# Happy numbers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-numbers/496826>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 18, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-numbers/496826 "2009-05-18T05:07:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-numbers/496826/21 "2009-05-18T20:05:02Z")

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> [@gazpacho](#):
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> Dangerous word here. 15 years from now someone is going to have a slightly better coding algorithm based on happy numbers. Thus getting one more phone call per base station or slightly more bits per square centimeter on the disk drive platter.

My comment was in the present tense, and was not intended to exclude future practical uses.

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