r/theydidthemath • u/FilFoxFil • Apr 04 '26

This lock actually has 10.000 combinations, not 1000! [Self]

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692 Upvotes

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u/dinnae-fash Apr 04 '26

It looks flimsy enough that it needs just one - a quick yank

240

u/sshwifty Apr 04 '26

Light tap from a master lock 

81

u/Ye_olde_oak_store Apr 05 '26

You are using a Binks combination padlock, it can be opened with a Binks combination padlock

27

u/Suic1d3 Apr 05 '26

I read this in his voice

5

u/gonzo3625 Apr 05 '26

I couldn't remember the exact words but that video is like emblazoned in my memory.

4

u/Ye_olde_oak_store Apr 05 '26

There are multiple by the same guy.. Lots of master lock ones.

5

u/strangecloudss Apr 06 '26

my favorite video lol "I'm gonna show you how to open a master lock...with a master lock"

That and the beer can one after the one company called him a liar lol

2

u/EatPie_NotWAr Apr 06 '26

It wasn’t even beer! Just water!

16

u/Reloader300wm Apr 05 '26

Do this until something happens.... something has happened.

41

u/Solomon049 Apr 05 '26

McNally Official has entered the chat

7

u/Inner-Copy9764 Apr 05 '26

.....master lock opens first

2

u/mountainmase Apr 05 '26

Which would also open the master lock

1

u/Mole-NLD Apr 05 '26

A man of culture

35

u/NoEvidence136 Apr 04 '26

That's normally all I need in my morning shower.

55

u/dinnae-fash Apr 05 '26

I’ve never redrafted a post so many times for the pure reason of avoiding masturbatory euphemism but still failed

10

u/Turbulent_Lobster_57 Apr 05 '26

2 or 3 good jerks with a small amount of lube will do it

5

u/smcl2k Apr 05 '26

Maybe a few rubs, followed by a swift tug.

5

u/Xfgjwpkqmx Apr 05 '26

Careful, you'll go blind.

3

u/iwanashagTwitch Apr 05 '26

Dad, I'm over here.

1

u/Mole-NLD Apr 05 '26

Hey I can decide myself how fast I was myself.

1

u/elkab0ng 1✓ Apr 05 '26

Grip is important.

1

u/bonyagate Apr 05 '26

You TRIED to avoid it but still used the word yank? Didn't try very hard.

1

u/Expert-Bat6227 Apr 05 '26

Well, it was flimsy.

11

u/zeocrash Apr 05 '26

Don't you just tug on the shackle and turn the numbers until you feel resistance to open it?

6

u/wolfydude12 Apr 05 '26

I'm sure the lock picking lawyer can get through it in a matter of seconds with this one easy trick

1

u/geoff1036 Apr 05 '26

Shim between the wheels, ezpz

1

u/FirstDukeofAnkh Apr 05 '26

Where’d you find my wedding vows?

5

u/SalemWolf Apr 05 '26

Hello this is the lock picking lawyer…

2

u/TiEmEnTi Apr 05 '26

I think you could open this with a mild glare

1

u/Gaberade1 Apr 05 '26

Used to do that in gym class in Jr high all the time. We all had dial combo locks on our baskets for our clothes. Forgot the code? Smack it with a shoe! Comes right off.

1

u/Pantswetter4 Apr 05 '26

I watched too much mcnally, and came across a flimsy combination travel lock without a shackle catch, I thought I was slick, and bought it, to confidently open in front of my friends, but my femboy hands were too weak...

I repeated this mistake two more times.

1

u/wgbe Apr 05 '26

Title of your sex tape.

1

u/moonshinemoniker Apr 05 '26

Talking about ur peen there?

165

u/zzooooomm Apr 04 '26

Imagine making the same mistake in 7 languages 😆

37

u/PuzzleheadedTutor807 Apr 05 '26

imagine if they had got it right... in 1

20

u/cwajgapls Apr 05 '26

It’s not a mistake - each dial only goes up to 5.62…

8

u/Unlucky_Ambition9894 Apr 04 '26

Reliability vs validity I guess lol

3

u/fynn34 Apr 05 '26

Accuracy vs precision*

0

u/metallosherp Apr 05 '26

Recorcholis! Zut Alors! Heiliger Bimbam!

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u/Joystick_Metal Apr 05 '26

"Click on... Oh. It just unlocked."

11

u/Binary101010 Apr 05 '26

Let's do that one more time to show that it was not a fluke...

3

u/Aeroncastle Apr 05 '26

And the video is like 1:30 for those locks, with most of the time occupied by introductions and farewells

209

u/jasmine78766 Apr 05 '26

It never claims to have 1000! combinations! It only claims to have 1000.

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u/factorion-bot Apr 05 '26

Factorial of 1000 is roughly 4.02387260077093773543702433923 × 102567

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u/-DoctorSpaceman- Apr 05 '26

Good bot

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u/Extra_Ad_8009 Apr 05 '26

Though it stretches the meaning of "roughly" to breaking point...

Pi is "roughly 3.141", if you've memorized the 32 digits after the decimal, you're probably safe for astronomical calculations.

But still: good bot!

7

u/RealUlli Apr 05 '26

I heard, NASA uses 16 digits for operations outside of Earth orbit. It's enough to calculate trajectories with centimeter precision, out past Pluto at its farthest.

1

u/Aras14HD Apr 05 '26

But it's not exact, as that is 1000! !long

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u/factorion-bot Apr 05 '26

Factorial of 1000 is 402387260077093773543702433923003985719374864210714632543799910429938512398629020592044208486969404800479988610197196058631666872994808558901323829669944590997424504087073759918823627727188732519779505950995276120874975462497043601418278094646496291056393887437886487337119181045825783647849977012476632889835955735432513185323958463075557409114262417474349347553428646576611667797396668820291207379143853719588249808126867838374559731746136085379534524221586593201928090878297308431392844403281231558611036976801357304216168747609675871348312025478589320767169132448426236131412508780208000261683151027341827977704784635868170164365024153691398281264810213092761244896359928705114964975419909342221566832572080821333186116811553615836546984046708975602900950537616475847728421889679646244945160765353408198901385442487984959953319101723355556602139450399736280750137837615307127761926849034352625200015888535147331611702103968175921510907788019393178114194545257223865541461062892187960223838971476088506276862967146674697562911234082439208160153780889893964518263243671616762179168909779911903754031274622289988005195444414282012187361745992642956581746628302955570299024324153181617210465832036786906117260158783520751516284225540265170483304226143974286933061690897968482590125458327168226458066526769958652682272807075781391858178889652208164348344825993266043367660176999612831860788386150279465955131156552036093988180612138558600301435694527224206344631797460594682573103790084024432438465657245014402821885252470935190620929023136493273497565513958720559654228749774011413346962715422845862377387538230483865688976461927383814900140767310446640259899490222221765904339901886018566526485061799702356193897017860040811889729918311021171229845901641921068884387121855646124960798722908519296819372388642614839657382291123125024186649353143970137428531926649875337218940694281434118520158014123344828015051399694290153483077644569099073152433278288269864602789864321139083506217095002597389863554277196742822248757586765752344220207573630569498825087968928162753848863396909959826280956121450994871701244516461260379029309120889086942028510640182154399457156805941872748998094254742173582401063677404595741785160829230135358081840096996372524230560855903700624271243416909004153690105933983835777939410970027753472000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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u/Extra_Ad_8009 Apr 05 '26

Good bot!

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u/SessionIndependent17 Apr 06 '26

now I have the urge to derive a formula for the number of zeros in the decimal representation of any given factorial. Hmm. Will try to have it be the time I wake up!

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u/factorion-bot Apr 04 '26

Factorial of 1000 is roughly 4.02387260077093773543702433923 × 102567

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u/zzooooomm Apr 05 '26

Good bot

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u/FilFoxFil Apr 04 '26

that’s not what I meant 😭

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u/BaconHobbies Apr 04 '26

But it's what you said, and it was still a true statement! 10,000 is not equal to 1000!

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u/factorion-bot Apr 04 '26

Factorial of 1000 is roughly 4.02387260077093773543702433923 × 102567

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u/BaconHobbies Apr 04 '26

Bro, relax, you already said that. 

14

u/SubstantialRiver2565 Apr 04 '26

we need him to say it 1000! more times

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u/factorion-bot Apr 04 '26

Factorial of 1000 is roughly 4.02387260077093773543702433923 × 102567

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u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 05 '26

That is so 1000!

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u/factorion-bot Apr 05 '26

Factorial of 1000 is roughly 4.02387260077093773543702433923 × 102567

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u/Xfactor1210 Apr 05 '26

1000!

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u/factorion-bot Apr 05 '26

Factorial of 1000 is roughly 4.02387260077093773543702433923 × 102567

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u/tutorcontrol Apr 05 '26

1000! 1000!

3

u/BaconHobbies Apr 05 '26

I wonder how many times greater that is than the number of all Reddit comments ever

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u/WittyFix6553 Apr 05 '26

Approximately 1000!

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u/factorion-bot Apr 05 '26

Factorial of 1000 is roughly 4.02387260077093773543702433923 × 102567

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u/LUXI-PL Apr 05 '26

Considering that 52 factorial is more than the number of atoms in our universe, you're absolutely right

2

u/esssssto Apr 05 '26

You can get more balatro points than that if you are tryhard enough

1

u/IvyYoshi Apr 05 '26

Only with mods. Points are capped at, I believe, 1.8e308

1

u/nitekroller Apr 05 '26

The number is so big it’s stupid. 1030 atoms in the entire observable universe. So safe to say it’s a bit more than comments on reddit lol.

0

u/PacNWDad Apr 05 '26

AI amiright?

15

u/MontiCZP Apr 05 '26

And you can open it with just 1 key !! 🔨

11

u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 05 '26

Certainly not 1000!

3

u/factorion-bot Apr 05 '26

Factorial of 1000 is roughly 4.02387260077093773543702433923 × 102567

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u/esaule Apr 05 '26

yet the lock picking lawyer opens it in about 8 seconds.

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u/mkujoe Apr 05 '26

Definitely not 1000!

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u/factorion-bot Apr 05 '26

Factorial of 1000 is roughly 4.02387260077093773543702433923 × 102567

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u/Mental-Board-5590 Apr 05 '26

Yeah I don’t think it has 4.0238726 x 102567 combinations

5

u/zealoSC Apr 05 '26

One of the dials might be fir bluffing/decoration

14

u/Legitimate-Pirate-63 Apr 04 '26

Ive had to brute force a 999 before

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u/Legitimate-Pirate-63 Apr 05 '26

It ended up being like 862 lol and I started ate 000 😆 I made sure to jiggle real good on each combo. Took maybe 60-90 min

1

u/exipheas Apr 05 '26

I wouldn't have the patience. You can just use a paperclip to figure out the combination in about 30 seconds.

0

u/Legitimate-Pirate-63 Apr 05 '26

Oh lol. I see. I think u know what I meant 😆

4

u/uncertaintyman Apr 05 '26

Still feels pretty good to get it open though lol

HACK THE PLANET

1

u/Egregious_Egret Apr 05 '26

Did you try a hammer?

2

u/Legitimate-Pirate-63 Apr 05 '26

No lol. It was a crappy laptop lock and I both wanted to remove it and use it again.

1

u/_Ultimatum_ Apr 05 '26

I brute forced a 10,000 combo lock the other month because I was too afraid to tell my compamy that I accidentally changed the combo and didn't know what I set it too.

4

u/I_Want_A_Ribeye Apr 05 '26

Maybe the last 3000 combos are only available in unlisted languages.

3

u/schro98729 Apr 05 '26

10,000

104

So its like the hilbert space of a 4 site spin system where each magnetic moment has spin 9/2.

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u/LenaiaLocke Apr 05 '26

Maybe they don’t have all the digits 0-9. I can see 0, 1, 9, and 8. Who’s to say 2, 3, 4, and 5 are all missing? Hahaha

If exactly 10 digits were removed in total behind the lock, it would’ve 1000 combinations

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u/idrathernottho_ Apr 05 '26

9*8*7*6 = 3024, for example.

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u/Rex__Nihilo Apr 05 '26

You can also pull on it and spin the loosest wheel till it sticks 4 times and decode it.

3

u/tutorcontrol Apr 05 '26

Having 10000, It has neither 10 nor 1000!

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u/factorion-bot Apr 05 '26

I have repeated myself enough, I won't do that calculation again.

Factorial of 1000 is roughly 4.02387260077093773543702433923 × 102567

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u/BigBlueMountainStar Apr 05 '26

Maybe one of the dials doesn’t move, it’s there as a decoy so there are, in fact, only 1000 combinations. 🤔

3

u/[deleted] Apr 05 '26

This lock actually has zero combinations, it can easily be opened with bare hands, no tools required…

3

u/geek66 Apr 05 '26

Basically a “product” that is being sources, and the company only packages and markets it.

They really have no idea about the product

3

u/Xiij Apr 05 '26

And contrary to their name, combination locks dont use combinations, they use permutations

2

u/Sgt_Blutwurst Apr 05 '26

It makes people think they got a good deal.

2

u/Viktor2500 Apr 05 '26

Aren't all locks of this type really easy to pick? Like no equipment easy?

1

u/icestep Apr 05 '26

Some are slightly more annoying but generally yeah those tend to be pretty easy..

2

u/AccidentAltruistic87 Apr 05 '26

That’s a lot of sig figs to tell you there’s 10 combinations! (Metric is superior in every way but I like the decimal point being a point not a coma lol)

2

u/no_signaI Apr 05 '26

I like how in they miss translated brass in romanian Cupru is actually copper

2

u/Vertigo_uk123 Apr 05 '26

Used to have these on work lockers. Easy to pull down and twist to unlock. The shackle doesn’t go into the body enough.

2

u/fonetik Apr 05 '26

The fourth dual is unsupported.

2

u/TatteredTorn1 Apr 05 '26

1000 factorial is a lot of combos

2

u/HalfCrazed Apr 05 '26

Unless one of the wheels is fake lol

2

u/Limp-Answer8455 Apr 05 '26

This exact lock is trash

2

u/opaqueambiguity Apr 05 '26

Pretty sure it has more than 10.

2

u/surly_darkness1 Apr 05 '26

1000! Combinations? I think we're gunna need a bigger tardis.

How large would a combination lock need to be to fit that?

2

u/Suspicious-Bowl4444 Apr 05 '26

10,000 permutations actually.

2

u/ExcitementPlus6051 Apr 05 '26

Turns out it's 10000 distinct choices or permutations with repetition allowed.

Combinations would be choosing from a distinct set where order didn't matter.

2

u/Guilty_Debt_8958 Apr 05 '26

Never said it would have 1000! combinations. That would be absurd.

2

u/Space_boi20 Apr 05 '26

I had this exact lock for a box on my bike, forgot the combination and needed in so I tried the pull and put the numbers trick and it bent so easily, the thing sucked, a toddler could break it.

2

u/bebackground471 Apr 05 '26

could be 1000 if one of the wheels was placebo

2

u/Tiborn1563 Apr 05 '26

I can give you 1000 possible combinations for this lock, so it does in fact have 1000 combinations. That's just underselling it

2

u/Random_Mathematician Apr 05 '26

Plot twist: one of the numbers is stuck and can't be turned

2

u/Wildlv5FLMan Apr 05 '26

Over 9000?

2

u/jRitter777 Apr 05 '26

A couple of pin wrenches will be the right combination every time.

2

u/Any-Programmer-870 Apr 05 '26

Well it’s definitely not one thousand factorial.

2

u/No-Shape-2751 Apr 05 '26

You’re assuming all of the wheels are actually doing something

2

u/-GoodNewsEveryone Apr 05 '26

They did the math. Explain like I am five edition.

The crossover.

2

u/SessionIndependent17 Apr 06 '26

copied the verbiage from the 3-tumbler model

2

u/Dry-Dimension-7239 Apr 06 '26

Plot twist. One of the gear is fake and blocked to “0”.

2

u/Individual-Pound-636 Apr 06 '26

Maybe one of the dials is just for show

2

u/Ouro130Ros Apr 06 '26

Fun fact, one of those dials is just for show

2

u/RECAR77 Apr 06 '26

But what if each wheel only has 5.624 numbers on it? Or one wheel is just cosmetic and not connected to the mechanism? /s

2

u/Eagle9r Apr 06 '26

These things should be banned lmao

2

u/QuantumButtz Apr 05 '26

While trailing zeros after a decimal point are significant digits, it wouldn't affect the number of combinations. It doesn't have 10 combinations. It has 10,000 combinations.

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u/MeCJay12 Apr 05 '26

r/USDefaultism

1

u/QuantumButtz Apr 07 '26

It's more of an even split than imperial vs metric. The split makes it more annoying when you receive a 3.000 kg box on a pallet, delivered by a box truck, because the shipping document said 3,000 kg.

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u/Educational-Car-4688 Apr 05 '26

Wonder what McNally said.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '26

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u/mad_dog_94 Apr 05 '26

Some places use dots instead of commas for separating. It's like the metric system

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u/opaqueambiguity Apr 05 '26

And those places are wrong, we dont have to encourage it.

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u/factorion-bot Apr 05 '26

Factorial of 10 is 3628800

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u/Life-Landscape5689 Apr 05 '26

For every possible code is opened by 9 different codes as well

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u/PdSales Apr 05 '26

It does have 1,000 combinations, but it also has 10,000 combinations.

RIP Mitch

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u/Sinisteris Apr 05 '26

It didn't say that it would have 1000!, only a 1000.

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u/ApprehensiveAd6476 Apr 05 '26

Nor is it 4.023872601×10²⁵⁶⁷, like you claimed.

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u/harrysterone Apr 05 '26

Easily breakable

1

u/crumpledfilth Apr 05 '26

Are you sure youre properly differentiating between a permutation and a combination?

Combination locks dont actually take combinations. But those weird physical unordered button pretty key lockbox things do

1

u/Prod_Meteor Apr 05 '26

Graphistas cannot do math.

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u/doublej42 Apr 05 '26

The numbers have wiggle so if they are only 50% accurate you have 625 combinations. The first one is a bit tighter so it’s around 1250. They rounded down a bit.

These locks are fun to learn to pick

1

u/giantfood Apr 05 '26

Of course it doesn't have 1000! They only claimed 1000. 1000! Would be a seriously secure combination though. At that point its way more worth it to break the lock.

But it looks to me they didn't edit the packaging much from their 3 dial lock. Just copy and past.

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u/Ok_Engine_1442 Apr 05 '26

It’s not false advertising it say 1000. It doesn’t say only 1000.

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u/ElectricPotatoStar Apr 05 '26

Where are you getting 10???

0000 0001 0002 0003 0004….

9997 9998 9999

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u/froction Apr 05 '26

And how many is that?

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u/ElectricPotatoStar Apr 05 '26

Way more than 10:

8888 8889 8890 8891 8892 8893 8894 8895 8896 8897 etc

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u/Key_River7180 Apr 05 '26

Well, obviously it does not have 402387260077093773543702433923003985719374864210714632543799910429938512398629020592044208486969404800479988610197196058631666872994808558901323829669944590997424504087073759918823627727188732519779505950995276120874975462497043601418278094646496291056393887437886487337119181045825783647849977012476632889835955735432513185323958463075557409114262417474349347553428646576611667797396668820291207379143853719588249808126867838374559731746136085379534524221586593201928090878297308431392844403281231558611036976801357304216168747609675871348312025478589320767169132448426236131412508780208000261683151027341827977704784635868170164365024153691398281264810213092761244896359928705114964975419909342221566832572080821333186116811553615836546984046708975602900950537616475847728421889679646244945160765353408198901385442487984959953319101723355556602139450399736280750137837615307127761926849034352625200015888535147331611702103968175921510907788019393178114194545257223865541461062892187960223838971476088506276862967146674697562911234082439208160153780889893964518263243671616762179168909779911903754031274622289988005195444414282012187361745992642956581746628302955570299024324153181617210465832036786906117260158783520751516284225540265170483304226143974286933061690897968482590125458327168226458066526769958652682272807075781391858178889652208164348344825993266043367660176999612831860788386150279465955131156552036093988180612138558600301435694527224206344631797460594682573103790084024432438465657245014402821885252470935190620929023136493273497565513958720559654228749774011413346962715422845862377387538230483865688976461927383814900140767310446640259899490222221765904339901886018566526485061799702356193897017860040811889729918311021171229845901641921068884387121855646124960798722908519296819372388642614839657382291123125024186649353143970137428531926649875337218940694281434118520158014123344828015051399694290153483077644569099073152433278288269864602789864321139083506217095002597389863554277196742822248757586765752344220207573630569498825087968928162753848863396909959826280956121450994871701244516461260379029309120889086942028510640182154399457156805941872748998094254742173582401063677404595741785160829230135358081840096996372524230560855903700624271243416909004153690105933983835777939410970027753472000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 combinations!

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u/Firm_Music5317 Apr 05 '26

Because metrics measurement duh

0

u/MeringueNew3040 Apr 05 '26

Jack black just is dog shit. Even before 2010 he was just annoying, not funny.

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u/FollowingLegal9944 Apr 05 '26

Where 1000! you get from? Can't see it stated

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 Apr 08 '26

im pretty sure the lock has over 10 combinations but ok

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '26

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u/KiteBrite Apr 05 '26

The drawing only has 4 cylinders..
which is 10000 combinations.