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- Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday February 3rd 2010
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2987
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday February 3rd 2010
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Dinos on Krypton Factor [with spoilers]
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5024
Re: Dinos on Krypton Factor [with spoilers]
Awesomesauce :) I've tried making this as my avatar but it says filesize is too big. Any ideas? The maximum avatar file size is 31 kB. This clip, which has 98 frames @ 144x144 in 32 colours, is 943.25 kB. To make something within the prohibitive size limit, I'll have to: • reduce the resolution (sa...
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:33 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Dinos on Krypton Factor [with spoilers]
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5024
Re: Dinos on Krypton Factor [with spoilers]
Who's Sally?Paul Howe wrote:Can we have a gif of Sally doing this
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Dinos on Krypton Factor [with spoilers]
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5024
Re: Dinos on Krypton Factor [with spoilers]
And, as a bonus:
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Dinos on Krypton Factor [with spoilers]
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5024
Re: Dinos on Krypton Factor [with spoilers]
As requested...
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Debbi Flack
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1508
Re: Debbi Flack
I've got news for you: The world does not revolve around Jason Larsen. And for someone who claims to be from a free country I find it surprising that you wish to deny Debbie her inalienable right to decide who she has on her friends list.Jason Larsen wrote:... [some whining drivel] ...
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Youtube vids
- Replies: 54
- Views: 8161
Re: Youtube vids
I love the fact you have the contestants at the bottom but, more impressive than that (for a technophobe like me) is that they're actually moving. Cheers. Those clips were taken from Jeff's rounding up at the end of each game. One or two are actually slowed down slightly to fit the duration. ;) Edi...
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Youtube vids
- Replies: 54
- Views: 8161
Re: Youtube vids
Ta.Marc Meakin wrote:Nice one.(PSG nil etc.)
Ryan and I thought it would be funny. Note his voice is deeper, too.Marc Meakin wrote:But why was Brian pixelated?
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Youtube vids
- Replies: 54
- Views: 8161
Re: Youtube vids
http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu203/SpiritmanProductions/do_you_like_my_gap.png Ryan Taylor's choice of declarations from his games in Series 61 - video My other CD uploads, if you're interested: • Kirk Bevins, Series 60 Champion, all 11 shows - playlist • Kirk Bevins's conundrum solve at the ...
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:41 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Weakest Link
- Replies: 204
- Views: 28991
Re: The Weakest Link
Maybe the production team don't want to risk Anne being outclassed.Lesley Hines wrote:My husband very generously told me I must have been too good and would only have been voted off tactically, and who am I to argue?
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Someone should organise a CO event that's not up..
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6559
Re: Someone should organise a CO event that's not up..
Just to be informative, really. There are always a few people who don't know. It's hardly important, but I felt like mentioning it.Michael Wallace wrote:Right, so what was the point of your Spanish lesson, if not to imply that there was a problem with the joke?
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Someone should organise a CO event that's not up..
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6559
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Someone should organise a CO event that's not up..
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6559
Re: Someone should organise a CO event that's not up..
lol. Except that Real is Spanish for Royal.Marc Meakin wrote:So you can have Real Madrid and Imaginary Birmingham
Sorry
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:45 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Weakest Link
- Replies: 204
- Views: 28991
Re: The Weakest Link
If you did then she certainly kept that quiet. I'm sure someone would have mentioned it at CoLin.Jason Larsen wrote:Did I see Lesley Hines on Thursday's episode?
EDIT: I've just checked BBC iPlayer. There was no Weakest Link on Thursday.
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2010 games
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4808
Re: COLIN 2010 games
Round 8: 100, 9, 1, 6, 9, 5. Target: 362. C1: 363. ((100-9)x(9-5)) - 1 (7) C2: 362. Mistake in working. Score: 53–29 (max 56) Please feel free to let me know of a possible solution. There might be something neater, but: 5*6*9 = 270 270 + 100 = 370 370 - 9 + 1 - 362 I like: (9 x 9 + 100) x (6 - 5 + ...
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:34 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Disapproval
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3645
Re: Disapproval
If at first you don't succeed, don't take up skydiving.Jason Larsen wrote:As they say, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Words changing meaning.
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3730
Re: Words changing meaning.
A mere 8,545,593,452 seconds ago (approx).Brian Moore wrote:Thursday, 16th April 1739 at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon ...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Words changing meaning.
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3730
Re: Words changing meaning.
Which word(s) will we be expected to use in place of 'infer', once it has fully become synonymous with 'imply'? :evil: Deduce? Sorry, I don't agree. A thesaurus might list them together but, in my mind, 'deduce' refers to a conclusion drawn only from available evidence, whereas 'infer' additionally...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Words changing meaning.
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3730
Re: Words changing meaning.
Which word(s) will we be expected to use in place of 'infer', once it has fully become synonymous with 'imply'?
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:45 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Namagrams - Forum members
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7552
Re: Namagrams - Forum members
At a quiz last night, I had about 4 minutes to find an anagram of: NIGEL FETCH AN IRON LEG , having been told that it was a famous persons name (forename and surname). It probably leaps out to some of you, but might challenge others. I'd thought I'd put in on the end of this topic instead of making...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 1st 2010
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4450
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 1st 2010
Yeah, same. Couldn't believe that.Mark Kudlowski wrote:Easiest 1st numbers - (10 + 3) x 10
Surprising neither contestant picked up on that !
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:03 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Foreign dictionary Apterous
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7587
Re: Foreign dictionary Apterous
A general tip re foreign character codes, for those who don't know. On Windows systems, you can find all the codes in Character Map. The quickest way to get it is: • Hold the Windows key (between Ctrl and Alt) and press R. The 'Run' box will appear. • Type charmap and press Enter If you prefer, you ...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2010 results & feedback
- Replies: 49
- Views: 8352
Re: COLIN 2010 results & feedback
My use of the Dartford Crossing: moon, blue, once in a. But thanks for the tip anyway.Sue Sanders wrote:Come on, you live in Kent.... http://www.dart-tag.co.uk Get with the programme, mate
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2010 results & feedback
- Replies: 49
- Views: 8352
Re: COLIN 2010 results & feedback
A1(M) all the way to the M25. Me too. Then to the cash machine at Thurrock Tesco cos I had nothing for the QE2 bridge. You'd think they'd take cards by now. Admittedly I don't really have any experience of toll bridges, but if they took cards wouldn't that just cause (even more?) massive delays? I ...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday January 29th 2010
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3711
Re: Spoilers For Friday January 29th 2010
Welcome, James. I think I speak on behalf of a number of people here when I say I was rooting for you to go all the way, as you'd started your run with some impressive games. Pity it ended when it did. And hats off to you for conceding: I got complacent and made some shocking choices near the beginn...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2010 results & feedback
- Replies: 49
- Views: 8352
Re: COLIN 2010 results & feedback
Me too. Then to the cash machine at Thurrock Tesco cos I had nothing for the QE2 bridge. You'd think they'd take cards by now.Sue Sanders wrote:A1(M) all the way to the M25.
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2010 games
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4808
Re: COLIN 2010 games
Is Apterous killing CoLin?Kirk Bevins wrote:... although I went with a word I'm sure I saw in a review recently on Apterous.
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:02 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Disapproval
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3645
Re: Disapproval
Or he's gonna sue yo ass.Jason Larsen wrote:Charlie:
Please show me the page you view after you complete your 50 trial games on Apterous.
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:08 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Disapproval
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3645
Re: Disapproval
Jason, you get roughly 4 games for a penny! (US cent). I call that good value.
[Based on the sort of usage I think one or two Apterites go in for: 3 games per hour, 8 hours per day.]
[Based on the sort of usage I think one or two Apterites go in for: 3 games per hour, 8 hours per day.]
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Birthdays
- Replies: 1252
- Views: 129710
Re: Birthdays
Happy Birthday for yesterday, Ralph. Sorry it's late, I was in Lincoln.
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2010 results & feedback
- Replies: 49
- Views: 8352
Re: COLIN 2010 results & feedback
Many thanks, Ben & the crew, for running another successful event. I enjoyed the day very much.
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:39 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Foreign dictionary Apterous
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7587
Re: Foreign dictionary Apterous
One question though, does anyone know how to type N with a tilde over it? I usually type the rest of the word and the click on the letter in the selection. Alt+164 works in word. Not sure about on Apterous though. This should work at least on all Windows systems, but you need to use the digits on t...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
Okay, but we don't all spend our entire lives trying to be scientific. Prove it :lol: Shall we, too, rise forgetful from our sleep, And shall my soul that lies within your hand Remember nothing, as the blowing sand Forgets the palm where long blue shadows creep When winds along the darkened desert ...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:25 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite autistic sauvant
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1798
Re: Favourite autistic sauvant
Jon Corby wrote:I've just watched a two-part documentary on YouTube about the Casio CA-53W-1Z. Incredible watch.
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
Okay, but we don't all spend our entire lives trying to be scientific. There's being human, too.Charlie Reams wrote:I was just mocking your bad science.Alec Rivers wrote:Higgs Field.Charlie Reams wrote:Also there can't be a vacuum between the Earth and the Sun or the light would have nothing to travel through.
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite autistic sauvant
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1798
Re: Favourite autistic sauvant
I just watched a 44-part programme on YouTube about Kirk Bevins. Incredible watch.
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday January 26th 2010
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3611
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday January 26th 2010
I know. I spoke out of turn. Soz.Marc Meakin wrote:I was only trying to find an exception to Damian's rule.Alec Rivers wrote:Well, I'm not certain of this, it's just what I always assumed.Marc Meakin wrote:IYSS.
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday January 26th 2010
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3611
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday January 26th 2010
Well, I'm not certain of this, it's just what I always assumed.Marc Meakin wrote:IYSS.
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:50 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Do you pronounce the P in 'apterous'?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1939
Re: Do you pronounce the P in 'apterous'?
lolMarc Meakin wrote:Yes but that coloured dye still makes it embarrassing.Alec Rivers wrote:Isn't the P silent as in swimming?
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday January 26th 2010
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3611
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday January 26th 2010
I always thought an ADAPTER is a person who adapts (himself or something else) and an ADAPTOR is an inanimate object used to connect two pieces of machinery or electronics.Marc Meakin wrote:ADAPT takes it both ways.D Eadie wrote:Where the word ends with a phonic A sound, negAtor, it tends to be -OR.
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
No, it's called England, which, along with Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland form "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".Jason Larsen wrote:What is your country called? The United Kingdom
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
Higgs Field.Charlie Reams wrote:Also there can't be a vacuum between the Earth and the Sun or the light would have nothing to travel through.
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
Ha. That's what they want you to think.Jason Larsen wrote:... we both live in free countries
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:00 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Pass the time?
- Replies: 153
- Views: 16275
Re: Pass the time?
Time to bump this, methinks. Clue: Footballer.
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
lol. Nice thought experiment except for one crucial element, namely the implication that every aspect of our conscious being is stored physically in our brain cells. If that were the case, our personalities and traits would be subject to continual change as random brain cells die in their hundreds ...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:11 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
Alec, exactly! Thanks. But that doesn't detract from David's original assertion that the odds of somebody achieving a score of 238 in one game of Countdown are almost immeasurably small. It is not enough to say it is improbable, it is improbable on a startling scale. Sorry, Jason, but there's more ...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2010- Saturday 30th January
- Replies: 204
- Views: 29827
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2010- Saturday 30th January
I solemnly promise not to give Alec a lift anywhere :lol: :oops: lol. No need to feel bad, Lesley; no harm was done at all. I still ended up on the same train from London to Folkestone as I would have been had you taken the slightly shorter route, so I'm just as grateful for the lift. And don't pan...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:49 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
Or this . lol. Nice thought experiment except for one crucial element, namely the implication that every aspect of our conscious being is stored physically in our brain cells. If that were the case, our personalities and traits would be subject to continual change as random brain cells die in their...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:55 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Do you pronounce the P in 'apterous'?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1939
Re: Do you pronounce the P in 'apterous'?
Isn't the P silent as in swimming?
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
Just say ERVEN.Marc Meakin wrote:What if someone ask me to make a word from ERENV apart from nerve.Jason Larsen wrote:It can happen because "lightning can strike." I'm just trying to be optimistic! Someone just might be able to beat the odds! Don't say never!
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: CountMax errors
- Replies: 727
- Views: 91050
Re: CountMax errors
That's what Prince Charles says, isn't it?Kirk Bevins wrote:Add HELOTRIES.
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
It does perfectly, thank you.Marc Meakin wrote:Does this http://www.thecountdownpage.com/letters.htm help
EDIT: That list shows the letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, and Z occurring only once but they come up more than once in a game, so I'm assuming the entire list is duplicated at least once.
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
There was a thread (at least one) where people came up with possible shuffles that would result in nines in every round, while keeping the standard distribution of letters. This doesn't make it remotely likely of course, but I think it's theoretically possible. That's why I was asking if anyone kno...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:05 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
- Replies: 479
- Views: 164450
Re: Words You Would Have Thought...
What annoys me is not so much Americans making up their own words/expressions, but annoying people over here using these expressions simply because they've heard them on some Amercian programme. Some of the expressions are alright, but some are just annoying. Yeah, dude, cos, like, all those awesom...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:59 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
- Replies: 479
- Views: 164450
Re: Words You Would Have Thought...
... less cultured peoples ... ... [a perfectly reasonable argument] ... Oh, so you're just a racist. lol. It seems I was being too subtle. I thought this whole conversation stemmed from my statement about Americanisms, so that's what I was alluding to. The only people I regard less cultured than us...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:41 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
- Replies: 479
- Views: 164450
Re: Words You Would Have Thought...
Well, I'm still not sure what you mean (so this might not be relevant) but I'm only against changes imposed by ignorant and less cultured peoples (as per my subjective judgement and values) so, for the most part, I love our language.
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:56 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
- Replies: 479
- Views: 164450
Re: Words You Would Have Thought...
By which you're implying that the vast majority of English is of American origin???Charlie Reams wrote:If you hate bastardisation then there can't be much of English that you do like.Alec Rivers wrote:Much as I hate the American bastardisation of our language
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:42 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 25th January 2010 (Series 62, Prelim 11)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1130
Re: Monday 25th January 2010 (Series 62, Prelim 11)
Tiny typo at round 3: flautist, not falutist. Nice word, though.
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6177
Re: Will anyone achieve a perfect score?
Can anyone tell me the distribution of letters used on the show?
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:33 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: A thread after Charlie's own heart
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1443
Re: A thread after Charlie's own heart
I have satellite TV but couldn't tell you who Steve Harvey is.Kirk Bevins wrote:I don't have cable and don't know Steve Harvey.Jason Larsen wrote:And if you have cable, oh yes Kirk, you have heard of Steve Harvey!