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Jernau Morat Gurgeh
Member # 318
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Okay, here's a puzzle, one which I personally found difficult. Try and figure out what the next line of this series is. If people can't get the next line within a reasonable length of time, I'll post it again, with the next line, to make it easier to figure out.1 11 21 PS If you've seen this problem before, let people try to figure it out first. [ July 12, 2001: Message edited by: Jernau Morat Gurgeh ]
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Jernau Morat Gurgeh
Member # 318
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Okay, I won't online again until tomorrow, so I'll give you more to go on.1 11 21 1211
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The Red Admiral
Member # 602
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Hmm. I'll have a go, but I'm not at all sure if this is the right line of thought1 11 21 1211 11211
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Jernau Morat Gurgeh
Member # 318
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No, that's not it, Red Admiral. Here's the next line.1 11 21 1211 1231
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The_Tom
Member # 38
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12341
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Jernau Morat Gurgeh
Member # 318
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Nope, I'm afraid not. BTW, I just realised what angle Red Admiral was taking. I'll just add that you can take any single line at face value and get the next by applying a rule.[ July 13, 2001: Message edited by: Jernau Morat Gurgeh ]
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Jernau Morat Gurgeh
Member # 318
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Time for the next line, I think.1 11 21 1211 1231 131221 I'm not sure if this helps, but this is a kind of 'lateral thinking' problem. [ July 13, 2001: Message edited by: Jernau Morat Gurgeh ]
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Omega
Member # 91
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Well, the next line's gonna be six digits, and have a four in it...
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Jernau Morat Gurgeh
Member # 318
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Nope, but don't be afraid to guess, lads, the worst that's going to happen is that you're going to be wrong. Here's the thing again, with the next line.1 11 21 1211 1231 131221 132231 The symmetry in the last line doesn't have any particular significance. [ July 14, 2001: Message edited by: Jernau Morat Gurgeh ]
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Jernau Morat Gurgeh
Member # 318
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I don't know if anyone is still trying this but here's the next line anyway:1 11 21 1211 1231 131221 132231 232221 I suppose I'd better give a clue, although this will probably give it away completely: Read each line out loud.
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Aethelwer
Member # 36
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Ohhh!134211?
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Jernau Morat Gurgeh
Member # 318
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Yep, well done Frank! I'll say no more, in case anyone else still wants to figure it out for themselves.
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Dr. Jonas Bashir
Member # 481
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In case we want to puzzle the rest a little more, I'll go on from FrankG's last number.14131231 Bad thing I didn't read this earlier because I got it in the minute you said "lateral thinking".
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TSN
Member # 31
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Oh, now I get it. And it gets rather interesting...1 11 21 1211 1231 131221 132231 232221 134211 14131231 14231241 24132231 14233221 14233221 14233221 14233221 14233221 14233221 14233221 14233221 14233221 14233221 ...ad infinitum...
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Jernau Morat Gurgeh
Member # 318
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Yes, I actually hadn't noticed that before.There is also another similar type of series, where you write the numbers in the order that they appear, as opposed to counting up the number of occurances of each number and putting the highest first. It goes like this: 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221 1113213211 31131211131221 13211311123113112211 11131221133112132113212221 3113112221232112111312211312113211 1321132132111213122112311311222113111221131221 As far as I know it just keeps going, with no number higher than 3 occurring. [ July 18, 2001: Message edited by: Jernau Morat Gurgeh ]
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The_Tom
Member # 38
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For the longest time I felt like whatshisname looking for the sailboat in Mallrats.But yeah, I see it now that its basically been given away. *whallops his head against the keyboard* So bloody obvious.
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Jernau Morat Gurgeh
Member # 318
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Apparently the latter series has some physical significance.http://perso.respublica.fr/deauval/conway.htm This was the only link I could find.
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The359
Member # 37
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OK, color me stupid...I dont get it.
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TSN
Member # 31
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1 ...which is... 1 1 ...which is... 2 1s ...which is... 1 2 and 1 1 ...which is... 1 2 and 3 1s ...which is... 1 3, 1 2, and 2 1s ...which is... 1 3, 2 2s, and 3 1s ...which is... 2 3s, 2 2s, and 2 1s ...and so on...Or, if we just write out the digits by themselves... 1 11 21 1211 1231 131221 132231 232221 ...and so on...
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Wes1701E
Member # 212
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is this supposed to be fun? im gonna go play some mindless shoot-em-up games now.. bye!
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Jeff The Card
Member # 411
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Grand Theft Auto is always fun.
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The359
Member # 37
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Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec is also good...But I'm a tad biased
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Wes1701E
Member # 212
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Tribes 2, Counter-Strike.... repeat every 3-5 hours. all night. work 8 hours... Tribes 2, Counter-Strike. oh why.... zzzzzzzzz
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MeGotBeer
Member # 411
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Counterstrike! I just got introduced to that game the other day. My friends are turning their basement into a working bar (complete with pool table), and in preperation of painting the room maroon, we were putting up primer. Afterwards, we played Counterstrike -- since they've each got cable modems and access to their own computers, we had some fun playing: they work well together, I guess they play it quite a bit. It's funny to hear them coordinating their strategies by shouting into the hall at each other. I played a few games, I almost always got killed, although I did kill a CT once (when we were playing as T, of course). It was most fun. I tried to DL the software for it, but the DL was too long for me (I'm on a dial-up), so I ordered the software from GameSpy.com on a CD -- should have it in a couple of days. Woohoo!
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