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wu :: forums    riddles    medium (Moderators: ThudnBlunder, Grimbal, william wu, Icarus, towr, Eigenray, SMQ)    A Very Punny Sequence « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: A Very Punny Sequence  (Read 872 times) ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 A Very Punny Sequence   « on: Jun 10th, 2003, 8:25am » Quote Modify B, E, C, D, ?, ?, ?, G, I, M, T IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Lightboxes Full Member     Gender: Posts: 203 Re: A Very Punny Sequence   « Reply #1 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 9:10pm » Quote Modify Could the next letter be "J"? IP Logged A job is not worth doing unless it's worth doing well. ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: A Very Punny Sequence   « Reply #2 on: Jun 14th, 2003, 10:34am » Quote Modify Sorry, that's not what I had in mind.     HINT: Convert the letters into integers in the most obvious way, and...       IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. william wu wu::riddles Administrator     Gender: Posts: 1291 Re: A Very Punny Sequence   « Reply #3 on: Aug 16th, 2003, 12:20pm » Quote Modify no clue, but applying THUDandBLUNDER's hint:   >> str = 'becdgimt'; >> (str+0)-96   ans =        2     5     3     4     7     9    13    20 IP Logged [ wu ] : http://wuriddles.com / http://forums.wuriddles.com snifit Newbie Damn that Mario!     Gender: Posts: 17 Re: A Very Punny Sequence   « Reply #4 on: Aug 17th, 2003, 10:20pm » Quote Modify on Aug 16th, 2003, 12:20pm, william wu wrote:      2     5     3     4     7     9    13    20 That doesn't seem very punny to me...   Don't forget that it should be 2    5    3    4    ?    ?    ?    ?    7    9    13    20 IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: A Very Punny Sequence   « Reply #5 on: Aug 18th, 2003, 12:49am » Quote Modify That also wasn't his answer, it was just an expansion on thud's hint. IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: A Very Punny Sequence   « Reply #6 on: Aug 18th, 2003, 9:49pm » Quote Modify : EIS (Encyclopaedia of Integer Sequences) turns up an answer of... E,I,S in A075250 OK, it's not very punny.     « Last Edit: Aug 18th, 2003, 9:51pm by ThudnBlunder » IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. 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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