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  • D dan sh

    It is two. Does this mean I am under 5? Shouldn't 0000 be 0?

    "You'd have to be a floating database guru clad in a white toga and ghandi level of sereneness to fix this goddamn clusterfuck.", BruceN[^]

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    OriginalGriff
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    Your original answer was wrong, your modified version is right. But...if you got it right, then you'd know why 0000 is 4, rather than 0...:laugh:

    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      8809=6 7111=0 2172=0 6666=4 1111=0 3213=0 7662=2 9313=1 0000=4 2222=0 3333=0 5555=0 8193=3 8096=5 7777=0 9999=4 7756=1 6855=3 9881=5 5531=0 2581=? Apparently, this can be solved by the under fives in 5-10 minutes. Me? After twenty minutes I Googled... :-O Either I need more :java: or I'm not as bright as a five year old. :sigh:

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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      Karen Mitchelle
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      2581 = 2. :-O Edit: I didn't know it was answered already. :doh:

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Your original answer was wrong, your modified version is right. But...if you got it right, then you'd know why 0000 is 4, rather than 0...:laugh:

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        dan sh
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        I just had number 2 and a '.'. It got modified to numbered list. :doh:

        OriginalGriff wrote:

        But...if you got it right, then you'd know why 0000 is 4, rather than 0.

        closed curve: 4, circle: 0

        "You'd have to be a floating database guru clad in a white toga and ghandi level of sereneness to fix this goddamn clusterfuck.", BruceN[^]

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          8809=6 7111=0 2172=0 6666=4 1111=0 3213=0 7662=2 9313=1 0000=4 2222=0 3333=0 5555=0 8193=3 8096=5 7777=0 9999=4 7756=1 6855=3 9881=5 5531=0 2581=? Apparently, this can be solved by the under fives in 5-10 minutes. Me? After twenty minutes I Googled... :-O Either I need more :java: or I'm not as bright as a five year old. :sigh:

          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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          Kunal Chowdhury IN
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          2581=2

          Vote up or Mark as Answered, if this information helped you.

          Kind Regards - Kunal Chowdhury, Windows Platform Development MVP

          Technical blog: http://www.kunal-chowdhury.com

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            8809=6 7111=0 2172=0 6666=4 1111=0 3213=0 7662=2 9313=1 0000=4 2222=0 3333=0 5555=0 8193=3 8096=5 7777=0 9999=4 7756=1 6855=3 9881=5 5531=0 2581=? Apparently, this can be solved by the under fives in 5-10 minutes. Me? After twenty minutes I Googled... :-O Either I need more :java: or I'm not as bright as a five year old. :sigh:

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            GuyThiebaut
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            I had to google it too and the clue is in an under five solving it :)

            “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

            ― Christopher Hitchens

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              8809=6 7111=0 2172=0 6666=4 1111=0 3213=0 7662=2 9313=1 0000=4 2222=0 3333=0 5555=0 8193=3 8096=5 7777=0 9999=4 7756=1 6855=3 9881=5 5531=0 2581=? Apparently, this can be solved by the under fives in 5-10 minutes. Me? After twenty minutes I Googled... :-O Either I need more :java: or I'm not as bright as a five year old. :sigh:

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              Kunal Chowdhury IN
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              Ahh, many answered. So, looks like I took 25 mints to find it out.

              Vote up or Mark as Answered, if this information helped you.

              Kind Regards - Kunal Chowdhury, Windows Platform Development MVP

              Technical blog: http://www.kunal-chowdhury.com

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              • G GuyThiebaut

                I had to google it too and the clue is in an under five solving it :)

                “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                ― Christopher Hitchens

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                OriginalGriff
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                Yeah. I missed that as well... :doh:

                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  8809=6 7111=0 2172=0 6666=4 1111=0 3213=0 7662=2 9313=1 0000=4 2222=0 3333=0 5555=0 8193=3 8096=5 7777=0 9999=4 7756=1 6855=3 9881=5 5531=0 2581=? Apparently, this can be solved by the under fives in 5-10 minutes. Me? After twenty minutes I Googled... :-O Either I need more :java: or I'm not as bright as a five year old. :sigh:

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                  Lost User
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                  Very clever, took me a couple of minutes; although I (sort of) cheated by reading the other responses first.

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    8809=6 7111=0 2172=0 6666=4 1111=0 3213=0 7662=2 9313=1 0000=4 2222=0 3333=0 5555=0 8193=3 8096=5 7777=0 9999=4 7756=1 6855=3 9881=5 5531=0 2581=? Apparently, this can be solved by the under fives in 5-10 minutes. Me? After twenty minutes I Googled... :-O Either I need more :java: or I'm not as bright as a five year old. :sigh:

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                    Maximilien
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                    Are you trying to unlock an Apple iPhone ?

                    I'd rather be phishing!

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                    • M Maximilien

                      Are you trying to unlock an Apple iPhone ?

                      I'd rather be phishing!

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                      OriginalGriff
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                      #12

                      Nah, that's easy: you just ask the FBI and they get a court order... :laugh:

                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                      • G GuyThiebaut

                        I had to google it too and the clue is in an under five solving it :)

                        “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                        ― Christopher Hitchens

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                        9082365
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                        Exactly. You have to be as smart as an under five and no smarter.

                        I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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