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My apologies, FISHSLATE isn't valid.

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Really not happy with the conundrum. FAITHLESS=FISHSLATE too.

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Am I correct in saying that these are the records for the highest scores at each round in 15-round competition? (Yes I know each old and new format should have different records - maybe someone can add to this?) R1 18 Many contestants R2 36 Dylan Taylor plus one or two more? R3 46 DT R4 53 DT R5 60...

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Can you put the definitive records up for all three formats please Graeme, and while you're at it do the unconventional formats too, if you don't mind/have the time...

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David Williams wrote:You'd think Susie's job was pretty easy, but lots of different people did it and she was better than all of them at it, which must prove something.

Like

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Sorry - typo - edited!

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Interesting!

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Thanks Michael, that's exactly the kind of summing up I was looking for when I asked the question.

Q. Have there been far more higher numbers than lower? Say, if you looked at numbers in 100's, 200's, 300's......

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I was thinking of my Dad earlier and the phone rang — it was him on the other end of the phone!!!

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Me too!

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Jen has the best total % of max if all games are considered, this of course may go down...

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Not quite what you asked, but... Highest ever % of max??? I meant to look into this when I read this post a few days ago, but only got round to it now. In a word, yes. Jen got 952 out of 1024, which is 92.97%. This beats Dylan Taylor (974/1050 = 92.76%) who in turn beat Craig Beevers, who had held t...

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PS

so called 'Intelligent folk' on here are mostly dickheads of no help whatsoever!!!

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5822 27/11/2013 P tba – tba Pam Ayres Susie Dent 5823 28/11/2013 P tba – tba Pam Ayres Susie Dent 5824 29/11/2013 P tba – tba Pam Ayres Susie Dent 5825 2/12/2013 P tba – tba Pam Ayres Susie Dent 5826 3/12/2013 P tba – tba Pam Ayres Susie Dent 5827 4/12/2013 P tba – tba Gyles Brandreth Susie Dent 582...

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Ian Volante wrote:Our taste in films is worrying similar, Wizard of Oz excepted. Disappointing lack of Flash Gordon.

Why so worrying?

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Am I correct in saying that these are the records for the highest scores at each round in 15-round competition? (Yes I know each old and new format should have different records - maybe someone can add to this?) R1 18 Many contestants R2 36 Dylan Taylor plus one or two more? R3 46 DT R4 53 DT R5 60 ...

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This boy could be the 8th finalist IMHO!!!

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Susie's job is hard, give her a break FFS!

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DEFO!!! But randomness is VERY random and nothing like what us humans expect!

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Ian Volante wrote:Our taste in films is worrying similar, Wizard of Oz excepted. Disappointing lack of Flash Gordon.

Never seen Flash Gordon... any good?

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Only one more winning 6 or more to bag no. 7 seed is my prediction...!!!

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I've never understood why mode is used, it can be very inaccurate compared to the mean?

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Could the endless decimal digits of pi do a better job that the date? Statistically speaking?

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I give up...

You tell me?

Kindest regards,

Dave Butthurt Preece.

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Haha, Zarte, any suggestions?

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I honestly thought it seemed like he'd had a little bit too much 'Dutch courage' before the game!

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That's not a bad idea, thanks you the advice! Can you recommended a good brand please?

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How the hell can I chill Jennifer when I feel soooooooooooo butthurt all the time?

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Bingham - to date - is my only final round pointless answer!

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Airdates
Air dates
Air-dates

Who cares, really?

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Humans famously can't pick random numbers, so what you said Callum could also apply to a human list of numbers that we know not to be random enough! Numberphile on Youtube recently had a video about a true random number generator being made from some dangerous radioactive chemical...??? Why did thi...

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Dave Preece wrote:OK, If we showed a (for want of a better name) random numbers expert the whole list of the thousands and thousands of numbers - in order - that CECIL has picked from the start of Countdown, would he or she be 100% happy that they were random?

So... Yes or no?

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Has anyone been sad enough to appreciate you that much, that they thanked you a second time?

Cheers Graeme!

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Just a quick question, forgive me if I'm being thick: After Pam Ayres we have a fresh guest on Dec 4th, this guest will be on till the 10th, then a fresh guest will be on from 11th to 17th, but then there are only three programs left: SF1, SF2 and the final. How is this all going to work; or is the ...

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Andy Platt wrote:Trying to work out how many people voted from those decimal places, was it 12?

How do you go about working this out Andy?

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Absolutely, I realised The Godfather, for example, is a masterpiece of a film, but I simply thought it was just good!

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Graeme - can you answer my question in the Ask Graeme thread mate.

LOL!

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PS.

THANKS GRAEME x

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JackHurst wrote:Yeah Graeme, thanks for keeping Dave Preece mostly confined to one thread.

(Just Joking, Dave)

Jack you are now my new hero!

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So, is a film buff, a film expert?

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Michael Wallace wrote:I am totally going to start calling myself a 'random numbers expert' rather than a statistician now.

Surely a statistician is to random numbers what a hairdresser is to trimming a beard?

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Gavin Chipper wrote:Is this a numbers expert picked at random?

No!

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Humans famously can't pick random numbers, so what you said Callum could also apply to a human list of numbers that we know not to be random enough!

Numberphile on Youtube recently had a video about a true random number generator being made from some dangerous radioactive chemical...???

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Johnny Canuck wrote:
Dave Preece wrote:What a fucking idiot!
Was that really necessary?

Was THAT really necessary?

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Jon Corby wrote:
Dave Preece wrote:The worst 20 films I've seen:

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)
Fuck right off.

LOL!!!

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Who are the best players, say top five, not to make a series finals. Going by the current finals qualification rules IE players are sorted by number of wins then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Top 10 non-finalists in 15 rounds: WINS PTS David Franks 7 744 Peter Coutts ...

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Dave Preece wrote:What a fucking idiot!

Jason!

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Or are you suggesting it's right up there with Shawshank and Pulp???

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Cool Runnings was IMHO shite!

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Ironically the 5,200 declared-game was VERY easy to solve, even for me!

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The worst 20 films I've seen: The bottom film is the worst, by the way! Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990) Cool Runnings (1993) Snakes on a Plane (2006) The Flintstones (1994) The Wedding Singer (1998) Coronation Street: Viva Las Vagas! (1997) Digby, the Biggest Dog i...

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My Top 20: 1 Pulp Fiction (1994) 2 Goodfellas (1990) 3 No Country for Old Men (2007) 4 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 5 The Sixth Sense (1999) 6 Shawshank Redemption (1994) 7 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8 Gran Torino (2008) 9 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 10 Dirty Harry (1971) 11 Deliverance (1972) 12 Django Unchain...

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I'm certain that on a busy forum-based website like this that has been running for a good number of years, this question has been asked at least once if not twice? What are your all-time best films - in rank order - if possible... Top 10s Top 20s Top 100s Anything you like! I'm a REAL film buff, and...

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OK, If we showed a (for want of a better name) random numbers expert the whole list of the thousands and thousands of numbers - in order - that CECIL has picked from the start of Countdown, would he or she be 100% happy that they were random?

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What a fucking idiot!

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Ned bummed it...

I too would have rogered it with my only pointless answer of Stuart Bingham in the final round...

Seem a naturally funny guy Ned, without even trying - Am I right - or is he nervously funny?

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Surely there isn't ever any specific speed, for any size of black hole, as whatever speed you come up with, the speed can infinitely be slowed fractionally, bit by bit forever; I'd say it's an impossible question to answer (as specific speed that is)? I'm probably wrong though? Anyway what's the ans...

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Who are the best players, say top five, not to make a series finals. Going by the current finals qualification rules IE players are sorted by number of wins then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. I'm gonna get my foil hat out and bang on about conspiracies if you don't an...

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