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  • C ColinDavies

    No offense meant, But I'd put it as close to easy as exists, Regardz Colin J Davies

    Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

    You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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    zhoujun
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    But I'd put it as close to easy as exists, True. But in the TV contest,the candidates were only given 10 seconds to give the answer,most failed. :-O this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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      Ya know, a much slicker trick would be to write the answer, but use the same color for the foreground and background...

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      zhoujun
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      Is there a way to find out such tricks? :omg: this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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        no message

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        DONT LOOK AT PREVIOUS POST OF MINE...IT HAS ANSWER :-D I am convinced that when you posted the answer,no one had explicitly(clearly) given the answer.(Rama was just tricking us. ;P) so why you say that? this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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          But I'd put it as close to easy as exists, True. But in the TV contest,the candidates were only given 10 seconds to give the answer,most failed. :-O this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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          ColinDavies
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          zhoujun wrote: most failed. Yes, I can understand that. To do it in 10 seconds you would at least have to be familiar with numbers. I solved it by simple recognition, rather than any calculation. But with money being offered and a time limit in front of an audience, I'm unsure whether I would solve it in twice the time. Regardz Colin J Davies

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          You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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          • Z zhoujun

            analyze the order and rule of the following number sequence,and figure out which will be the sixth one? 2,9,28,65,126,__,.... i learn it from a TV contest this morning. is it easy or difficult? :) this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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            Simon Walton
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            You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get that one. I'm definately not mathematically inclined! Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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              DONT LOOK AT PREVIOUS POST OF MINE...IT HAS ANSWER :-D I am convinced that when you posted the answer,no one had explicitly(clearly) given the answer.(Rama was just tricking us. ;P) so why you say that? this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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              Rama Krishna Vavilala
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              zhoujun wrote: .(Rama was just tricking us.) No I was no tricking. The answer was there in my post. Step back, rub your eyes, take a deep breath, stretch a bit, and reflect on the relative importance of CP, CG, the age / travel time sustained by supposedly 'fresh' cheese curds, and Life in General. - Shog9

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                You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get that one. I'm definately not mathematically inclined! Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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                Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                Simon Walton wrote: You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get that one. I feel much better now. Step back, rub your eyes, take a deep breath, stretch a bit, and reflect on the relative importance of CP, CG, the age / travel time sustained by supposedly 'fresh' cheese curds, and Life in General. - Shog9

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                • Z zhoujun

                  Is there a way to find out such tricks? :omg: this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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                  ColinDavies
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                  Can you read this ?
                  Can You read the line above ? Regardz Colin J Davies

                  Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                  You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                  • Z zhoujun

                    Is there a way to find out such tricks? :omg: this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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                    Drag select my sig right-to-left. (or hit CTRL+A)

                    "noodle worms" zhoujun: view source for this page and do a search in it for "noodle worms" and you will have the method. ---

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                    • Z zhoujun

                      DONT LOOK AT PREVIOUS POST OF MINE...IT HAS ANSWER :-D I am convinced that when you posted the answer,no one had explicitly(clearly) given the answer.(Rama was just tricking us. ;P) so why you say that? this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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                      Shog9 0
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                      zhoujun wrote: Rama was just tricking us. Drag-select Rama's post, copy, paste into notepad. The answer is there. Or, do a view source & search for "answer:-".

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                      • S Shog9 0

                        Ya know, a much slicker trick would be to write the answer, but use the same color for the foreground and background...

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                        Shog9 If I could sleep forever, I could forget about everything...

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                        Roger Wright
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                        Shog9 wrote: a much slicker trick would be to write the answer, but use the same color for the foreground and background... I like it! Maybe I'll do that for my sig, and make it a link too:-D "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Recursion." "Recursion who?" "Knock, knock..."

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                        • R Roman Nurik

                          217, 344...

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                          Martin Marvinski
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                          Roman Nurik wrote: 217, actually wouldn't that be 219?

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                          • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                            zhoujun wrote: .(Rama was just tricking us.) No I was no tricking. The answer was there in my post. Step back, rub your eyes, take a deep breath, stretch a bit, and reflect on the relative importance of CP, CG, the age / travel time sustained by supposedly 'fresh' cheese curds, and Life in General. - Shog9

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                            zhoujun
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                            No I was no tricking. The answer was there in my post. sorry,Rama,maybe i used wrong word "tricking". obviously,i knew you first gave the answer because i received the notification e-mail by you. i said "tricking" because shog*9 said in his post that "people often do such tricks writing answer using the same background and foreground colors" :-O this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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                            • S Simon Walton

                              You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get that one. I'm definately not mathematically inclined! Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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                              zhoujun
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                              Don't worry. i would dare to say more people are less "mathematically inclined" than you. And even some too smarter guys are still wondering why the sixth one is "217". :-O :suss: this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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                              • R Roger Wright

                                Shog9 wrote: a much slicker trick would be to write the answer, but use the same color for the foreground and background... I like it! Maybe I'll do that for my sig, and make it a link too:-D "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Recursion." "Recursion who?" "Knock, knock..."

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                                I've had a small bit of my sig that way for some time. Generally, it just contains "---" in order to cleanly separate the sig from the rest of my post in email notifications, but occasionally i'll put in something else... ;)

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                                • Z zhoujun

                                  Don't worry. i would dare to say more people are less "mathematically inclined" than you. And even some too smarter guys are still wondering why the sixth one is "217". :-O :suss: this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

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                                  Brian Azzopardi
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                                  C'mon. It wasn't hard (i did it in around 10sec though i did use a calculater). Most number problems involve pattern recognition. zhoujun wrote: even some too smarter guys are still wondering Then they aren't that smart are they? bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur

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                                  • C ColinDavies

                                    zhoujun wrote: most failed. Yes, I can understand that. To do it in 10 seconds you would at least have to be familiar with numbers. I solved it by simple recognition, rather than any calculation. But with money being offered and a time limit in front of an audience, I'm unsure whether I would solve it in twice the time. Regardz Colin J Davies

                                    Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                                    You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                                    benjymous
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                                    Yeah, I failed to see it on a first attempt, came back half an hour later and spotted it straight away. Although I have scared people in the past by being about to recite powers of two (yet I can't do times tables to save my life!) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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