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by Alice Moore
Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Suicide
Replies: 31
Views: 3721

Re: Suicide

Well yeah, but that's just the same IP. If she'd been hanging in her living room, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that squatters might have moved into her flat and started using her internet connection, as well as eating her flesh and making basic tools from her bones (squatters are fairl...
by Alice Moore
Wed May 26, 2010 8:43 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Boys and Girls
Replies: 27
Views: 4423

Re: Boys and Girls

Wow. Totally counter-intuitive. I love it.
by Alice Moore
Sun May 16, 2010 8:42 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Analysis of 4 large
Replies: 38
Views: 7570

Re: Analysis of 4 large

There's a lot of scope here for potential Project Euler problems, n'est-ce pas?
by Alice Moore
Sat May 08, 2010 9:16 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Two Towers
Replies: 23
Views: 4124

Re: Two Towers

David's right. It's called the Gilbreath Principle and it's pretty amazing. More here . I was shown this trick by James Grime, who works at Cambridge Uni on something called the Enigma Project . I managed to work out the answer but hadn't heard of the Gilbreath Principle. He's a great speaker - watc...
by Alice Moore
Thu May 06, 2010 2:27 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Two Towers
Replies: 23
Views: 4124

Re: Two Towers

I spent a while thinking about manipulating pairs in various complicated ways, then ran out of time so had to admit defeat. Such a simple solution! This is a lovely puzzle. I was distracted by stuff I learnt from another puzzle, which is also satisfying, although not quite so simple: I hand you a de...
by Alice Moore
Thu May 06, 2010 1:34 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Two Towers
Replies: 23
Views: 4124

Re: Two Towers

[I haven't looked at any answers or suggested answers yet, cos I want to try it on my own]

I presume you're not allowed to enlist the aid of a sighted person?
by Alice Moore
Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:50 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Name My Child
Replies: 141
Views: 20900

Re: Name My Child

Jon Corby wrote:
Alice Moore wrote: I lurk, occasionally (7, 3).
Clare Sudbery.
Who?
by Alice Moore
Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:47 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Name My Child
Replies: 141
Views: 20900

Re: Name My Child

Marc Meakin wrote:BTW whatever happened to Alice Moore.
I lurk occasionally.*


Edit: *Is it just me, or does that sound like a cryptic crossword clue?

I lurk, occasionally (7, 3).
by Alice Moore
Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:57 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Maths Tutorial Problem
Replies: 18
Views: 3156

Re: Maths Tutorial Problem

For what it's worth, I presented this problem to a Year 10 (14- and 15-yr-olds) top set (only one managed to solve it), and here is a description of the solution which was aimed at them: Because X = 2a^2 = 3b^3 = 5c^5, we know that X must be a multiple of 2 and a multiple of 3 and a multiple of 5. I...
by Alice Moore
Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:19 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623742

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Sue Sanders wrote:meet Mike, he swims like a fish
Breast stroke, back stroke, butterfly and crawl
Doggy paddle belly flop, you can do them all
LEARN TO SWIM!
by Alice Moore
Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 224
Views: 78384

Re: Coincidence

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Alice Moore wrote:picking up the phone before it rings
Isn't that called making a phone call?
:lol:

That would be "pick up the phone before it rings... only to find that someone is on the other end. Someone you were just about to call."
by Alice Moore
Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:42 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 224
Views: 78384

Re: Coincidence

Fair point. Sorry again.
by Alice Moore
Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:54 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 224
Views: 78384

Re: Coincidence

All these coincidences are much more likely than they appear to be. I guess this is all parade rain, but I can't resist... Let's take the bumping-into-people-in-unlikely-places one. During the course of your life you will become acquainted with hundreds, or more likely thousands, of people. This may...
by Alice Moore
Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:10 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2009
Replies: 57
Views: 6161

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2009

Peter Mabey wrote:second numbers: (25+1)x(10+5-10/5)=338
Oops, forgot I was watching on +1. Thought I was first to post this.
by Alice Moore
Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:55 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2009
Replies: 57
Views: 6161

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2009

338 = (25 + 1) x (10 + 5 - (10/5))

Hmm. Suspect I either remembered something wrong there, or just plain got it wrong. Were there actually two tens in the selection? I can't check it now. Will have to wait for someone else to either confirm or correct.
by Alice Moore
Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner
Replies: 452
Views: 114773

Re: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner

Hibernation turns the computer off completely, it just saves the current state to the disk and then restores it when you turn back on (so your programs are in the same state as they were before, more or less). If you want to improve your eco-fu then use hibernate. But don't over-use. Your computer ...
by Alice Moore
Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Derren Brown - The Events
Replies: 584
Views: 70662

Re: Derren Brown - The Events

The balls in the lottery trick DEFINITELY couldn't have been nail-written. That's an absolute definite. You could practice nail writing on ping pong balls your whole life and you would never get the same degree of perfectly done writing (that looks printed) that was on the lottery balls. I'm prepar...
by Alice Moore
Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:19 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Derren Brown - The Events
Replies: 584
Views: 70662

Re: Derren Brown - The Events

Kieran Child wrote:a nail writer might be used to create a prediction secretly after an event. The problem with this is that the writing will look crap.
Not if you're accomplished. It's just a question of practice.
by Alice Moore
Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:08 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Derren Brown - The Events
Replies: 584
Views: 70662

Re: Derren Brown - The Events

assuming that the guy really did have the cheque in his pocket the whole time and that Derren never touched it after the trick began, which certainly seemed to be the case I'm surprised by this comment when elsewhere you've been so clear that he is a magician and uses selight of hand very effective...
by Alice Moore
Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:47 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: The Times Numerical Listener Puzzle
Replies: 39
Views: 4761

Re: The Times Numerical Listener Puzzle

Thanks Howard, much appreciated. Your first two questions are answered in the first sentence in the puzzle description - The letters used in the clues represent different positive integers less than 100 I must be missing something, as this doesn't tell me whether zero is included... unless you say z...
by Alice Moore
Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:55 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: The Times Numerical Listener Puzzle
Replies: 39
Views: 4761

Re: The Times Numerical Listener Puzzle

I've only just started this and am moving very slowly indeed, but I have some questions... 1. Do any of the letters represent zero? 2. Are any numbers duplicated (ie two letters both representing the same number)? It says grid solutions aren't duplicated, but doesn't seem to specify re letter-number...
by Alice Moore
Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:40 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Favourite Website?
Replies: 20
Views: 2419

Re: Favourite Website?

Phil Reynolds wrote:What is it with this "I'm a girl" non sequitur?
It's because she's a girl. :lol:
by Alice Moore
Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:34 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Four blokes
Replies: 52
Views: 5305

Re: Four blokes

depending on how far you draw the lines, you can always do something like this Which is kind-of-nearly-almost the parallel-infinity thing, so I get half a point. As awarded by me. For the third one, you just splodge a really thick line across all the dots :) Or fold the paper so that each line of t...
by Alice Moore
Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:28 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Four blokes
Replies: 52
Views: 5305

Re: Four blokes

OK, I got a hint via Google. I can do all three tasks now. My hint began with F.
by Alice Moore
Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:19 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Four blokes
Replies: 52
Views: 5305

Re: Four blokes

Kieran Child wrote:1) Can you link all the dots with 4 straight lines?
Yes.
Kieran Child wrote:2) Can you link all the dots with 3 straight lines?
No.

edit: Or not unless I use the thing about parallel lines meeting at infinity.
Kieran Child wrote:3) Can you link all the dots with 1 straight line?
Hell no.
by Alice Moore
Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Tell us something surprising about yourself
Replies: 64
Views: 7269

Re: Tell us something surprising about yourself

Brian Moore wrote:though I'm a bit rusty these days
...which is why all the cows round your way are an attractive reddish-brown.
by Alice Moore
Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:48 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Four blokes
Replies: 52
Views: 5305

Re: Four blokes

Aha!

I notice you didn't restate the original rule that they can only speak if they say their answer? This is relevant, right?
by Alice Moore
Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:52 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Four blokes
Replies: 52
Views: 5305

Re: Four blokes

Can people see around the people in front of them? So, in the first puzzle, can the guy at the back on the right see both hats in front of him, or only one?
by Alice Moore
Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:01 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Pick my new home!
Replies: 17
Views: 2609

Re: Pick my new home!

Lancaster has been reported as having the highest suicide rate in England, or maybe even the UK.

This may be because it is the arse end of nowhere. Dundee and Cardiff are both far more pleasant, despite being foreign.
by Alice Moore
Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:06 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: HOTELIEST
Replies: 16
Views: 3173

Re: HOTELIEST

Charlie Reams wrote:2) Are there any which take -ER and -EST but are not adjectives?
QUE (QUEER, QUEEST)

SAY (SAYER, SAYEST)
by Alice Moore
Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:57 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: HOTELIEST
Replies: 16
Views: 3173

Re: HOTELIEST

1) BEAD (BEADS, BEADED, BEADING)

In similar vein, also MOULD.
by Alice Moore
Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:27 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Which two letters come next in the sequence?
Replies: 81
Views: 9595

Re: Which two letters come next in the sequence?

The big breakthrough for me was realising that not only did TH sometimes stand for THE, but CI stood for CITY. And then I got TO,TH,BO,FR,TH,BI,BA,CI and then I got the rest.
by Alice Moore
Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:09 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Which two letters come next in the sequence?
Replies: 81
Views: 9595

Re: Which two letters come next in the sequence?

Here's another. What are the next 5 letters in this sequence? F,U,K,A,W,W,R,A,Y,R,D,U,K,A,W,W,L,T,E,E,T,K,E,Y,R,Y,E,W,N,U,K,A,R,Y,O,E,E,W,T,U,T,D,O,E,E,W,N,U,K,A,R Clue: It's going on a similar principle to the last one (which is why it uses single letters: too easy otherwise). God knows whether any...
by Alice Moore
Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:03 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Which two letters come next in the sequence?
Replies: 81
Views: 9595

Re: Which two letters come next in the sequence?

GOT IT!

Of course I can't prove it by giving the answer, as it's already been given. But this should be enough:

BE,IN,DU,BE,GO,TO,ME

Although I'm aware there are alternatives to what I just wrote, but that's the version I know.

Very good. Raised a smile in this corner of the internet.
by Alice Moore
Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:50 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Which two letters come next in the sequence?
Replies: 81
Views: 9595

Re: Which two letters come next in the sequence?

Aha!

Hang on a mo... think I'm finally getting there...
by Alice Moore
Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:22 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Which two letters come next in the sequence?
Replies: 81
Views: 9595

Re: Which two letters come next in the sequence?

OK... so do the repetitions correspond to identical entries? eg does TH always mean the same thing?

And indeed... does TH refer to the word THE?
by Alice Moore
Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:46 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Which two letters come next in the sequence?
Replies: 81
Views: 9595

Re: Which two letters come next in the sequence?

OK, some questions: 1. Are the pairs initials? 2. And more specifically, do they refer to people? 3. Do the pairs correspond to countries? 4. Is the ordering chronological? ie, do the later pairs correspond to more recent events? 5. Do the pairs correspond to winners - eg Countdown finalists, Eurovi...
by Alice Moore
Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:40 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Which two letters come next in the sequence?
Replies: 81
Views: 9595

Re: Which two letters come next in the sequence?

Can't we have more clues first, to give we lesser-able the chance of a small quantity of satisfaction?
by Alice Moore
Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:59 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: When is the Series 60 Final?
Replies: 23
Views: 2604

When is the Series 60 Final?

When will the Series 60 final be aired? Is it next week? I've tried to find the answer to this question here and on Countdown Wiki, but I must have been using the wrong search terms or looking in the wrong places.
by Alice Moore
Sun May 10, 2009 9:05 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: New numbers interface: Your comments please
Replies: 111
Views: 13633

Re: New numbers interface: Your comments please

I guess I'd make a rubbish cheat cos I can't see how the brackets function is exploitable. Would somebody mind humouring me and explain why brackets are bad? Although I can see how the new system would be quicker to grasp for someone who'd never played Apterous before, I'm afraid it has made it more...
by Alice Moore
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st April
Replies: 29
Views: 3582

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st April

Is this our very own Jimmy Gough? I missed the initial introduction. Speaking of which... does anyone else get frustrated by the fact that the contestants' name plates are too small / far away to be read? So unless you hear the surname when it's first announced, you're never sure who the contestant ...
by Alice Moore
Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:51 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Should the DC character, Josef Fritzl, be dropped?
Replies: 131
Views: 16406

Re: Should the DC character, Josef Fritzl, be dropped?

Someone else has the avatar pic of George Galloway, can't remember who. Hmm, I wonder why I said "I thought it was Gary Male" above? This is how the exchange went: Info for any of the people who voted against the character, who wish not to see Matthew's current avatar (pic of Josef Fritzl...
by Alice Moore
Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:05 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Should the DC character, Josef Fritzl, be dropped?
Replies: 131
Views: 16406

Re: Should the DC character, Josef Fritzl, be dropped?

Good arguments have been made on both sides, despite the unfortunate desire of some contributors to resort to personal attacks. Consequently I have decided to withdraw the controversial character for the time being. Options for people who want further control over their guests will be added at some...
by Alice Moore
Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:01 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Should the DC character, Josef Fritzl, be dropped?
Replies: 131
Views: 16406

Re: Should the DC character, Josef Fritzl, be dropped?

If you don't like it, don't fucking go there - that's what I do if something offends me on a website. But surely this is one of the problems discussed at length above - that people will be alienated from the whole site (and prevented from enjoying the playing of the game), simply on the basis of on...
by Alice Moore
Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:06 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Should the DC character, Josef Fritzl, be dropped?
Replies: 131
Views: 16406

Re: Should the DC character, Josef Fritzl, be dropped?

As for the implication that I think that others are po-faced or whatever for not enjoying this stuff, I've at all times tried to be objective, have refrained from insulting other people, and have tried not to make sweeping generalisations. None of my post was aimed at any one individual (so that bi...
by Alice Moore
Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:57 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Should the DC character, Josef Fritzl, be dropped?
Replies: 131
Views: 16406

Re: Should the DC character, Josef Fritzl, be dropped?

So... The Josef Fritzl character is funny because of the ridiculous and unlikely juxtaposition of Horrific Child Rapist with inoffensive teatime TV show, right? And it is precisely because he is such a monster that it's funny? But isn't it also possible that when people see throwaway lines like &quo...