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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: william wu, Grimbal, SMQ, Eigenray, ThudnBlunder, Icarus, towr)    Once in JUN, Once in AUG, Never in OCT « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Once in JUN, Once in AUG, Never in OCT  (Read 1227 times) william wu wu::riddles Administrator     Gender: Posts: 1291 Once in JUN, Once in AUG, Never in OCT   « on: Dec 10th, 2002, 12:15pm » Quote Modify What happens once in June, once in August but never in October?   I'm not sure about this one. My first impulse was to count occurrences of certain letters, but that didn't turn out well. IP Logged [ wu ] : http://wuriddles.com / http://forums.wuriddles.com Garzahd Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 130 Re: Once in JUN, Once in AUG, Never in OCT   « Reply #1 on: Dec 10th, 2002, 1:27pm » Quote Modify A really hot summer day. IP Logged Chronos Full Member     Gender: Posts: 288 Re: Once in JUN, Once in AUG, Never in OCT   « Reply #2 on: Dec 10th, 2002, 3:22pm » Quote Modify Did the problem statement have "June, August, Ocober" (as you have in your post), or "JUN, AUG, OCT" (as in the topic line)?  If the latter, then the letter U works just fine. IP Logged Garzahd Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 130 Re: Once in JUN, Once in AUG, Never in OCT   « Reply #3 on: Dec 10th, 2002, 5:48pm » Quote Modify Actually, even if it's the full month names, the letter U still works. Having the letter U appear twice in August is just a subset of it appearing once. IP Logged william wu wu::riddles Administrator     Gender: Posts: 1291 Re: Once in JUN, Once in AUG, Never in OCT   « Reply #4 on: Dec 11th, 2002, 12:25am » Quote Modify The original riddle was phrased without abbreviations for the months.     Garzahd: That thought crossed my mind but I dismissed it as being too shady. IP Logged [ wu ] : http://wuriddles.com / http://forums.wuriddles.com Pietro K.C. Full Member     Gender: Posts: 213 Re: Once in JUN, Once in AUG, Never in OCT   « Reply #5 on: Dec 11th, 2002, 5:06am » Quote Modify   Maybe an interface with July? You know, a night shared with it, i.e. June 30th 7pm - July 1st 5am. IP Logged "I always wondered about the meaning of life. So I looked it up in the dictionary under 'L' and there it was --- the meaning of life. It was not what I expected." (Dogbert) aero guy Guest Re: Once in JUN, Once in AUG, Never in OCT   « Reply #6 on: Dec 11th, 2002, 11:18am » Quote Modify Remove I think I heard this one before, but it was once in June, twice in August, but never in October, making the letter u the right answer. IP Logged william wu wu::riddles Administrator     Gender: Posts: 1291 Re: Once in JUN, Once in AUG, Never in OCT   « Reply #7 on: Dec 31st, 2002, 1:58am » Quote Modify The person who sent me the riddle agrees; it should have been twice in August. Thanks. IP Logged [ wu ] : http://wuriddles.com / http://forums.wuriddles.com Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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