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Does anyone know the reason the first userid is 62?  I know it has been this way since the early Mambo days...

Andrew

I don't know,
so didn't they: http://forum.mamboserver.com/showthread.php?p=214087
I would like to know the logic behind 62 as well....

Well at least we are not the only ones wondering... Given the thread was posted 18 May 2005 I don't like the probability of finding an answer!

161 -> 1+61 = 62

Great work!  I like your theory...

As if that is the case it could have also gone...
1+6+1 = 8
16+1 = 17
and as you mentioned 1+61 = 62

Working it fully through numerology where every value is reduced to a single digit
1 + 4 + 4 + 9 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 9 = 62

Well done pe7er.

I thought I had read something like this about the number "42" somewhere, cannot find it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer ... Everything though. 
But according to http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan. ... urce&hl=en "42" was just made up

Wow! This looks even better!!
However I still think that it was chosen at random.... Maybe some of the core programmers can give us an insight....

Hi
I really like your ideas but I found a other solution:



The first User would be User 1 or to avoid freespace User-1:
User-1=62

ciao B2M

Well, the million dollar question I decided to hunt through a very special folder I have on my backup drive with all the historic versions of Mambo on it (wondering how much that would fetch on e-bay ...).

Anyway, the SQL data from the following versions that the admin user id set to:

3.0.0 (initial release?) = 4
Up to 3.0.5 = 1
3.0.6 and after = 62

My guess is that it is just the number that was dumped in the mambov3DB.txt file at the time of release. So the lucky sod preparing it had tested 60 other user before resting on this one.

Now why was user 62 so important? Is there significance in it being exactly 11 away from 51 (cf. Area 51). It is exactly 20 integers away from 42 (and everyone should know what that means). Why did a point release have so many failed users (reminds me of the scene in Alien resurrection where Ripley finds her "other" selves). One really does wonder.

Hey Andrew... sounds like your last post would make a good blog post on the community site or even as part of the magazine.

I agree... this story must be told. It has everything - humour, action and mystery (now all we need is a car chase and a love scene!).

I have always wondered about the 62 - great finally knowing.

See also:
http://community.joomla.org/magazine/di ... ys-62.html
http://jxtended.com/news/company/76-the ... id-62.html

Thanks m8

I wonder if the 62 will ever change... In some ways I hope not as I don't want to relearn something that we have been remembering for so many years now. We don't want to blow any fuses here On the other hand it could be easier for the many newcomers.