466
548627140482117138124388
217717602984125524464744
505583462814488335631902
725319590439283873764073
916891257924055015620889
787163375999107887084908
159097548019285768451988
596305323823490558092032
999603234471140776019847
163531161713078576084862
236370283570104961259568
184678596533310077017991
614674472549272833486916
000647585917462781212690
073518309241530106302893
295665843662000800476778
967984382090797619859493
646309380586336721469695
975027968771205724996666
980561453382074120315933
770309949152746918356593
762102220068126798273445
760938020304479122774980
917955938387121000588766
689258448700470772552497
060444652127130404321182
610103591186476662963858
495087448497373476861420
880529443