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- Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jeremy Beadle
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3533
Re: Jeremy Beadle
I dunno, I'm sure JB himself would've seen the funny side, even though it's not a very good joke. It's in better taste than "GOTCHA!" anyway.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7895
Re: Versus Par
They obviously rigged the letters so he couldn't beat the octototal of our Great White Hope, Julian Fell. I'm just waiting for the drug scandal to break.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:37 am
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: Recap for 24 January 2003 - C of C XI Grand Final
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6724
Re: Recap for 24 January 2003 - C of C XI Grand Final
Corby doesn't count as untrophied because his Countdown career isn't over yet. I guess you could say the same thing about a future Supreme Championship but that's much more speculative, and wouldn't measure much anyway.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jeremy Beadle
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3533
Re: Jeremy Beadle
It would be pretty weird if there were a clip art picture of your step-dad.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:31 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7895
Re: Versus Par
Are you sure about that?Ben Pugh wrote:And one is the victim of racism.Charlie Reams wrote:You certainly have a talent for stating the obvious, Martin. Also the main difference between Craig Beevers and Barry Bonds is that only one of them is a cheating bastard.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7895
Re: Versus Par
That still rewards plodders over flair players. It has to be said that there is still some imbalance in the scores available. Had John Delaney gone on to be an octochamp with a perfect score, he could've made an incredible 1100. Had Neil Green done the same, he would've made just 964. (These are the...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7895
Re: Versus Par
You certainly have a talent for stating the obvious, Martin. Also the main difference between Craig Beevers and Barry Bonds is that only one of them is a cheating bastard.
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7895
Re: Versus Par
Yes, maxima counting is much more stable in that respect, and the flat vs hard rounds problem is not that significant over 88 rounds anyway. Jono and I started doing stats on this at some point but we got bored, because boys are like that. Once the wiki project is complete, we'll be able to summon a...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 31st January 2008
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3373
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 31st January 2008
Are you planning to do recaps for your own games, Julian? At least then Jono might get over his crush.
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jeremy Beadle
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3533
Jeremy Beadle
Another of the Countdown faithful has made their last appearance - Jeremy Beadle has passed away at the untimely age of 59. I was never a big fan but I certainly preferred his unassuming if unamusing antics to... well, let's not make it negative shall we? R.I.P. Jeremy.
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 31st January 2008
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3373
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 31st January 2008
Maybe you were thinking of NOSEMA?
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Recap volunteer please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2711
Re: Recap volunteer please
I suspect Julian will get that one.
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Series 58, Game 21, Wednesday 30th January 2008
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2672
Re: Series 58, Game 21, Wednesday 30th January 2008
Curiously that exact bug occurred to me today while I was thinking about 4 large. I will fix it shortly. The good news is that the recaps are now editable, so you can correct it.
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th January 2008
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7788
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th January 2008
Do you really live in Hnampshire?
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:37 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th January 2008
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7788
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th January 2008
Hey they were two thirds right.
EDIT: Dinos spoilt my joke
EDIT: Dinos spoilt my joke
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5411
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
Looks like this page might need an update...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Recaps / Countdownwiki
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2346
Re: Recaps / Countdownwiki
You never replied to my email about the wiki, in which I gave a pretty length explanation of why it's worthwhile. But it's not meant as a replacement for the daily recaps and I have no intention of killing off the Corral - where did that come from?!
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Recaps / Countdownwiki
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2346
Re: Recaps / Countdownwiki
I have a backup of all the email recaps and will probably rehome them on the Corral at some point to remove the dependency on Yahoo, although obviously I'll maintain a link to the original. The project to transcribe them to the Wiki is well under way (40% done last time I checked), which will be a m...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5411
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
Awesome. I love to see records get broken, and especially by such a great bloke as DO'D. I hope she joins the forum.
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN games
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7719
Re: COLIN games
How many people would buy the book if they knew the same information is available for free?
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: Recap for 24 January 2003 - C of C XI Grand Final
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6724
Re: Recap for 24 January 2003 - C of C XI Grand Final
Also the above post was written by the greatest untrophied player in the history of Countdown.
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Series 58, Game 20 (Tuesday January 29th 2008)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2372
Re: Series 58, Game 20 (Tuesday January 29th 2008)
Good recap, congratulations! I've added it to the index for you. If you become a regular recapper then I'll send you instructions on doing that yourself.
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:22 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Hat Trick
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5046
Re: Hat Trick
Cambridge Maths last I heard, but the admission papers are similar. It's a year or two yet though, I think.
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:49 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Suggestions thread?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8107
Re: Suggestions thread?
Good question. I changed the setting "Membership Type" to "Closed (only invited members can join)" so that new users didn't sign up to mailing list without reading the notice about this place. Apparently Yahoo, due to being a piece of shit, interprets this to mean you have to log...
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1961
- Views: 1050601
Re: Welcome!
Gary Male's mum used to be a member. We could have a "bring your parent" day at Colin 2009. That would be awesome.
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28th January 2008.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4389
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28th January 2008.
Oh, the recap's up already. Cancel that.
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28th January 2008.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4389
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28th January 2008.
Can someone break the suspense and reassure me that DO'D won again?
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum hints & tips
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11098
Re: Forum hints & tips
People have still been reporting cookie issues, and I've now experienced them myself. I think (hope!) that this is now fixed once and for all, as I've changed some stuff. But do let me know if it's still not fixed.
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:36 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 24th January (Davids 1st game)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8798
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 24th January (Davids 1st game)
I think it's more that you were the first player to take word knowledge to ridiculous new heights, and that you knew what most of them meant. That set the pace for the current batch of experts.
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2008
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7706
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2008
The results table, and some other stuff, is now in the Wiki article.
- Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 24th January (Davids 1st game)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8798
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 24th January (Davids 1st game)
Pretty much, yeah.
- Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: CountGen2
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2691
- Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Mathmo Test
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6217
Re: The Mathmo Test
1729 = 9³ + 10³ = 12³ + 1³. It's the smallest number that is the sum of two cubes in two different ways, which is the subject of a story about Ramanujan which has been retold so many times that most mathematicians want to scream and smash things when they hear it. Here it is, as told by another grea...
- Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Caption Competition
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6722
Re: Caption Competition
You mean you want a serious caption? How unsporting! It's a photo from Colin 2008, which was yesterday.
- Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:37 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Suggestions thread?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8107
Re: Suggestions thread?
There's a spoilers forum, so no need for spoiler space.
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Suggestions thread?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8107
Re: Suggestions thread?
Thanks to everyone who's posted or spoken to me with suggestions. I'll look into technical things, and discuss the remainder with the other mods. To address the main issue of the moment, I'm receiving totally mixed opinions about more/fewer/the same number of forums, so for now I'll leave it at 5 an...
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: [20080124] Thursday's Game
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1475
[20080124] Thursday's Game
Countdown recap for Thursday 24th January 2008. Written by Stuart Earl, reposted here with permission. C1: Champion Marjorie Hillman (3 wins.) C2: Challenger David O'Donnell, buyer of Stuart's ebook. DC: Alison Heard and Trudy Godwin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: S P C I E...
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Caption Competition
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6722
Re: Caption Competition
Stewart agrees to allow SALIVAS in return for Dave's "services". Jeff drools at the thought.
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Feedback on Colin 2008
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5521
Feedback on Colin 2008
Bloody brilliant.
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum hints & tips
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11098
Re: Forum hints & tips
Humm, you can try clearing them, but that's unlikely to be the issue. More likely Internet Explorer has decided that you are too stupid to know which cookies you want to keep, and deletes the "Log me back in" cookie each time you close the browser. If you keep experiencing problems, I'd fo...
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:01 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Suggestions thread?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8107
Re: Suggestions thread?
I'm still considering merging Recaps with Spoilers. Maybe we can have a poll.
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:58 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum hints & tips
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11098
Re: Forum hints & tips
Originally c4countdown.co.uk was just a nasty frame wrapper around the ugly URL. This inept system was, I barely need say, organised by one J. Stitcher.
The new setup uses DNS as God intended, so it should work.
The new setup uses DNS as God intended, so it should work.
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: [20030311] Recap for Tuesday 11th March 2003
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1505
[20030311] Recap for Tuesday 11th March 2003
Countdown recap for Tuesday 11th March 2003: http://www.countdownwiki.com/Episode_3436 First semi-final of the ladies championship. C1: Challenger Hilary Hopper, Series 13 champion. C2: Challenger Liz Barber, Series 20 champion. DC: Alison Heard and Rick Wakeman. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: [20030310] Recap for Monday 10th March 2003
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1450
[20030310] Recap for Monday 10th March 2003
Countdown recap for Monday 10th March 2003: http://www.countdownwiki.com/Episode_3435 C1: Champion Keith Johnson (3 wins, 246 points.) C2: Challenger Andrew Tatham. DC: Alison Heard and Rick Wakeman. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: L D S E O A R P O R02: N S R A L I O E C R03...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: [20030307] Recap for Friday 7th March 2003
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1473
[20030307] Recap for Friday 7th March 2003
Countdown recap for Friday 7th March 2003: http://www.countdownwiki.com/Episode_3434 C1: Champion Keith Johnson (2 wins, 155 points.) C2: Challenger Eileen Draycott. DC: Alison Heard and Barry Norman. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: K B R L O I U M E R02: S L S I E N D U E R0...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum hints & tips
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11098
Re: Forum hints & tips
I've reconfigured it. The full URL (c4countdown.co.uk) is now the one to use and cookies should behave correctly. No other URLs will work, so if you're reading this, you probably figured that out already
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum hints & tips
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11098
Re: Forum hints & tips
Yes, perfectly legitimate question Mary. I think the answer is that Wednesday's recap has not yet been posted (Adam usually posts it at the weekend) and Thursday's has not yet been posted here, but Stuart may do that later today.
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Letter distribution
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11925
Re: Letter distribution
I'll update the page at some stage, Jim, and may update CountGen if anyone's bothered.
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 22nd January 2008
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4039
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 22nd January 2008
I agree that it's not that hard but in fairness, an equivalent problem recently proved too difficult for K. Bevins BSc Maths (Hons).
- Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Alison/Susie?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10037
Re: Alison/Susie?
Well, I said the opposite of that, but I appreciate the thought.Yes, I agree with Soo that a lexicographer should be very reserved and not have too much personality.
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Alison/Susie?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10037
Re: Alison/Susie?
Susie is the best in so many ways. I love how gently she tells contestants that their words are misspelt/capitalised/not in the selection (or all three) and how she is still excited to declare a 9.
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:04 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Hat Trick
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5046
Re: Hat Trick
Cheers
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4177
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
I guess ADEHINOST and AEILMORTS both look promising and yield several of 8s. Conor probably has better examples.
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum hints & tips
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11098
Re: Forum hints & tips
No probs. Anyone else who wants a name change, let me know.
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:50 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Hat Trick
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5046
Re: Hat Trick
I'm going to assume that 1) they can declare in any order 2) they can hear each other's declarations. Otherwise the problem does appear to be insoluble (or rather there's no better strategy than guessing.) The naive strategy has an average of 5 people saved, and a minimum of 0. (I'm not sure if we'r...
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:23 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2008
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7706
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2008
I'll be attending my first one since Cobris 2006. Hooray!
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum hints & tips
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11098
Re: Forum hints & tips
You ask a friendly neighbourhood mod like me.
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum hints & tips
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11098
Re: Forum hints & tips
I don't know what the little star means. The large star on some of the forums means it may contain spoilers. I reused one of the images as the icon for the recap forum, which may have been a mistake. Urp. Haven't really figured this all out yet.
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:25 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Pirates Puzzle! (no Googling)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 22057
Re: Pirates Puzzle! (no Googling)
I've seen this puzzle before and it's a good'un.
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum hints & tips
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11098
Re: Forum hints & tips
The animated scrolling ones have new posts since you last visited. I agree that this could be clearer, but I have no facilities for editing animated GIFs. If anyone else can help then please let me know.