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#1 2006-09-29 00:20:04

Jai Ganesh
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alpha puzzle

Can you think of a hundred words (in a minute) which don't contain the letter 'a'?


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#2 2006-09-29 00:53:18

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Re: alpha puzzle

he, she, me, be, glee, fee, ....

100 in 60 seconds? Thats nearly 2 a second, so I won't make it.


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#3 2006-09-29 00:54:57

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Re: alpha puzzle

big_smile big_smile big_smile There is a very mathematical answer to this question smile


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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#4 2006-09-29 03:04:50

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Re: alpha puzzle

do they need to be different words? tongue

Last edited by Kurre (2006-09-29 03:05:01)

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#5 2006-09-29 04:11:39

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Re: alpha puzzle

one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve....


"In the real world, this would be a problem.  But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist.  So we'll go ahead and do that now..."

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#6 2006-10-02 17:29:08

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Re: alpha puzzle

Ricky's correct smile


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#7 2006-10-02 18:18:20

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Re: alpha puzzle

Whodda Thunk It?


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#8 2006-10-02 18:44:56

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Re: alpha puzzle

So does that make me the alpha male?


"In the real world, this would be a problem.  But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist.  So we'll go ahead and do that now..."

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#9 2006-10-03 03:46:55

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Re: alpha puzzle

lol good point. i think elizabeth asked me that trying to make her smarter than me but i outsmarted her smile i cheered her up after that saying it was a good question


Presenting the Prinny dance.
Take this dood! Huh doood!!! HUH DOOOOD!?!? DOOD HUH!!!!!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#10 2006-10-03 03:57:30

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Re: alpha puzzle

Ricky wrote:

So does that make me the alpha male?

Ricky is the alpha-male of this website!!!!! That was an old puzzle in India, didn't know it travellled to US too smile


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#11 2006-10-03 04:13:25

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Re: alpha puzzle

im from the uk and whats an alpha male?


Presenting the Prinny dance.
Take this dood! Huh doood!!! HUH DOOOOD!?!? DOOD HUH!!!!!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#12 2006-10-03 07:59:40

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Re: alpha puzzle

Top dog, espon.  The best of the best.


"In the real world, this would be a problem.  But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist.  So we'll go ahead and do that now..."

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#13 2006-10-10 20:11:01

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Re: alpha puzzle

'Top dog' also is used as a phrase given to someone who wins something, special or not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Dog

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#14 2006-10-11 04:37:58

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Re: alpha puzzle

Devante, it also has a much more literal meaning, as the alpha male is the top dog in a pack of dogs wink


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#15 2006-10-11 04:49:03

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Re: alpha puzzle

Thanks for that, Ricky - Reminds me of a very popular advertisement I've been seeing a lot. smile

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Especially on posters.

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