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

    Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL. I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64

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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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        #6

        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
          wrote on last edited by
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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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              #9

              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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                #10

                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
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #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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