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- Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday November 18th 2013
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12228
Re: Spoilers For Monday November 18th 2013
My apologies, FISHSLATE isn't valid.
- Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday November 18th 2013
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12228
Re: Spoilers For Monday November 18th 2013
Really not happy with the conundrum. FAITHLESS=FISHSLATE too.
- Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Record round scores?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2843
Re: Record round scores?
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...
- Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:47 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Record round scores?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2843
Re: Record round scores?
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...
- Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:42 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday November 12th 2013 (S69 P90)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4280
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday November 12th 2013 (S69 P90)
LikeDavid 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.
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Record round scores?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2843
Re: Record round scores?
Sorry - typo - edited!
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10040
Re: Random?
Interesting!
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10040
Re: Random?
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......
Q. Have there been far more higher numbers than lower? Say, if you looked at numbers in 100's, 200's, 300's......
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 1:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coincidence
- Replies: 224
- Views: 90164
Re: Coincidence
I was thinking of my Dad earlier and the phone rang — it was him on the other end of the phone!!!
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 1:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Air dates and guests?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3811
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:53 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
Re: The best films of all-time?
Me too!
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:50 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774241
Re: Ask Graeme?
Jen has the best total % of max if all games are considered, this of course may go down...
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:49 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774241
Re: Ask Graeme?
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...
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:06 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Air dates and guests?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3811
Re: Air dates and guests?
PS
so called 'Intelligent folk' on here are mostly dickheads of no help whatsoever!!!
so called 'Intelligent folk' on here are mostly dickheads of no help whatsoever!!!
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Air dates and guests?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3811
Re: Air dates and guests?
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...
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:21 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
Re: The best films of all-time?
Why so worrying?Ian Volante wrote:Our taste in films is worrying similar, Wizard of Oz excepted. Disappointing lack of Flash Gordon.
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Record round scores?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2843
Record round scores?
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 ...
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 4:58 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday November 13th 2013 (S69 P91)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1341
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday November 13th 2013 (S69 P91)
This boy could be the 8th finalist IMHO!!!
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 4:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday November 12th 2013 (S69 P90)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4280
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday November 12th 2013 (S69 P90)
Susie's job is hard, give her a break FFS!
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 4:54 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10040
Re: Random?
DEFO!!! But randomness is VERY random and nothing like what us humans expect!
- Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
Re: The best films of all-time?
Never seen Flash Gordon... any good?Ian Volante wrote:Our taste in films is worrying similar, Wizard of Oz excepted. Disappointing lack of Flash Gordon.
- Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:01 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday November 11th 2013
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2514
Re: Spoilers For Monday November 11th 2013
Only one more winning 6 or more to bag no. 7 seed is my prediction...!!!
- Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774241
Re: Ask Graeme?
I've never understood why mode is used, it can be very inaccurate compared to the mean?
- Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10040
Re: Random?
Could the endless decimal digits of pi do a better job that the date? Statistically speaking?
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Air dates and guests?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3811
Re: Air dates and guests?
I give up...
You tell me?
Kindest regards,
Dave Butthurt Preece.
You tell me?
Kindest regards,
Dave Butthurt Preece.
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Air dates and guests?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3811
Re: Air dates and guests?
Haha, Zarte, any suggestions?
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday November 7th 2013 (S69 P87)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2939
Re: Spoilers for Thursday November 7th 2013 (S69 P87)
I honestly thought it seemed like he'd had a little bit too much 'Dutch courage' before the game!
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Air dates and guests?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3811
Re: Air dates and guests?
That's not a bad idea, thanks you the advice! Can you recommended a good brand please?
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 3:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Air dates and guests?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3811
Re: Air dates and guests?
How the hell can I chill Jennifer when I feel soooooooooooo butthurt all the time?
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:30 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Puzzle for programmers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2207
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:26 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless (In General)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 18825
Re: Pointless (In General)
Bingham - to date - is my only final round pointless answer!
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Air dates and guests?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3811
Re: Air dates and guests?
Airdates
Air dates
Air-dates
Who cares, really?
Air dates
Air-dates
Who cares, really?
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10040
Re: Random?
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...
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10040
Re: Random?
So... Yes or no?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?
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Don't ask Graeme
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3549
Re: Don't ask Graeme
Has anyone been sad enough to appreciate you that much, that they thanked you a second time?
Cheers Graeme!
Cheers Graeme!
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Air dates and guests?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3811
Air dates and guests?
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 ...
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 11:47 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2012 - voting
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6547
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2012 - voting
How do you go about working this out Andy?Andy Platt wrote:Trying to work out how many people voted from those decimal places, was it 12?
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 11:20 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
Re: The best films of all-time?
Absolutely, I realised The Godfather, for example, is a masterpiece of a film, but I simply thought it was just good!
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 11:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Don't ask Graeme
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3549
Re: Don't ask Graeme
LOL!Jon O'Neill wrote:Graeme - can you answer my question in the Ask Graeme thread mate.
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Don't ask Graeme
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3549
Re: Don't ask Graeme
PS.
THANKS GRAEME x
THANKS GRAEME x
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Don't ask Graeme
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3549
Re: Don't ask Graeme
Jack you are now my new hero!JackHurst wrote:Yeah Graeme, thanks for keeping Dave Preece mostly confined to one thread.
(Just Joking, Dave)
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
Re: The best films of all-time?
So, is a film buff, a film expert?
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10040
Re: Random?
Surely a statistician is to random numbers what a hairdresser is to trimming a beard?Michael Wallace wrote:I am totally going to start calling myself a 'random numbers expert' rather than a statistician now.
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10040
Re: Random?
No!Gavin Chipper wrote:Is this a numbers expert picked at random?
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10040
Re: Random?
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...???
Numberphile on Youtube recently had a video about a true random number generator being made from some dangerous radioactive chemical...???
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:33 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: An exciting moment
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4947
Re: An exciting moment
Was THAT really necessary?Johnny Canuck wrote:Was that really necessary?Dave Preece wrote:What a fucking idiot!
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
Re: The best films of all-time?
Jon Corby wrote:Fuck right off.Dave Preece wrote:The worst 20 films I've seen:
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)
LOL!!!
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774241
Re: Ask Graeme?
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 ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 2:16 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: An exciting moment
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4947
Re: An exciting moment
Jason!Dave Preece wrote:What a fucking idiot!
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:41 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
Re: The best films of all-time?
Or are you suggesting it's right up there with Shawshank and Pulp???
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:40 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
Re: The best films of all-time?
Cool Runnings was IMHO shite!
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774241
Re: Ask Graeme?
Ironically the 5,200 declared-game was VERY easy to solve, even for me!
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
Re: The best films of all-time?
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...
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:41 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
Re: The best films of all-time?
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...
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21947
The best films of all-time?
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...
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10040
Random?
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?
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:15 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: An exciting moment
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4947
Re: An exciting moment
What a fucking idiot!
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:11 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless (In General)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 18825
Re: Pointless (In General)
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?
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?
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743141
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
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...
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774241
Re: Ask Graeme?
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...