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Ricky
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Dave W.
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 Posted - 08/28/2007 : 20:27:58 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
Not really sure. The only thing I can think of is that my algorithm considers a number in the first position "999" and then considers "998". Is that how yours worked? |
Let's use your huge number (warning: long load time) as the example. Here's the first digits:990065622929589825069792361630190325073362424178756733286639611453170948330948... Starting at the beginning, that'd be one count each for990
900
006
065
656
562
622
229
292
929
295
958
589
898
982
825
250
etc. Since the monster number has 301,130 digits, then the total number of all the triplets counted must be 301,028, which is what my counter counted (see my posts later on the above slow-loading page). |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 08/28/2007 : 20:33:34 [Permalink]
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| By the way, I'm having a heck of a time trying to figure out the lowest 1,002-digit number that includes all thousand triplets one time each. (Leading zeros, of course, being prohibited.) At least I've figured out that for the "one time each" restriction, the last two digits must always be the same as the first two. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 08/29/2007 : 09:34:47 [Permalink]
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I'm sure we've all heard about this poor girl, but what about you? Something we did here long ago was the Place the State game. I missed on three interior states (none had any neighbors on the map, yet, either), my average error at the end being just 9 miles. I'm sure someone here will nail a perfect score, but who will it be?
Edited to fix link. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 08/29/2007 : 09:42:25 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
I'm sure we've all heard about this poor girl... |
Mother Teresa?
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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Dave W.
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Posted - 08/29/2007 : 10:09:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
Originally posted by Dave W.
I'm sure we've all heard about this poor girl... |
Mother Teresa? |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 08/31/2007 : 13:47:28 [Permalink]
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Okay, I think this is the smallest 1,002-digit number that includes one each of all one thousand three-digit patterns:100010200300400500600700800900210310410510610710810120220320
420520620720820920130230330430530630730830930140240340440540
640740840940150250350450550650750850950160260360460560660760
860960170270370470570670770870970180280380480580680780880980
190290390490590690790890990110911121222113213123223133233311
421431412422432413423433414424434441152153154151252253254251
352353354351452453454451552553554555116216316416516126226326
426526136236336436536146246346446546156256356456556166266366
466566611721731741751761712722732742752762713723733743753763
714724734744754764715725735745755765716726736746756766717727
737747757767771182183184185186187181282283284285286287281382
383384385386387381482483484485486487481582583584585586587581
682683684685686687681782783784785786787781882883884885886887
888119219319419519619719819129229329429529629729829139239339
439539639739839149249349449549649749849159259359459559659759
859169269369469569669769869179279379479579679779879189289389
489589689789889199299399499599699799899910
Damn, that was hard.
Lot easier to do it in base 21000101110
or base 310001011020021112012122022210
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marfknox
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Dave W.
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JEROME DA GNOME
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Posted - 09/02/2007 : 17:26:10 [Permalink]
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The news report presented this as a new idea; it was not.
I also think it was asinine to punish those students.
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 09/04/2007 : 18:45:17 [Permalink]
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| My first sale! Someone in MD bought two of my smaller prints. I have officially earned 4% back on my investment. Woo hoo! |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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Dave W.
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JEROME DA GNOME
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 Posted - 09/04/2007 : 19:55:10 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by marfknox
My first sale! Someone in MD bought two of my smaller prints. I have officially earned 4% back on my investment. Woo hoo!
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Yeaaa! Marf!
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 09/04/2007 : 20:03:43 [Permalink]
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I want to buy one, but I can't right now. Hopefully I will be able to in a couple of months...
Darn... |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 09/04/2007 : 20:20:49 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by marfknox
My first sale! Someone in MD bought two of my smaller prints. I have officially earned 4% back on my investment. Woo hoo!
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Congrats! That should break the ice.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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The water cooler, part 2
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