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Next letter in sequence

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:15 am
by Kirk Bevins
What's the next letter in this sequence:

Y S H S R N S #

I think it's to do with people's names, rather than position in the alphabet.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:35 pm
by Ryan Taylor
You entering competitions again? Any context to go with this at all that might help?

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:51 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Ryan Taylor wrote:You entering competitions again? Any context to go with this at all that might help?
Yes and no, respectively. The title is "name game", hence my clue that it's to do with people. "What letter should appear next in this sequence?" (so that also implies that position is important)

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:00 pm
by Matt Morrison
Company names maybe, I doubt any person's name is going to start with a hash.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:29 pm
by Kirk Bevins
I've done it now. It's not people (or companies).

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:40 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Kirk Bevins wrote:I've done it now. It's not people (or companies).
Spoiler: Think planets.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:53 pm
by Adam Gillard
Kirk Bevins wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:I've done it now. It's not people (or companies).
Spoiler: Think planets.
Solution*: Think planets.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:41 am
by Matt Morrison
Adam Gillard wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:I've done it now. It's not people (or companies).
Spoiler: Think planets.
Solution*: Think planets.
Oh yeah, solved.

Yercury Senus Harth Sars Rupiter Naturn Sranus #eptune

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:46 am
by Andy Platt
Ha, that last hashtag was indeed really offputting - I'd presumed it was part of the sequence and what I was thinking was that it was something like a random dictionary's "Word of the Year" or some shit, and to reflect modern trends the last one had a hashtag or something.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:47 pm
by Matt Morrison
Oh, it isn't part of the sequence?

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:48 pm
by Matt Morrison
Kirk has really excelled himself with the explanation and handling of this thread.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:04 pm
by Andy Platt
New one, what is the next letter in this sequence?

K R K M K K A M A M M A ..

(Note the lack of hashtag)

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:11 pm
by Graeme Cole
Andy Platt wrote:New one, what is the next letter in this sequence?

K R K M K K A M A M M A ..

(Note the lack of hashtag)
Chameleon?

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:20 pm
by Matt Morrison
G (extra points for being so confident/cocky I didn't even check it?!)

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:16 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Matt Morrison wrote:Oh, it isn't part of the sequence?
Course it isn't. I thought you were clearly joking with your company comment but seemingly not. Call yourselves intelligent, pah!

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:45 pm
by Matt Morrison
The hash symbol, that classic marker of a missing letter which is never ever associated with numbers.

I could guess it was part of the sequence or guess it wasn't, either way would be a guess.
When you said it was something to do with planets, I assumed it was names of moons or something, quite feasible to have a moon called "#102H" or something.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:19 am
by Johnny Canuck
I gots one:

W W F D C H T M T B W B O M B D G H M C W J ...

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:57 am
by Matt Morrison
Can we have the first one solved first please

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:32 am
by Edward McCullagh
Johnny Canuck wrote:I gots one:

W W F D C H T M T B W B O M B D G H M C W J ...
Answer: H (then S ;) )

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:47 am
by Kirk Bevins
Matt Morrison wrote:The hash symbol, that classic marker of a missing letter which is never ever associated with numbers.

I could guess it was part of the sequence or guess it wasn't, either way would be a guess.
When you said it was something to do with planets, I assumed it was names of moons or something, quite feasible to have a moon called "#102H" or something.
I can give you countless examples where a hash does not represent a number. I didn't wanna put "..." as that means "and so on" or "to infinity" and in this case it didn't apply. It was quite obvious that hash was not part of the sequence as it would have said "what's the next character in the sequence" or something. I was actually going to reply to you when you mentioned "it must be a company as it has a hashtag" or something but then thought better of it as I assumed you were clearly taking the piss. I honestly can't believe I'm explaining myself here.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:51 am
by Kirk Bevins
Matt Morrison wrote: I doubt any person's name is going to start with a hash.
Ex-fucking-actly.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:34 pm
by Jon O'Neill
Kirk Bevins wrote:I can give you countless examples where a hash does not represent a number.
Just three will satisfy me?

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:08 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Jon O'Neill wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:I can give you countless examples where a hash does not represent a number.
Just three will satisfy me?
What's the next letter in this sequence? O T T F F S #
What's the next letter in this sequence? A B C D E F #
What's the next character in this sequence? ASDFGHJKL;'

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:31 pm
by Ryan Taylor
Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast!

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:01 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Andy Platt wrote:New one, what is the next letter in this sequence?

K R K M K K A M A M M A ..

(Note the lack of hashtag)
Two dots might confuse someone as they could just as much be part of a sequence as a hash symbol. At the risk of siding with Kirk, "next letter" would normally imply that they're all letters. If a hash could be part of the sequence, you would ask what the next symbol is.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:37 pm
by Graeme Cole
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Andy Platt wrote:New one, what is the next letter in this sequence?

K R K M K K A M A M M A ..

(Note the lack of hashtag)
Two dots might confuse someone as they could just as much be part of a sequence as a hash symbol. At the risk of siding with Kirk, "next letter" would normally imply that they're all letters. If a hash could be part of the sequence, you would ask what the next symbol is.
What about a question mark?

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:55 pm
by Matt Morrison
I think question mark is the only one you can get away with without confusion. A hash is really, really stupid.

Can anyone think of a "next?"-type sequence that would start with letters and then have a question mark as the final preceding clue?
Fuck it, let's throw it open to all symbols.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:36 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Matt Morrison wrote:A hash is really, really stupid.
It really isn't. I sent it to several people by text and not one of them thought it was part of the sequence.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:59 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Graeme Cole wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Andy Platt wrote:New one, what is the next letter in this sequence?

K R K M K K A M A M M A ..

(Note the lack of hashtag)
Two dots might confuse someone as they could just as much be part of a sequence as a hash symbol. At the risk of siding with Kirk, "next letter" would normally imply that they're all letters. If a hash could be part of the sequence, you would ask what the next symbol is.
What about a question mark?
Was that a question? There's no way to be sure.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:51 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Also I'd just sent several texts with crossword solutions via text (and online) in the format: C##CK#T. The hash represents a missing letter, not a number.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:38 pm
by Matt Morrison
That's completely different to a sequence and requires no explanation.
I think C!!CK!T, C@@CK@T or even C,.CK;T would also get the right response.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:56 am
by Dave Preece
Graeme Cole wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Andy Platt wrote:New one, what is the next letter in this sequence?

K R K M K K A M A M M A ..

(Note the lack of hashtag)
Two dots might confuse someone as they could just as much be part of a sequence as a hash symbol. At the risk of siding with Kirk, "next letter" would normally imply that they're all letters. If a hash could be part of the sequence, you would ask what the next symbol is.
What about a question mark?
BINGO!!!

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:05 am
by Mark Deeks
You guys are kind of boring. fyi.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 2:56 pm
by JackHurst
Gonna Hijack this thread with a number sequence. Can you tell me the next few numbers in this sequence:

0 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 4 1 3 1 3...

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 4:35 pm
by Graeme Cole
JackHurst wrote:Gonna Hijack this thread with a number sequence. Can you tell me the next few numbers in this sequence:

0 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 4 1 3 1 3...
... 2 2 1 4 2 2 3 3 1 3...

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:23 pm
by JackHurst
N1 Graeme.

I wont post the reasoning for it just yet in case anybody else still wants a go

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:34 pm
by Matt Morrison
JackHurst wrote:I wont post the reasoning for it just yet in case anybody else still wants a go
... 2 2 1 4 2 2 3 3 1 3... ?

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 11:35 pm
by Zarte Siempre
Matt Morrison wrote:
JackHurst wrote:I wont post the reasoning for it just yet in case anybody else still wants a go
... 2 2 1 4 2 2 3 3 1 3... ?
I nearly did this myself. But I knew you'd want to. I'm glad I've been proved right.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 11:51 pm
by JackHurst
Matt Morrison wrote:
JackHurst wrote:I wont post the reasoning for it just yet in case anybody else still wants a go
... 2 2 1 4 2 2 3 3 1 3... ?
It's an infinite sequence, so anybody who still wants a go can carry on the sequence past the point Graeme stopped at.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 12:50 am
by Johnny Canuck
Q Q S N D N J G F H W K M I ?

Hint: This sequence is associated with the person I've been trying to add to Apterous Dictionary Corner for over a year.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 2:01 am
by Mark James
Johnny Canuck wrote:Q Q S N D N J G F H W K M I ?

Hint: This sequence is associated with the person I've been trying to add to Apterous Dictionary Corner for over a year.
The hint made it very obvious for me. It's M for Made in Heaven. Although the sequence should have been Q Q S A A N J T F H T A T I. The words A and The are still part of the names.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 3:44 am
by Johnny Canuck
Mark James wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote:Q Q S N D N J G F H W K M I ?

Hint: This sequence is associated with the person I've been trying to add to Apterous Dictionary Corner for over a year.
The hint made it very obvious for me. It's M for Made in Heaven. Although the sequence should have been Q Q S A A N J T F H T A T I. The words A and The are still part of the names.
In that case, can you guess what TV series is represented by this sequence?

T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T ...

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:07 am
by Matt Morrison
friends

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 2:55 pm
by Johnny Canuck
Matt Morrison wrote:friends
Yep. Could almost be The Big Bang Theory, as well, although that has a P in the first position. (Friends might as well; I didn't check...)

Another TV-related one (this time, excluding "A"s and "The"s in the first positions):
E N C L W L J B H H B D ...

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:05 pm
by Ian Volante
Johnny Canuck wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:friends
Yep. Could almost be The Big Bang Theory, as well, although that has a P in the first position. (Friends might as well; I didn't check...)

Another TV-related one (this time, excluding "A"s and "The"s in the first positions):
E N C L W L J B H H B D ...
Red Dwarf.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:13 pm
by Johnny Canuck
Ian Volante wrote:Red Dwarf.
Sorry, that's not the correct show. Right genre, but less comedic...

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:24 pm
by Ian Volante
Johnny Canuck wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Red Dwarf.
Sorry, that's not the correct show. Right genre, but less comedic...
I'm impressed I even hit the correct genre!

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 4:26 pm
by Ben Wilson
Star Trek TNG? The first three definitely match, afterwards I'm a little fuzzy on the ordering.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:28 am
by Johnny Canuck
Ben Wilson wrote:Star Trek TNG? The first three definitely match, afterwards I'm a little fuzzy on the ordering.
Aaaand we have a Winner!!!!
Well done.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:06 am
by Gavin Chipper
Time we got an explanation for these.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:36 am
by Johnny Canuck
Gavin Chipper wrote:Time we got an explanation for these.
You just did...?

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:27 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Johnny Canuck wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:Time we got an explanation for these.
You just did...?
Where?

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:55 pm
by Johnny Canuck
My bad, I guess I never actually said it out loud. They're the initial letters of the titles of successive episodes.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 3:33 pm
by Andy Platt
People actually know what the episodes of Star Trek are called? Beyond The One where Picard kinda becomes one of those weird Borg thingies (obviously legit) I wouldn't have a clue.

That's impressive/tragic knowledge (delete as appropriate).

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:28 pm
by Ian Volante
I'm with you there. There's Locutus of Borg; the one where Tasha Yar shags Data; various other similar ones probably; at Tanagra, his arms open; and erm, that's it.

Re: Next letter in sequence

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:47 pm
by Ian Volante
In fact, I'm currently watching the series from the beginning, and I still couldn't get past the first one. What nonsense.

In the series, rather than on screen that is.