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    ..it seems, is CodeProject

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    Jim Crafton
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    I thought it had been conclusively worked out that it was 42?

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      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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        Pi! :I almost mentioned food again: :rolleyes:

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          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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          First base

          Just like that old Carly Simon song... "You're so funny, You probably think this joke is about you" My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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            Pi! :I almost mentioned food again: :rolleyes:

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            Nagy Vilmos
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            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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            • L LittleYellowBird

              Pi! :I almost mentioned food again: :rolleyes:

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              Henry Minute
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              We were both being a little dim. I've just realised that neither C nor Pi are in 'life', although a life without Pie would not be worth living.

              Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                We were both being a little dim. I've just realised that neither C nor Pi are in 'life', although a life without Pie would not be worth living.

                Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                Lost User
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                But then Nagy's suggestion of 'e' isn't a consonant.

                Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                  Pi! :I almost mentioned food again: :rolleyes:

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                  φ on thee!

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                    We were both being a little dim. I've just realised that neither C nor Pi are in 'life', although a life without Pie would not be worth living.

                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                    Mmmm ... Apple Pie and Custard, yum yum yum! :-D

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                      But then Nagy's suggestion of 'e' isn't a consonant.

                      Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                      ChrisElston wrote:

                      But then Nagy's suggestion of 'e' isn't a consonant.

                      *cough* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_%28mathematical_constant%29[^]

                      Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                        ChrisElston wrote:

                        But then Nagy's suggestion of 'e' isn't a consonant.

                        *cough* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_%28mathematical_constant%29[^]

                        Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                        Perhaps if I had suggested he go with l or f it may have made the little deliberate mis-spelling joke more obvious?

                        Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                          ..it seems, is CodeProject

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                          R Giskard Reventlov
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                          is pi

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                            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                            Liouville's constant! :-D Better yet, Weiner's Constant[^]! ;P

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                              Perhaps if I had suggested he go with l or f it may have made the little deliberate mis-spelling joke more obvious?

                              Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                              maybe; not being Friday might've helped more.

                              Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                                I thought it had been conclusively worked out that it was 42?

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                                42 is the result when the correct constants are applied.

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                                  ..it seems, is CodeProject

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                                  const int CodeProject = 5;

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                                    ..it seems, is CodeProject

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                                    And Bacon

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                                      I thought it had been conclusively worked out that it was 42?

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                                      Given 27 same-size cubes whose nominal values progress from 1 to 27, a 3×3×3 magic cube[^] can be constructed such that every row, column, and corridor, and every diagonal passing through the center, comprises 3 cubes whose sum of values is 42.

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                                        I'm just a molecule Nobody loves me (He's just a molecule Nobody loves him) *instrumental* Avogadro, Avogadro, Avogadro, Figaro-o-o... Six point oh-two times ten To the To the Twentyyyyy (third) *instrumental* No one really measures No one really measures With moles!

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                                          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                          It's not! e is directly proportional to the mass of the object. :)

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