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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: Eigenray, Icarus, SMQ, Grimbal, ThudnBlunder, william wu, towr)    90 seconds « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: 90 seconds  (Read 627 times) maryl Guest 90 seconds   « on: Apr 27th, 2003, 2:57pm » Quote Modify Remove In 90 seconds name 100 words that don't have the letter A in them. Go. IP Logged ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: 90 seconds   « Reply #1 on: Apr 27th, 2003, 8:36pm » Quote Modify Phew! Finished. Now what?   « Last Edit: Apr 27th, 2003, 8:36pm by ThudnBlunder » IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. jon_G Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 90 Re: 90 seconds   « Reply #2 on: Apr 27th, 2003, 8:37pm » Quote Modify just wondering do we have to use letters in (90 seconds)? other wise my list is long. IP Logged Why climb the corporate latter, when you can own it. Eigenray wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1948 Re: 90 seconds   « Reply #3 on: Apr 27th, 2003, 9:03pm » Quote Modify Of course, the easiest way is to just say "I name them all Fred." Perhaps cheaper is to just $ time grep -iv a /usr/share/dict/words  | wc -l   21996   real    0m0.065s   I guess you meant using only letters in "90 seconds": $ grep -i ^[seconds]*$ /usr/share/dict/words | wc -l     128   But if you meant using each letter at most once: $ wordplay -lxsf /usr/share/dict/words seconds | wc -l      51 then I'm stumped. « Last Edit: Apr 27th, 2003, 9:12pm by Eigenray » IP Logged Jeremiah Smith Full Member Beep!     Posts: 172 Re: 90 seconds   « Reply #4 on: Apr 27th, 2003, 10:54pm » Quote Modify The numbers zero through ninety-nine all lack the letter A when spelled out, which is probably the answer being looked for. « Last Edit: Apr 27th, 2003, 10:55pm by Jeremiah Smith » IP Logged Kitty Full Member     Gender: Posts: 287 90 seconds   « Reply #5 on: Apr 28th, 2003, 1:48am » Quote Modify I ve already posted that puzzle but me version says 100 without letters a,b,c or d.   http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_eas y;action=display;num=1048541615       « Last Edit: Apr 28th, 2003, 1:49am by Kitty » IP Logged If the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't understand it.~Kant (1724-1804) wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: 90 seconds   « Reply #6 on: Apr 28th, 2003, 2:18am » Quote Modify on Apr 27th, 2003, 9:03pm, Eigenray wrote: Of course, the easiest way is to just say "I name them all Fred." That's similar to my first idea. Although I'd use a word that's easier to say 100 times in a row and actually do so.   Quote: Perhaps cheaper is to just $ time grep -iv a /usr/share/dict/words  | wc -l   21996   real    0m0.065s That's hardly a solution, is it? You weren't asked to count the number of possible words, but to name the words yourself. You could, of course, generate a list and read it out, but you'd have to do all that in the 90 seconds starting after the "Go". « Last Edit: Apr 28th, 2003, 2:21am by wowbagger » IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" 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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