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Howard Somerset

Agree with Jon for Q1.

As for Q2, I don't see what relevance Tuesday has as all. So I go for 1/3 again.

Howard Somerset

Having watched the whole show on Monday, I got about two rounds in the middle of the show yesterday. I expect the trend to continue as the week goes on. I walked out in disgust when the contestants were asked to name the TALLER of four buildings. Incidentally, which was the tallest? I went for the S...

Howard Somerset

I can't offer anything to come up to Michael's suggestion, but if you're not prepared to do as he suggests, Charlie, a timely reminder here, together with a link, might will help.

Howard Somerset

James Robinson wrote:We have just 13 more prelims until the finals, and still 3 more places to fill. One of those will be filled today, if current champ Danny Pledger gets win no.7 under his belt today.

One of these will be filled today, even if Danny doesn't win.

Howard Somerset

Final progress 18:28 "Kirk has just tossed off Oli and Innis. Oli is going first, as it were." :o 18:30 "R1: 6 apiece. Charlie Dent got an 8 to shame the contestants." 18:32 "R2: Oli's XXXXXXXX beats Innis' invalid XXXXXXXX. 14-6." edited to remove spoilers 18:34 "...

Howard Somerset

More tweets from Phil 18:01 "I beat Jono!" 18:01 "Less importantly, Kirk and Innis are in the Grand Final." 18:19 "Correction correction correction. Carson - Garner is actually the final. Kirk got edged out on game points by Oli and Charlie on 5/6." "Innis has aver...

Howard Somerset

Received from Twitter about an hour ago:

Carson 84-66 Gough highlight of the round. Possibly a max game too. No real shocks, R2 about to start.

Howard Somerset

A very belated good wishes to all who are attending today.

And thanks phil for the twitter feed. I've just tuned in, but see nothing's there yet.

Howard Somerset

I've gone for indifferent. So indifferent in fact, that I've not even bothered to click the link to see what they are. I find such mascots a total irrelevance.

I'm not indifferent about polls about such matters, just so long as there's always an option which says "indifferent".

Howard Somerset

John Brackstone wrote:is rotator allowed? (round 1)

Only one T, John. Maybe you heard the eighth letter B as a second T.

I did just the reverse, and heard the second letter T as a P, so unlike you, I had no Ts at all in the selection.

Howard Somerset

Liam Tiernan wrote:The subtitler missed it altogether, but it looks to me like he said ASSURE.

Then that's what I will go with.

Howard Somerset

Round 13: Z W O A E S R S U C1: AROUSES (7) C2: SWEARS (6) DC: ASURES (6) Score: 68–48 (max 108) Are you sure it wasn't AZURES, Howard :?: As in that shade of blue. I must admit I can't remember which it was. It might even have been ASSURE. I even looked up ASURE and only found it in relation to so...

Howard Somerset

Countdown recap for Monday 17 May 2010. C1: Champion Danny Pledger (1 win, 92 points) C2: Challenger Steven King. DC: Susie Dent and Colin Jackson. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. Danny won a close game last Friday to move into the champion's chair. Will he make it a second win, or i...

Howard Somerset

About half an hour to write the program, six hours to build the database, and then another half-hour to compile the results you wanted. Are you planning to do similar for the other four choices of selection? A quick estimate, based on the above, suggests: a few minutes to adapt your program for eac...

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I make there to be 55 possible combinations of 2 small, and 899 possible targets. So that's a possible 49445 selections. My thoughts were that, in theory, if somebody could run all these combinations through some sort of programme and somehow record the results it would be interesting to then sort ...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:Well as you know I'm available to do any recaps whenever so if you need them doing then just message me or whatever. Dinos is back to his Tuesdays starting from 18th May right?

Ok to take alternate Mondays then?

Howard Somerset

I fear that I could regret clicking the link in your opening post, Charlie, or my wife may not see me again for a few days.

I wonder how long I'll be able to resist that simple click.

Howard Somerset

It works well, and I'd certainly recommend it. Much easier than before I tried it.

Howard Somerset

Ben Wilson wrote:
Ian Dent wrote:Pull your finger out lads.

Lloyd Pettet wrote:In please Ian
Am I the only one wishing there were a few posts between the two immediately above?

Perhaps Ian and Lloyd are good friends.

Howard Somerset

Thanks, James. Good thing that at least one person here is on the ball. :) That's bad form there, Howard, or is it that you don't like the way that Nicki spelt Nicki :?: The 4th mistake is even the wrong person altogether :!: I've had trouble spelling Nicki's name ever since I first saw her recordin...

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Countdown recap for Monday 3 May 2010. C1: Champion Lee Graham (1 win, 76 points.) C2: Challenger Nick Singh. DC: Susie Dent and Kate Humble. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. Lee knocked out six times winner Nicki last Friday in yet another nail-biting finish for Nicki, but this time ...

Howard Somerset

Nice one Lesley.

There's a lot of truth in many of them.

Howard Somerset

Agreed! Great puzzle. Never seen anything quite like that one before. Now determined to demonstrate it, with a blindfold, sometime.

When reading the puzzle, I quite thought that it was clearly impossible.

Looking forward to more.

Howard Somerset

I will probably be giving up my recapping slot at the end of the series. However, this is not definite and I will confirm this if I do decide to give up. If you do give it up I don't mind taking up Tuesdays full-time from Series 63. However an increase in regularity might mean quality of Dinos-caps...

Howard Somerset

I'll settle for this one.

Howard Somerset

Maybe we should all do an image google search on our full name, and change our avi to the first pic that comes up. I remember doing that on another forum a while back, but it was stopped when someone came up with a porn pic.

Howard Somerset

Lesley Hines wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:They spelt my name wrong, but other than that - it's about fucking time.
A-lol Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice picture!

Love it! You should use that as your new avi.

Howard Somerset

Last time I googled mine (using quotes around the full name), most of the hits were for people with surname Howard, who lived in Somerset, either in England or USA. A lot of other hits too, and a surprisingly large number referring to me, one of which related to a job I was doing in the early 1970s....

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Matt Bayfield wrote:I think I've worked this out:

(a) the home team's largest stand was 81 (and the away team's largest stand was 63)
(b) the match was tied, both teams finishing on 99 all out

I can provide my working on request!

I agree on both counts

Howard Somerset

You think that's strange? You appear to share a birthday with CF as well, there's some serious copycatting going on here. (awesome, the forum reckons copycatting is a word :)) Well, I got in first. It's everyone else who's doing the copycatting. (def one of the uglier words) And wish CF a happy bir...

Howard Somerset

Jon Corby wrote:At your age, the odds aren't great I'm afraid

(happy birthday!)

And getting worse as the years pass.

Howard Somerset

Davy Affleck wrote:It's good to get a bite when you fling a worm in the water!

lol

Howard Somerset

Thanks, all. And I hope you're having an even better day than I am, Callum.

Strange, we shared our birthday last year too. Wonder if we'll make it three in a row.

Howard Somerset

I am getting a bit worried about Rachel. She has had a cold & laringytis for about 3 weeks now. But in real time, it's only just over a day. First time her voice was heard like it is at the moment was around 1 pm on a Monday. Today's programme was around 3:30 the following day. After next week'...

Howard Somerset

Douglas Wilson wrote:What is transmission date for the first QF?

Just heard. Finals due for transmission 10th - 18th June.

Howard Somerset

Douglas Wilson wrote:What is transmission date for the first QF?

My guess is 10th or 17th June, but can let you know for certain by tomorrow evening.

Howard Somerset

Kirk Bevins wrote:I'll be getting there 08:51 on Wednesday - tad early but I save so much by travelling on that specific train.

Not yet decided whether to drive or go by train on Wednesday. Both have their advantages.

Howard Somerset

David O'Donnell wrote:Infinitely glad it was not in Lincoln.

I feel just the opposite, David.

Howard Somerset

Jon Corby wrote:I don't want to rewatch old episodes. I'll take the Mondays then if there's no objection or rival bidding - I assume Howard is on next Monday, so I'll start the one after that, yeah?

Good news, Jon.

Howard Somerset

It's now resurrected on 4oD

Howard Somerset

I've not tried it yet, so I don't have a solution, and don't yet know how difficult or easy it is. I had a go last night, before dropping off to sleep. Turned out reasonably straight forward, and not up to the standard of some of the puzzles in this thread. I'l leave it here though, as some might l...

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Cricket Puzzle This isn't one of mine; I saw it in today's Sunday Times. And this seems like an appropriate thread for it. I've not tried it yet, so I don't have a solution, and don't yet know how difficult or easy it is. George and Martha were watching cricket. After the visitors' innings, George s...

Howard Somerset

Thanks for the link, Jacob. That's one I ws still hoping to catch, after being away for Easter.

Howard Somerset

apologise rather sheepishly to Howard and Rich who were somewhat rashly coming along to support me . :oops: Phil - please don't worry about it.We knew your debut was the last game the day before and therefore that we weren't guaranteed to get to see you play.It was good to meet you at the studios n...

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37. Sugar

39. Who's going to win series 62?

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8. At my age? Yes please!

10. If you could exchange bodies with any other member of this forum, who would you choose?

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Bob De Caux wrote:FWIW Howard, there is a formula for 4 digits:

For any a, if b=3a+1, c=3a+1, d=2a+1 and base=3a+2 then dcba=2*abcd

Excellent!

Now. Does that give all of the possibilities? Or are there some others. In particular, are there any solutions for which a, b, c, and d are all different?

Howard Somerset

Matt Morrison wrote:How quickly this has become a thread I simply don't belong in. Haha.

But you're a superb catalyst, Matt.

Howard Somerset

EDIT: they're not the only solutions! For any a, if b=3a+1, c=2a+1 and base=3a+2, it will work Well done, Bob. I'd not got round to looking at 3 or 4 digits, as I've had something else on this morning. I'd already found something very similar with two digits. If b=2a+1, and base is 3a+2, then ba al...

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One of my unfortunate habits is trying to develop puzzles into an extended version. So going back to the insoluble original, in which the pin number is doubled to create its reverse, how about that same problem, except that you can chose your number base. It's not unreasonable that it might work. Fo...

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Thanks for the explanation Howard, that was great to read. Stupid puzzle, sorry I posted it without knowing anything about it. Certainly agree with your reasoning! No worries, Matt. I get just as much enjoyment in proving that a puzzle cannot be solved, than in finding a solution. :) Indeed, I used...

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Well I don't see any other answer. Suppose abcd is the smaller, and dcba is the larger. a must be even, since it's the last digit of a number which is twice another. a is also the first digit of the smaller number, so a must be 0, 2 or 4 Looking at the units digits of the multiplication by 2: if a i...

Howard Somerset

0000 and 0000 works. But I'm sure that's not what you're thinking of.

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Countdown recap for Monday 19 April 2010. C1: Champion Claudia Tyson (4 wins, 319 points.) C2: Challenger Carol Rudland. DC: Susie Dent and Ken Bruce. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. Claudia, a civilian practice nurse from Amphill, near Toddington Services on the M1, is back for a se...

Howard Somerset

Kate Horton not in the end credits? Has she left the programme? I noticed that too. I'm wondering if this was recorded on the week that Jeff, Rachel & Susie were on This Morning , because Rachel mentioned Kate giving birth that day, so she might've been on maternity leave. :idea: Not sure when ...

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It took three goes to get my first word correctly. That's because I answered wrongly on the first two occasions. :oops: There should probably be some text about how the interface works but I'm lazy, I'm sure people will figure it out after a few goes. Well the second time was entirely my own fault,...

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It took three goes to get my first word correctly. That's because I answered wrongly on the first two occasions.

Looks good. I might even try reading the article later.

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James Robinson wrote:So, that's be done for the week, probably. Unless someone wants to start an argument about something.

Since I like to keep clear of arguments, I'll just stay quiet.

Howard Somerset

Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Howard Somerset wrote:...I only offered to keep half of his slot warm...
...MUST...RESIST!

Glad you did, Dinos.

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Mike Brown wrote:I don't suppose we can tempt Monday recapping legend Jim back to the fray in the meantime??

Good idea. He did say that he was stepping down temporarily. And I only offered to keep half of his slot warm while he had a break.

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