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Nicky

Well done Kirk! Your divinity is confirmed.

And well done everyone else for not revealing that the max game had happened (outside the spoiler threads). I just watched it on the computer and was trying not to get too excited, thinking such a momentous event would surely have been leaked.

Nicky

Technically, it isn't his debut. However, also technically, people aren't allowed a second try on the show. So logically every challenger is debuting. So, if people are going to be technical and pedantic, Kirk shouldn't be there at all. However, as Kirk is god, and and therefore omnipotent and omnip...

Nicky

Much to my astonishment, I found something gayer than Charlie. MUCH gayer, in fact.

Admittedly, it was 'gayness itself'.

Nicky

Wow. Just...wow. That was amazing Kirk. I loved how utterly unsurprised Jeff was when you buzzed for the conundrum.

Nicky

Hi Kate Firstly, I hope Sara recovers from her fall soon. Your last post made very little sense I'm afraid. You've quoted random things from this thread? A thread that was started AFTER you accused the forumites of homophobic comments. And some of the posts were so clearly unoffensive (notably the o...

Nicky

Try using the preview button and trial and error.

Nicky

Gary Male wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:
JimBentley wrote:I think "Sandwiches Part III: A Step Too Far" can't be far away.
Can we please just split the forum into two completely separate sites, one for the normal people and one for those who butter both sides?
Would it be 2 different sites, or 2 halves of the same site though?

Nicky

Of course they had a budget. Paper cups and plates don't grow on trees, y'know!

Nicky

Yes! Oh yes! It is rather intimidating for apterous virgins not to have a basic 'How to play' section. Last night was my first time, and although I didn't disgrace myself too badly, I might have done better if I'd had a preview of what to expect and had known, for instance, that you need to declare ...

Nicky

Yeah, you spoil sport Charlie! What are we ill-informed folks gonna argue about now?

Nicky

An ex-colleague has a large wine glass, big enough to take a bottle of wine, but when he has finished drinking it, he has still drunk a bottle of wine, not a glass. You're saying he HASN'T drunk a glass of wine? But clearly he has. If he was drinking a bottle of wine, he'd just swig it from the bot...

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No one has yet mentioned the temporal aspect of sandwichhood. If I cut the sandwich in half in order to eat both halves myself, and I eat them at the same time (well, consecutively, not simultaneously, cos that's just silly!) it would be one sandwich (ie two halves); but if I do so in order to have ...

Nicky

Joseph Bolas wrote:Not sure if you would class this as a hobby, but I used to play a few computer-based riddles, like Clever Waste of Time.

Thanks a lot, Joseph! I went and followed that link and lost most of yesterday. And then I bookmarked it, so today may vanish as well.

Nicky

Ian'll be good at this one. Maybe I should remove my objection to being called 'Nic' or 'Nik' so I can join in.

Nicky

D'oh! Yeah, the 5/36 reasoning should give us 1/6. Google is my friend.

Nicky

I think the assumption is that n is a natural number, Kirk. I think that induction only works for natural numbers. Which is how come you can prove n(n+1) i positive. Because n is positive. Not because n(n+1) is positive. I think.

Nicky

Yep. I'm in the 5/36 camp too.

Nicky

He seems rather lovely, in general.

I'm getting quite fond of you too, Phil.

Everyone else on the site, however......

Nicky

I think I've finally got my head round this. (Thanks everyone - especially Phil). But surely if you can prove that it holds true for n, there is no need for the assumption that it is true for some n; couldn't you prove it before going on to prove it's true for n+1? Or am I still missing something? (...

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Kirk: From the Wiki article: "Mathematical induction is a method of mathematical proof typically used to establish that a given statement is true of all natural numbers . It is done by proving that the first statement in the infinite sequence of statements is true, and then proving that if any ...

Nicky

That's not really what Nicky said, but anyway. Isn't it? It's what I meant to say. 1 If a, then b 2 If b, then c therefore 3 If a then c. You can't say "Assume statement 1. Here is proof of statement 2. I've proved statement 3." You have to prove both statements, or your proof only holds ...

Nicky

Fine, if the sun goes supernova tomorrow, all human life will be destroyed. The point I was making, that you have to assume something to construct an implication, regardless of whether that something is true, is still clear. The problem isn't with the statement, it's with the assumption. No, you're...

Nicky

I don't think that's Kirk's problem. Well, I do. Over to you, Kirk. "If" and "only if" have completely different meanings. I know that, I said that. I was just trying to show that just because you sometimes get the correct answer when you've made an assumption (as you do with Fi...

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All induction says is that if you can reach the first rung of a ladder, and that if you know that from any rung of the ladder you can reach the next rung, then you can climb the whole ladder - all you've done there is shown that you can climb the first 3 rungs. I think - and I only did A-level math...

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Saying something like "I raped your mum" on the internet is a quite offensive and inapropriate remark, but it by no means makes you any way near as bad as a rapist. True. But irrelevant. Clare was offended by the 'offensive and inappropriate remark' part. She compared the remarks to a wan...

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Roses aren't red More a dark pinkish hue And violets are violet (The name is a clue) Roses are red White , yellow or pink In a week they'll be dead And their water will stink. Red wine is purple White wine is yellow Absinthe is green And so is the vomit afterwards.* *Seriously. Don't drink anything ...

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Charlie Reams wrote: I'm not a boy.

Charlie Reams in sex-change shock! You heard it here first!

Nicky

I'm sure there's LOTS of other possibilities. But yes, that one is ALSO true of me.

Nicky

I think you're rather missing the point, Roxanne. I don't think any of the contestants haven't made an effort. I think they have put thought into how they wish to appear on the show, and what message they wish to send. But you are expecting everyone to conform to YOUR standards of what is acceptable...

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There are some good efforts in the xkcd limerick database . Wow - thanks for that. Still ploughing my way through them, but I had to stop to post this which I hereby dedicate to Jon Corby in memory of the CoC XIII second semi-final. Argh nooooo you made me lose The Game! I hadn't thought about it i...

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:oops: Sorry, should've tried googling. *facepalm* EDIT: I've figured out WHY I didn't google - I was thinking of it as 'that knapsack problem we were talking about earlier', rather than 'The Knapsack Problem'. I'd have expected results along the lines of 'need a knapsack ? No problem ! Come to Knap...

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Oh...and what's the knapsack problem?

Nicky

I've been reverse engineering this one. In the system we have each new denomination is either twice the previous one, or twice the previous one plus the one before it. ie, 1 = a 2 = b = 2a 5 = c= 2b +a 10 = d = 2c 20 = e = 2d 50 = f = 2d +c 100=g = 2f So, I think we have these possible alternative s...

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The legend of the Star Badger. (Ian did ask.) Out in the furthest reaches of space resides the mighty Star Badger. Whenever you remove a cork from a bottle of wine, or the tab is popped on a can of beer, the Star Badger lifts his shaggy head and sniffs. Slowly, he lumbers across the stars, following...

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I was being somewhat tongue-in-cheek about regional variation, since arsebadger also emerged in a group from all over. There was alcohol involved. Those pesky badgers! You can't trust 'em around the stuff. Have you heard of the Star Badger for instance?

Nicky

Ah, this must be a regional variation. I always use arsebadger. If you want to use cock, the norm is cockferret.

Nicky

David Williams wrote:A phrase has more than one word.

And cost-cutting, being hyphenated, does not count as one word...

Nicky

I get a definition: Larceny - we nick
or, if you prefer (and I'm sure some of you will): Newly nice rack.

Nicky

I'm a full-time mum. Surely my JOB is to go and build snowmen? But no, my son (who's nearly 2) is utterly refusing to go outside. He keeps saying "Snow COLD". Smart kid. But I wanna go and play! *sulks*

Nicky

Hi folks, I'm Nicky. I used to watch Countdown in the late 80s and early 90s after school with my mum. I'd leave the room when the conundrum was on, because I never got it in time and this was before videos, so there was never the option to pause! I rediscovered the show when I had my son. (I needed...

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