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reference for a 17 factoid I intend to add:
Berlekamp, E. R. and Graham, R. L., Irregularities in the distributions of finite sequences, J. Number Theory2 (1970), 152–161. (example 63)
4pq1injbok 22:55, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I have removed the unexplained globalization tag from the "Age 17" section. Whenever you place a {{globalize}} tag on an article, please also take a minute to explain your concerns on the article's talk page. Is something specific missing? This will help other editors figure out what your actual concerns are. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When I was in college there was some kind of a shaggy dog story/joke circulating about why 17 was the only random number. This story seemed to be very popular amongst math majors. I don't remember exactly how it went. Still, I think it would be nice if someone would put it up here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.163.161 (talk) 02:25, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Throughout the page it says that 17 is the most and least random number. It even says MIT stated it is the most random number, then later in the article states MIT claimed 17 was the least random number. WHAT?--Phillies9513 (talk) 00:36, 20 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
17 is the "most" random number because it is chosen "more" often, and "least random" number because being chosen more often that makes it less random. Two faces of the same coin. Also, evidence of a shortcoming of the english language. When we simplify what we are trying to say, opposite meanings can be understood.Dhrm77 (talk) 15:46, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This factoid is the only reason why I would actually visit a Wikipedia page on the number 17. I think this fun fact should be moved to the top. (Jono) 24 May 2021
I have just added archive links to one external link on 17 (number). Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
link restored and moved to external link section. Wayback template used before is not meant to be used for citations. Graphs shown in article are not found in other references, and can be found interesting. Especially the fact that 7 was the second highest choice of random number. The article doesn't explain why 17 is prefered when asked for a random number from 1 to 20. There is a simple explanation. When asked for a random number between 1 and 10, 7 is the favorite. When given a range of 1 to 20, people take advantage of the extension and add 10 (our usual counting base), picking therefore more often 17. Similarly, 37 is the favorite (adding 30 to 7) when the range is 1 to 100. I wonder what the favorite would be in the range of 1 to 1000. Dhrm77 (talk) 15:39, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The movie is 117 minutes long as claimed on the DVD and Blue-Ray...in the beginning when the computer is reading some text, the number 17 is in the text, and Condor was 17 minutes late getting to the office... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.118.28.10 (talk) 06:08, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
From 1987 until 2001, Hendrick Motorsports has used #17 for various drivers in the NASCAR Hall of Fame from 1987–90, and for a satellite team from 1991-92. It was also used by the team owner's son, who died in 2004.
I'm not sure why we're including this at all, if it isn't important enough to mention at Leon Kass. One could make an argument for including that the biblical flood began and ended on the 17th of the month, the rest should probably just be removed and ignored. power~enwiki (π, ν) 02:24, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]