Funny, Dilbert doesn't USUALLY make simple math mistakes.

[theweaselking]

Sheesh. That's not 625 possible combinations. That's 15511210043330985984000000 combinations - 15.5 septillion.

If there were only 6 solutions and they had to be tried in all possible combinations, that would be 720, which is as close to 625 as you'll get.

Everybody knows THAT.

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[corruptedjasper.livejournal.com]

5^4.. so there are 5 solutions, but you have try every possible combination of 4 out of the 5.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I was assuming that what Dogbert said was mostly true.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Mph. Maybe the guy with the crashinbox couldn't handle the thought of a combination that involved more than two solutions as elements?

(I mean, at that point you'd only get 600, but it's still closer to 625.)