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- Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday September 10th 2009
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5328
Re: Spoilers For Thursday September 10th 2009
ESOTERIC in the CORSETED round
- Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:02 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Chess Thread
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3848
Re: Chess Thread
That's as maybe, but as David points out, a puzzle should never have more than one solution, or it is cooked.Kieran Child wrote:there is mate in one in my third puzzle with Qb8#, but that doesn't meet the stip.
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:53 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Chess Thread
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3848
Chess Thread
I know there are a few of us here partial to battles of the 64 squares, so it made sense to have a thread for such discussion, or perhaps to arrange games? I've played Phil Makepeace, who has an ELO rating and is strong enough to play in the British Championship :shock: But my grade of 129 is far fr...
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1113951
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
Thanks Ian and Sue for the welcome. I'm not sure Sue, if I wear better shirts than Ian but I undoubtedly wear worse trousers! For an avatar I've dug out a photograph of me at a chess tournament in Swansea. If you are very keen sighted that's grandmaster John Nunn above my hair in the middle. The Co...
- Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown at the Edinburgh Fringe
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4412
Re: Countdown at the Edinburgh Fringe
If anyone's up in Scotland this month, it might be worth showing off to some comedians. Define "up" in Scotland. Some of us are here. So what? You're still up in Scotland. You simply have the advantage (arguably) of not having to travel to get there. Had Martin said, "If anyone's goi...
- Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:09 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Scrabble Event, 1st November
- Replies: 60
- Views: 7672
Re: Scrabble Event, 1st November
Well I've gone and set up an ISC account. I'm rubbish, and will probably remain so for a very long time, but if anyone else uses it and fancies a game, I'm Coatimundi on there. I'm worse, I'll play you when i figure out how to. It's a bit fiddly, but this is a rough guide:- Type "f coatimundi&...
- Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who's your celebrity twin?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4061
Re: Who's your celebrity twin?
(Eric Cantona, Julius Caesar Germanicus, Gabriel Fahrenheit, Empress Queen Victoria, Bob Dylan, Patti LaBelle, Dermot O'Leary, Ruslana, and many more.
I think I win xD)
Oh wait, I didn't read it properly lmao.
Tim Bridges, apparently, a British racing driver.
I think I win xD)
Oh wait, I didn't read it properly lmao.
Tim Bridges, apparently, a British racing driver.
- Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:17 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptobash III
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1625
Re: Aptobash III
If I knew when it was I could be specific as to whether I could enter.
- Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:19 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Scrabble Tactics
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3359
Re: Scrabble Tactics
Keeping EIT isn't much better than keeping D. Vowel heaviness is the main reason. You want to generally keep 1 more consonant than vowel. ERT would be a far stronger than EIT, EIRT would be stronger still because you're closer to a bonus and reduce the random element which is enough to compensate f...
- Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:01 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Scrabble Tactics
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3359
Re: Scrabble Tactics
Would be very tempting to change the W. ADEIRT gives bonuses from lots of possible draws, and by going second you give yourself more tiles to play through, boasting your chance of an 8. But you'd have to be quite confident to resist WAITED for 28. Fishing like that may always go wrong, and it gives...
Re: Cola
It got me in the end! Of the choices; Pepsi goes best for me with savoury things, Coke with sweeter foods. Of course, bottled tastes far different from individual cans, but that's too much of a distinction to need to elaborate on really. Pepsi Max, I tried it when I was 9, I hated it, and I still d...
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The fantastic Jeff Stelling
- Replies: 91
- Views: 11202
Re: The fantastic Jeff Stelling
So excellent it makes me want to tent my non 104 yr old fingers with delight.Phil Reynolds wrote:Excellent.Kai Laddiman wrote:Fantastic is the new fabulous.
- Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:40 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptominibash III
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4434
Re: Aptominibash III
I'm going to have to withdraw. I've been put on a shift at work.
-Makes the Sideshow Bob rakes noise, several times.-
-Makes the Sideshow Bob rakes noise, several times.-
- Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:24 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2739
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Shurely midnight tonight would be 11/7/09 12:00 am? 12 midnight not 12am :) 12 midnight IS 12am. Not it's not! AM stands for ante meridien, and midnight is neither ante nor post. The same goes for midday. Convention of recent times has been to use 12am/pm, but that doesn't make it right. Gah this w...
- Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:56 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptominibash III
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4434
- Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:27 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2739
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
12 midnight IS 12am.Ian Volante wrote:12 midnight not 12amKai Laddiman wrote:Shurely midnight tonight would be 11/7/09 12:00 am?
- Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Achtung all fairly recent contestants
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4100
Re: Achtung all fairly recent contestants
The first few of these were very interesting, telling prospective contestants what it's really like to be on Countdown, but they do get a bit samey. Offhand, the only one I remember at all was Stewart Holden's, with a lot of detail about his preparation and his opinion of Richard Whiteley. I'd be f...
- Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 10th July
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3722
Re: Spoilers for Friday 10th June
Agh, I just lost out playing along! Saw ENCORED, MASTODON, then DEPLANE in r9 but I was going for dharmas* in the ASHAMED rd, and horribly, DHARMA is valid only in the singular so I lost on conundrum, 94-96.
- Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Has apterous killed Countdown?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 12166
Re: Has apterous killed Countdown?
I recall someone cracking the 'random' number generator algorithm in the early days of DOND, can't remember the details though. Yeah, basically they used to use Microsoft Excel's not-so-random random function and there was a pattern in the first 80 or so shows, but it wasn't exploited to its fulles...
- Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:23 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Frustration
- Replies: 157
- Views: 24005
Re: Frustration
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=85431
With two rounds to go I looked certain to better my 11 max record. But no!
All annoying misses, although still I feel some nice finds in the game.
The quest continues..
With two rounds to go I looked certain to better my 11 max record. But no!
All annoying misses, although still I feel some nice finds in the game.
The quest continues..
- Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:25 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Card Hunt!
- Replies: 58
- Views: 7690
Re: Card Hunt!
Somehow, I picked up nine 6s in one game yesterday. No idea how, though. Couldn't see how the nine rounds in which I got 6s differed from those in which I didn't get a 6. The J and the Qs are a mystery too. Was it a Junior Numbers Attack, Howard? I thought I knew what a 6 meant (solving a 6 small g...
- Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What does your most active topic say about you?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2486
Re: What does your most active topic say about you?
I'm touched you enjoyed it so much. I got nowhere near enough interest to enlarge it.Ian Dent wrote:"Apterous League Tests" for me.
Sadly, as it was such a damp squib in the end.
- Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:41 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: June Daily Duels
- Replies: 53
- Views: 5370
Re: June Daily Duels
No zero for me please =)
- Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:03 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: June Daily Duels
- Replies: 53
- Views: 5370
Re: June Daily Duels
I've already come 3rd in a duel and I do not want to see this erased because of a minimal variance in duels :lol: over thirty or so the quality in a player will see them rise above those who have had any higher maxes or relatively easier games. If there were a tie for points at the top, surely you c...
- Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:01 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Numbers Variants
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1792
Re: Numbers Variants
Good post. I think your unlimited idea has very little mileage; it is simply a concrete variant of the selection, which is already partially possible in there are two of all small numbers, and in touch the potential for a cloned large. Touchdown's current operation is hit and miss. Having two of the...
- Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Manchester vs Leeds
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7364
Re: Manchester vs Leeds
It must be lighting and something else; everybody looked ridiculously shiny today, especially Rachel. Though this didn't really affect her hotness. :P I'm guessing this is something that will have been ironed out as the shows recorded, and should change again to more normal proceedings once it was n...
- Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 61
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3081
Re: Series 61
Am I right in remembering it's Innis on the show today? If so, that will be a great battle!
- Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:13 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Summer Open Week 1
- Replies: 88
- Views: 11368
Re: Apterous Summer Open Week 1
Andrew told me that you can if you want, but it won't be counted towards results.Jon Corby wrote:Do you still play the 3rd match if someone's 2-0 up?
- Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:59 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official Thread of Brag
- Replies: 1176
- Views: 177187
Re: Official Thread of Brag
I think I'm going to enjoy touchdown...but the conundrums are going to be even tenser than usual!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=79086
Not by any means pantwettingly fantastic, but still...SCALP!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=79086
Not by any means pantwettingly fantastic, but still...SCALP!
- Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:31 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Summer Open Week 1
- Replies: 88
- Views: 11368
Re: Apterous Summer Open Week 1
First results! Very very close games all three, and the third in particular is of merit for its extremely interesting max words. O'Dowd 2-1 Meier: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=79032 http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=79052 http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=79063 ETA: Ques...
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:35 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Alternative Pastime
- Replies: 68
- Views: 10273
Re: Alternative Pastime
Oil My Greasy Zebra.
WTFBBQ
WTFBBQ
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:53 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Videogame initial quiz
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3787
Re: Videogame initial quiz
To quote Philip J. Fry, 'I'm good at videogames, and bad at everything else'. So in that spirit, I've rustled up a quick quiz on that subject. Simply identify which famous game series each series of initials/numbers refers to. Some are easier than others. 1. CS, TV, CJ, TC, VV 2. C, S, Z, T, V 3. G...
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 3:01 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Four 4s
- Replies: 124
- Views: 11822
Re: Four 4s
(!4) What function is this? Looks pretty helpful. I think he means .4 recurring[uhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurring_decimal#Notationrl][/url] in which case 4!+4+(4/.4recurring)=37 I most certainly do not! :P Decimals aren't at all needed. Subfactorial is related to binomial expression, like 5C3...
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:06 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Four 4s
- Replies: 124
- Views: 11822
Re: Four 4s
4*(!4)+(4/4)=37Howard Somerset wrote:As I see it, the missing ones are now:
37, 39, and 51 onwards.
44-(!4)+4=39
44+(!4)-Sqr4=51
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:53 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Four 4s
- Replies: 124
- Views: 11822
Re: Four 4s
You missed 18:
4!-Sq4-Sq4-Sq4=18
4!-Sq4-Sq4-Sq4=18
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:17 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Four 4s
- Replies: 124
- Views: 11822
Re: Four 4s
4x4x4/4=16
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:08 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Four 4s
- Replies: 124
- Views: 11822
Re: Four 4s
4!−(44/4)=13
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:58 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Four 4s
- Replies: 124
- Views: 11822
Re: Four 4s
4+((4!+4)/4)=11
- Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:13 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Four 4s
- Replies: 124
- Views: 11822
Re: Four 4s
Sorry; what is the significance of 'integer' brackets [] as opposed to ()?
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:37 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
I've taken a few days away from Apterous and the forum so I'll be doing a new table tomorrow I just got back from beating my gf at badminton (despite me only playing three times in nine months, and her going weekly ), so apologies for any suspense
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:54 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Strange Games
- Replies: 295
- Views: 33527
Re: Strange Games
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=73145
Huge lead, cut back, big lead again, pwned on relatively sedate numbers. Odd and enthralling!
Huge lead, cut back, big lead again, pwned on relatively sedate numbers. Odd and enthralling!
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:52 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Your best apterous word to date?
- Replies: 124
- Views: 15529
Re: Your best apterous word to date?
Probably this will stand for a long time personally. I just picked that straight away, and it came out as instantly. Makes all the shitty games and long sloggy nights worthwhile.
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:39 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
Division A: CHAMPION 1 Andrew Hulme (P12, W10, D1 Tiebreak 1, L1) 21.5 Points Scored 1278 RUNNER-UP 2 Neil Zussman (P11, W9, D1 Tiebreak 0, L1) 19.0 Points Scored 1088 3 Oliver Garner (P10, W7, D0, L3) 14.0 Points Scored 898 4 Aaron Higgs (P12, W5, D0, L7) 10.0 Points Scored 1001 5 Ian Volante (P10,...
- Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Apterous Summer Open
- Replies: 118
- Views: 15885
Re: Apterous Summer Open
Bung me in the U1200. Nice to see chess-related Apterousness =)
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:39 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
Long post warning. I ramble lol. I don't see how one can use percentage or margin of victory as a determinant for a bonus, unless you say in division n , all those scoring over x maxes in a game get a bonus, and because margin is again semidependent on max and ease of words. But it becomes obsolete ...
- Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:31 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
News update: I am relegated
- Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:22 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:50 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
But if I do that I have to stop time, since it was only temporary in some universes. That means I have to never get any better! And I can't break the laws of physics just for you! Try Kirk, he might come up with some mindbending equation that solves both these problems
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:44 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
Just a quick update: the last games I've received have seen Aaron impressively complete his twelve, with a total score of 10 points, Neil has temporarily taken the lead, but Andrew has a game in hand. I am in deep relegationy sheep. =/ Any more Div B games?
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:27 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
Two types of ouch for the price of one here!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=71076
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=71096
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=71076
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=71096
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:19 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: DARIC, SOED and other things which are not bugs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1787
Re: Bug reports
Oops lol I thought the Oed2r was bigger than the Shorter :lol
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:11 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
Erm not really to my want of a full website, though if the majority would prefer this then I can certainly look into it Atm I'm doing mostly daily updates, of course it's fair to say if we get huge interest this will be a bit underloaded by sheer volume of games. People, have your say!
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:57 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
Presumably for the full thing you'd want to get a proper website set up which can compute tables and fixtures and the likes when results are entered. <bitter> Something I would have helped with if I hadn't been left out. Grr. </bitter> Mind you there's probably some tournament organising sites out ...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:20 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
Since I don't know the code, I can't do that lol. I think you're assuming I did that by means other than literally typing it in, which is incorrect. (I used the "code" button in the edit box to get fixed-width fonts, also known as "lying about what the data actually is so that the we...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:27 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Underappreciated formats
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1295
Re: Underappreciated formats
Hehe I meant for if Charlie could add this as a preset format on apterous I've tended with Barry to play L1L2L1N2C, reverse, to about 26 rounds, inserting numbers at the end or something.
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:59 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: DARIC, SOED and other things which are not bugs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1787
Re: Bug reports
That is actually very useful knowledge Ian; I remember once there was some word that was in both the shorter and longer OEDs, but which Kirk? wisely declined on show, or someone at least. It's odd that the OED2r isn't simply a larger subset of words than the SODE. If anyone can explain the logic beh...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:48 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Underappreciated formats
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1295
Re: Underappreciated formats
I really enjoy marathons, but I can't seem to find any standard preset for it. Could one be constructed so that I don't end up with the games uncodified in one single place on stat page instead of constructing my own games? :) Anyone else who would enjoy marathons or other of these variants should d...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:13 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
Full tables as of 17.05, 4 June: Division A: 1 Andrew Hulme (P10, W8, D1 Tiebreak 1, L1) 17.5 Points Scored 1070 2 Neil Zussman (P9, W7, D1 Tiebreak 0, L1) 15.0 Points Scored 904 3 Oliver Garner (P9, W6, D0, L3) 12.0 Points Scored 809 4 Aaron Higgs (P10, W4, D0, L6) 8.0 Points Scored 823 5 Ian Volan...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:53 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
Since I don't know the code, I can't do that lol. But that is pretty much what I have on my comp with formulae and points scored etc. Division A Remaining Fixtures: Goat+Standard: Andrew Hulme-Tom Rowell Oliver Garner-Ian Volante Ian Volante-Tom Rowell Neil Zussman-Daniel O'Dowd Tom Rowell-Aaron Hig...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:06 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13327
Re: Apterous League Tests
You've split the games with Oliver, and drew one game with Andrew and won the other. You both only have one loss and one draw, your spread before tonight's games was about 10% behind Andrew. You have equal chance!