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#1501 2012-07-12 03:17:25
- gAr
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Re: Is this cool with you?
Hi,
I did not get a closed form for that yet, just some estimates.
I think you have solved it, just divide your answer by 123456787654321.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#1502 2012-07-12 03:42:49
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Re: Is this cool with you?
I don't think it is that simple. I have to find a reason to divide by 123456787654321.
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#1503 2012-07-12 03:47:45
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The question asks for the average, it was not clear earlier.
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"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#1504 2012-07-12 04:22:18
- anonimnystefy
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Hi gAr
I see what the problem was. If I am correct, we understood that we were asked for the expected sum, not the excpected difference.
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#1505 2012-07-12 04:49:58
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Hi,
Actually, we did expected sum of the absolute differences.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#1506 2012-07-12 04:56:24
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Yes. It wasn't clear that the boss wanted the expected difference.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1507 2012-07-12 05:32:51
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Re: Is this cool with you?
Hi;
It is clear that A and C should be fired. That is the question. The constant 123456787654321 is a red herring. It does not even matter.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#1508 2012-07-12 05:55:45
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Yup. I still csnnot shake of the feeling that A in your puzzles represents anonimnystefy.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1509 2012-07-12 06:03:52
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Hi anonimnystefy;
A is a real person but you are a heck of alot smarter than he is. Your feelings are not accurate. A,B,C,D and E are real people. At least they are my perceptions of real people.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1510 2012-07-12 06:06:37
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Are you B?
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1511 2012-07-12 06:13:23
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B is a cool guy. I am glad to know him. He was a great Holdem player. A powerful combination of mind and body he dominated Vegas cardrooms for more than 16 years. He was the finest programmer that ever lived. He was a great bowler, basketball player and a superb mathematician in the truest sense of the word. Charming, handsome, he had it all, a true Renaissance man.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1512 2012-07-12 06:17:52
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You forgot to mention that he is a member of the forum under the username bobbym.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1513 2012-07-12 06:23:58
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Re: Is this cool with you?
I am afraid that is not true.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1514 2012-07-12 06:26:29
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Maybe he is one of the two other bobbyms.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1515 2012-07-12 06:27:08
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He was seduced by the dark side of the force, and it consumed him.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1516 2012-07-12 06:29:12
- anonimnystefy
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So he was your Yoda part. That's why you changed your avatar. It is all coming together now.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1517 2012-07-12 06:33:48
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Re: Is this cool with you?
My Yoda part? Make sense man. Yoda is a puppet.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1518 2012-07-12 06:35:43
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So, you are puppet? Of whom?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1519 2012-07-12 06:36:50
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No, Yoda is a real puppet. He is a sock with a funny head on top.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1520 2012-07-12 06:37:54
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Re: Is this cool with you?
So are you. Right?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1521 2012-07-12 06:43:38
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Right? The chance that I have ever been right is too small to think about. I think I was close to right once.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1522 2012-07-12 06:47:48
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Re: Is this cool with you?
But you said once that your posts are always correct. Is this like phrontister's little people game? You gave answers based on the linguistic properties of my posts?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1523 2012-07-12 06:50:18
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Re: Is this cool with you?
I thought we were talking about Yoda.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1524 2012-07-12 08:44:06
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Re: Is this cool with you?
You changed the subject.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1525 2012-07-12 09:15:53
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Re: Is this cool with you?
Posts and right, aren't those two different things.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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