Devil's word

Type in a name and we'll check if it's a devils word (666) - or any other relevant number - trying to add or subtract the ASCII values of the characters. Please use names that are less than 30 characters.
Note that there is a time limit of the operation (about 10-20 seconds).
In order to experiment with plain integer sequences (and not just ASCII values), check "yes" for "Use plain integers". Select the range (min integer, max integer) for the sequence. An experimental feature is "Use squares", which will square each number before the calculation.

For more about these kind of coincidences, see e.g. skepdic.com: law of truly large numbers (coincidence).

Target number: Name:

Use plain integers: no yes
Min integer value: (min 1, max 100)
Max integer value: (min 2, max 255)
Use squares : no yes



This is a CGI-ed and slightly modified version of antichrist.pl, written by Christopher Masto in 1996. See this comp.lang.perl thread for code and examples, as well as another implementation.

The program is described in my swedish blog post Statistisk data snooping - att leta efter sammanträffanden ("Statistical data snooping - to look for coincidences").
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Created by Hakan Kjellerstrand hakank@bonetmail.com
Last modified: Sat May 2 08:30:19 CEST 2009