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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:19 PM
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Do YOU like math? Do YOU like writing programs to solve math problems?
Then high-tail it over to Project Euler and see how many problems you can solve! Fun for everyone! (Except LynneSin--no fun for her.)
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:23 PM
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1. That would be HELL NO and Absolutely NOT!
Geek! :P
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:24 PM
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2. Did I mention that, after solving 25 problems...
you get an autographed picture of a nekkid David Duchovny?
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:26 PM
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3. And that's supposed to motivate us just how?
:shrug:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:30 PM
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5. The truth is out there.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 04:48 PM
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23. If you were a math freak, you would know.
:)
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:27 PM
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4. LOL.
I have about as much chance as solving one of those problems as being invited to play the trombone in public...;)
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:33 PM
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7. Speaking of which - I need a trombone player in January.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:36 PM
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9. Do you?
How about a mancannon player? There's one lurking around here somewhere...
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:45 PM
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11. No, just yankin' your chain.
I don't know what the fuck a muncannon is, but if it is related to a bagpipe or accordion, I'll pass.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:56 PM
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15. A mancannon is
Symarip's term for a trombone..which he plays....I never heard the term before he started posting here...Thats why I made the reference cause I saw his band play live the other night and there's no way I could do that (Dr. Strange is well aware of that)
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 05:12 PM
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26. And here I thought it was a sexual reference.
"Special purpose!?!? I've GOT one of those. I was afraid to tell you about it!" - Steve Martin in "The Jerk".

"P.S. Is Grandma still farting?"
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:40 PM
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10. Ironically I know how to play the trombone
nuff said.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:48 PM
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12. I used to play Tuba. I still have my Dennis Wick mouthpiece.
Edited on Mon Dec-14-09 01:49 PM by HopeHoops
It was a brand new 4 valve rotary Minel Wesson (sp?) and damn did it have a fine tone. My main axe is sax, but the band needed a Tuba and there were a lot of younger sax players so I went with it. I scored top marks at solo and ensemble festival both for a solo and as part of the brass quintet. That was four months after taking it up. I haven't touched one since 1981 and curiously I still want another tuba.

On Edit:

My youngest daughter (14) is playing my 1976 Selmer Signet alto sax now. That thing still sings.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:30 PM
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6. Nerd.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:52 PM
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14. Beastie Boys fan.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:56 PM
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16. +1 on the awesome comback!
:rofl:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:33 PM
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8. That's one of the coolest things ever!
:thumbsup:

I'm gonna solve them all using Ladder Logic or Zgrass.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:51 PM
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13. I've solved 14 so far this morning.
But I'm using MAPLE, so I'm almost cheating.

Although I just solved problem 9 using just some number theory and my calculator--no programming needed. Uh-oh, I feel another geekgasm coming on.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 01:57 PM
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17. "geekgasm"
Such a perfect word to describe you...:rofl:
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 03:28 PM
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18. Solution
a = 200
b = 375
c = 425

I solved it using trial and error in Excel. Am I right? :hi:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 05:10 PM
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25. That's it!
Edited on Mon Dec-14-09 05:20 PM by Dr. Strange
You win a picture of David Duchov's knee!
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 07:52 PM
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27. That's hot. n/t
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 03:29 PM
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19. Oh my...
Admittedly, I am no computer programmer. I like math and all, and I can write formulas in Excel with the best of them, but this is a bit much for me. I'll leave you to enjoy your geekgasm by yourself, bro. :hi:
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 03:31 PM
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20. Math is okay. But I hate science.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 03:36 PM
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21. BOOOO!
Well I've known for awhile that you had bad taste....
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 05:07 PM
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24. Yeah, well, guess what?
Science will fu--oh I guess you know that already.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 11:39 PM
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28. Face it. The phrase "laugh out loud" has lost a lot of its panache lately.
And it is true that I had to google the word "panache" both for its spelling and its context. I found out that the world literally meant "plume" in French, and dates back to the age of King Henry the IV, who would wear a white plume in his hat and shout out, "Follow my white plume!". And indeed, his men did follow his white plume.

And thus, I learned that Wikipedia is a great asset to us all, and without it, we'd be arms deep within the Oxford English Dictionary, trying to find out the meaning of the word "panache."

So basically, what I was saying, is that your comment made me literally laugh out loud. Yeah......
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 11:40 PM
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29. Dupe. My original reply said it so much better. nt
Edited on Mon Dec-14-09 11:40 PM by Tommy_Carcetti
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 03:37 PM
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22. Yes. No. (n/t)
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