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#101 2005-12-09 09:02:59
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Re: Cow Bull 1
guess 7: 1642
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#102 2005-12-09 09:38:18
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Re: Cow Bull 1
Guess 4 - 2451: cc
Guess 5 - 5967: c
Guess 6 - 1263: cc
Guess 7 - 1642: cc
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#103 2005-12-09 10:04:55
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Hmm. I thought that because the guess was redundant last time, you made it the number this time. Oh well, I suppose I'd better win it now.
Guess 8: 3614
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#104 2005-12-09 10:05:58
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guess 8: 2416
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#105 2005-12-09 10:08:10
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Guess 8 - 3614: bbc
Guess 9 - 2416: cc
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#106 2005-12-09 10:11:29
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Can you check your answers please? I worked it through logically, and 3614 should be the only answer, when given the information up to guess 7. I've double-checked my working, and I didn't find any mistakes, although that doesn't mean there isn't one.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#107 2005-12-09 10:12:32
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Sure thing. Checking...
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#108 2005-12-09 10:20:31
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Okay, I've checked and everything seems to be in order. That is, I think everything is right. I may be wrong, of course.
Let me just say that your 'logical' post (#100) was [very maybe] not so logical, and there might be another option. Especially in the first sentence of the second paragraph. Presuming everything up to now is right. Sorry if I'm wrong. 
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#109 2005-12-09 10:30:09
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Me = stupid. OK, thanks. I'll try again.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#110 2005-12-09 10:41:25
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It's all right. 'Tis better to ask questions than be confused.
I'm willing to bet that by the time I've posted this post you'll have probably have posted the correct answer.
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#111 2005-12-09 10:51:09
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guess 10: 1324
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#112 2005-12-09 11:00:45
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Guess 10 - 1324: bcc
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#113 2005-12-09 11:08:13
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Hopefully, this will put an end to the madness.
Guess 11: 3194
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#114 2005-12-09 11:09:58
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guess 12: 1349
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#115 2005-12-09 11:13:21
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Guess 11:
b
b
b
b
!
Mathsy takes it again!
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#116 2005-12-09 11:15:13
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how come mathsy always gets it 
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#117 2005-12-09 12:00:25
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He's got a program doing all the number logic for him and sometimes he inputs the wrong numbers. Always copy/paste mathsy!
There's a problem ... make a program that gives guesses, well, logical guesses based on past ones.
In the meanwhile, I'm thinking of a number between 1023 and 9876 ... without repeating any digit. Using ten-sided number generators, if that helps.
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#118 2005-12-09 20:10:40
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Okay, lets admit and concede, Mathsy is too good at it....
I throw open a challenge....
Someone guess this within 5 guesses.....
# Cow Bull 7
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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#119 2005-12-09 20:17:29
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I will start guessing... but did I misread or did Jims already say he is starting?
Okay.
Guess 1: 7084
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#120 2005-12-09 20:23:00
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guess 2: 4532
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#121 2005-12-09 20:25:19
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It doesn't matter yet, but if we are going to get this under five guesses, it might be a good strategy to wait for the reply first. Then we can consider all the information!
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#122 2005-12-09 20:26:33
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good point what if one of us already has it
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#123 2005-12-09 20:29:59
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Yes, that's right. And then we still get to find the answer but we get to keep one of our guesses!
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#124 2005-12-09 20:33:43
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a hm so Ganesh PLEASES REPLY!
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#125 2005-12-09 20:37:04
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jU, give him time, I'm sure he'll reply soon enough. He may also be very busy, so we have to keep that in mind. You can sit back and relax!
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