I don't know who I want to win.
It would be great if there was a tie after 15 rounds and they decided not to have a 2nd conundrum
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- Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Special Spoilers For Monday August 16th 2010
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4348
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday July 2nd 2010
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4360
Re: Spoilers For Friday July 2nd 2010
My wife thought that the challenger said 'a 3rd' (consonant) in R13 when the U came out. Whether it was from the wrong box or Rachel picked wrong I'm not sure. I will record it on C4+1 and check. I thought the challenger said RAVERS in one round and there was only one R and they gave her the points...
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is the target number completely random?!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3505
Re: Is the target number completely random?!
There are only two of each small number in the pack. Don't know if you knew that, but I think it might require a rejig of the calculations. I think the calculations are correct - 2 of each number 1-10 = 20 in total. It easier to think about if you imagine that one set of small numbers is blue and t...
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday July 2nd 2010
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4360
Re: Spoilers For Friday July 2nd 2010
My wife thought that the challenger said 'a 3rd' (consonant) in R13 when the U came out. Whether it was from the wrong box or Rachel picked wrong I'm not sure.
I will record it on C4+1 and check.
I will record it on C4+1 and check.
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday June 30th 2010
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2375
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday June 30th 2010
(75-9-8) x 6 -1 = 347
- Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is the target number completely random?!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3505
Re: Is the target number completely random?!
I estimate that if 6 small was chosen once per game, this would happen about once every 150 years on average.Jordan F wrote: I fear the day when 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 happens.
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday June 16th 2010
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3747
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday June 16th 2010
Err no - that's tomorrowMarc Meakin wrote:GORMLESS as a DC beater in round 2.
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday June 17th 2010
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3006
Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 17th 2010
Probably not a classic game, but very enjoyable and played in great spirit.
Bad luck Lee, you seemed to have an off-day. But well done Nicki and good luck in the final
Bad luck Lee, you seemed to have an off-day. But well done Nicki and good luck in the final
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday June 17th 2010
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3006
Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 17th 2010
GORMLESS for a DC beater
- Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday June 15th 2010
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3580
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday June 15th 2010
Spoiler for Pauls' trick :
He just offers the "SAVED" cards to Jeff and the "LOST" cards to Rachel.
He just offers the "SAVED" cards to Jeff and the "LOST" cards to Rachel.
- Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 14th 2010
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3587
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 14th 2010
Which is as close as you can get.Niall Seymour wrote:
Got 574 (1 away on the numbers).
- Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: No spoilers for Wednesday 2nd June 2010
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3200
Re: No spoilers for Wednesday 2nd June 2010
All three numbers games could be solved with just 3 numbers
9x50 + 1
(100-1) x 2
(9+7) x 8
Is this a record?
9x50 + 1
(100-1) x 2
(9+7) x 8
Is this a record?
- Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: No spoilers for Wednesday 2nd June 2010
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3200
Re: No spoilers for Wednesday 2nd June 2010
Yes - I got ROAMERS which is an anagram of that.Michael Wallace wrote:CF got REMORAS in round 13 - were the letters really there?
- Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: No spoilers for Wednesday 2nd June 2010
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3200
Re: No spoilers for Wednesday 2nd June 2010
Neater 2nd numbers : (100-1) x 2
- Fri May 21, 2010 6:49 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Analysis of 4 large
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7599
Re: Analysis of 4 large
The smallest number than cannot be solved with any set is 62663.
- Thu May 20, 2010 10:42 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Analysis of 4 large
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7599
Re: Analysis of 4 large
All very interesting stuff. But just out of interest, could you work out which number set can solve the most consecutive numbers starting with 100 or 101 (I'm sure the answer would be the same)? I never can resist a challenge. :) 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 100 can solve everything between 101 and 1912. The nex...
- Wed May 19, 2010 7:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Analysis of 4 large
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7599
Re: Analysis of 4 large
Not easily, the data I've got is for the valid targets of 101-999. I don't think it would be simple to modify my program to get the result you want.
- Wed May 19, 2010 11:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Analysis of 4 large
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7599
Re: Analysis of 4 large
I think it's actually 64 times more likely.Ray Folwell wrote: With 6 small, you are 32 times more likely to get 1,2,3,4,5,6 than 1,1,2,2,3,3.
- Tue May 18, 2010 6:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Analysis of 4 large
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7599
Re: Analysis of 4 large
One definition of 'best' would be which set used the least number of numbers in total to solve all 899, so count 2 if you can solve with 2 numbers up to 6 if you have to use all 6 ( does that make sense?). It's also something I could extract fairly easily. On that method, the 'best' set is 4, 7, 9, ...
- Tue May 18, 2010 2:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday May 18th 2010
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2334
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday May 18th 2010
TICKLIER for a DC beater
- Tue May 18, 2010 12:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Analysis of 4 large
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7599
Re: Analysis of 4 large
Here are some boring statistics extracted from my data : There are 13,243 different sets of 6 numbers, giving a total of 11,905,457 possible numbers games. Of these 10,858,746 (91.21%) are solvable. 1,226 sets can solve any target between 101 & 999. The most difficult target is 947 which can be ...
- Mon May 17, 2010 8:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Electoral Reform
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6232
Re: Electoral Reform
I've seen somewhere what assumption the ERS used, I think they assumed peoples first choice would be as they voted in FPTP and second choice was based on some vague opinion poll. ERS campaign for STV, so they are not unbiased, describing 38% more LibDem MPs as "a negligible difference" is ...
- Mon May 17, 2010 5:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Electoral Reform
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6232
Re: Electoral Reform
Has anyone seen any estimates of the likely composition of the House if that had been used this time? Based on estimates of who the second preferences may have been, obviously. The Electoral Reform Society has done some research which show Labour up 4 seats, Torys down 25 and LibDems up 22. But tha...
- Mon May 17, 2010 12:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Analysis of 4 large
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7599
Re: Analysis of 4 large
I remember doing some analysis of this, probably back in 2007, and posting the results on the old forum. I've still got the spreadsheets I created then and could dig out some facts if folks are interested. Large primes, like 937, tend to be hardest. One interesting point if that you are about twice ...
- Thu May 13, 2010 2:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday May 13th 2010
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2801
Re: Spoilers For Thursday May 13th 2010
There was only 1 EMichael Wallace wrote:Was LOITERER there in round 9? I thought it was but then for Susie not to mention it when someone got LOITER suggests I just mis-saw.
- Wed May 05, 2010 2:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday May 5th 2010
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3023
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday May 5th 2010
Alternative 2nd numbers : (6x10 + 6/2) x 7
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday 27th April 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3188
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday 27th April 2010
Slightly simpler version of the 3rd numbers : (6x25+2) x (10-6)
I do hope Rachel gets well soon
I do hope Rachel gets well soon
- Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday April 22nd 2010
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2541
Re: Spoilers For Thursday April 22nd 2010
Presumable Chris was going for
7x(75-4) +6+3-5
7x(75-4) +6+3-5
- Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 12th 2010
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4930
Re: Spoilers For Monday April 12th 2010
Did she really say "Let's hope for a hard one" ?Kirk Bevins wrote: Even Rachel commented on it.
- Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Good Friday April 2nd 2010
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3091
Re: Spoilers For Good Friday April 2nd 2010
I did 6x50 + 5x25 +3Sue Sanders wrote:That seemed like a complicated solve to the 2nd numbers round.
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday March 31st 2010
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2962
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday March 31st 2010
Alternative 2nd numbers without using 50:
(10x4-9)x5x5
(10x4-9)x5x5
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday March 23rd 2010 - Ep. 5000
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4051
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday March 23rd 2010 - Ep. 5000
I wonder if it was edited out, judging by Jeff's reactions.Marc Meakin wrote: Mind you if they had of declared it, would it have edited it out anyway.
Alternative 1st numbers : (50x10-6x2)x2 -75
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 15th March 2010
- Replies: 67
- Views: 8953
Re: Spoilers for Monday 15th March 2010
It helps to know that 3x37=111. Do they keep the same big number for all the specials ?
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday February 2nd 2010
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3045
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday February 2nd 2010
2nd numbers (10+10+6/2)x7 + 100
Out of time though
Out of time though
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday January 29th 2010
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3721
Re: Spoilers For Friday January 29th 2010
REFLEX for a DC equaller.
Can James recover from 5 non-scoring rounds ?
Can James recover from 5 non-scoring rounds ?
- Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday December 17th 2009
- Replies: 118
- Views: 11998
Re: Spoilers For Thursday December 17th 2009
Fantastic game, just watched it on C4+1.
Congrats to both Chris and Innis.
It looked as though Chris spent about 15 secs looking at the conundrum without getting it and then wrote the letters down to see if that helped (which it did).
For what it's worth yet another 1st numbers : (10+6) x (9+2)
Congrats to both Chris and Innis.
It looked as though Chris spent about 15 secs looking at the conundrum without getting it and then wrote the letters down to see if that helped (which it did).
For what it's worth yet another 1st numbers : (10+6) x (9+2)
- Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday November 24th 2009
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3537
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday November 24th 2009
SURPLICE for a DC equaller
- Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:45 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: UK Citizenship Test
- Replies: 83
- Views: 8137
Re: UK Citizenship Test
16 for me - much of it seems pretty irrelevant.
- Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday November 18th 2009
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2314
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday November 18th 2009
Alternative 2nd numbers ((6+3)x100 + 50) /2 +4
- Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:10 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Which computer languages do you know?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2432
Re: Which computer languages do you know?
Started off with FORTRAN more than forty years ago. Moved on to PL/1 and IBM 360 assembler.
I used various flavours of BASIC including VBA.
Since retiring, I've taught myself HTML, PHP and JAVA (just to prove to myself that I can still hack it)
I used various flavours of BASIC including VBA.
Since retiring, I've taught myself HTML, PHP and JAVA (just to prove to myself that I can still hack it)
- Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday November 6th 2009
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5487
Re: Spoilers For Friday November 6th 2009
What, 2 Q's in one show. Unheard of Good spot. This continues into next week's shows as well as two Ws which I think isn't right either. There were two Ys as well today in rounds 2 & 3. This does seem odd. Have they changed the letter distribution or were the letters reshuffled for some reason?
- Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday November 6th 2009
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5487
Re: Spoilers For Friday November 6th 2009
(8+5) x ((3+2)x6+4) = 442
- Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: 5p0i1ers f0r Wedne5day 4rd N0VEMB3R 2oog
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3435
Re: 5p0i1ers f0r Wedne5day 4rd N0VEMB3R 2oog
Simpler 3rd numbers (25-2) x (9+6)
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday October 20th 2009
- Replies: 63
- Views: 4976
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday October 20th 2009
COFFEE in round 2 (TEA was there as well )
- Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 19th October 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 66)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 966
Re: Monday 19th October 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 66)
This must be some sort of record for John. It's not the lowest score by a champion, which doubtful honour belongs to Kate Strong.
It must be the lowest score by a centurion and probably the largest difference in successive scores.
It must be the lowest score by a centurion and probably the largest difference in successive scores.
- Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Alexander Armstrong has a new show
- Replies: 129
- Views: 9859
Re: Alexander Armstrong has a new show
Alexander Armstrong is playing Clive Sinclair in Micro Men at 2100 on BBC4 tonight. Radio Times describes it as a "comedy drama".
- Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Alexander Armstrong has a new show
- Replies: 129
- Views: 9859
Re: Alexander Armstrong has a new show
It looks as though tomorrow is the last in the series, there's snooker for the rest of this week and "Are you an Egghead?" starts next week.
Maybe we should mark the occasion by doing a Recap
Maybe we should mark the occasion by doing a Recap
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday September 23rd 2009
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4816
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday September 23rd 2009
Alternative 2nd numbers : (50-9) x (6x4-4)
- Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 18th September 2009
- Replies: 69
- Views: 4002
Re: Spoilers for Friday 18th September 2009
Do they have Welsh Countdown on S4C ?Phil Reynolds wrote: Or, closer to home, the characters LL, DD, CH etc. in Welsh.
- Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday September 14th 2009
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2761
Re: Spoilers For Monday September 14th 2009
MASSAGER in R6
- Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday September 11th 2009
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3422
Re: Spoilers for Friday September 11th 2009
Was WOODIER there ?
Alternative 2nd numbers 3x4x75 - 7x7 -10
Alternative 2nd numbers 3x4x75 - 7x7 -10
- Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday September 10th 2009
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5254
Re: Spoilers For Thursday September 10th 2009
And the last one is possible, but I would never have got it without using a solver.Marc Meakin wrote:3 successive impossible numbers rounds?
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many words would you need to know...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2094
Re: How many words would you need to know...
Another point to consider is that you probably don't need to understand every word in in a definition to understand the meaning of a word. For example : Chambers defines "elephant" as "a mammal (genus Elephas) of the order Proboscidea" and "Proboscidea" as "the ele...
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Alexander Armstrong has a new show
- Replies: 129
- Views: 9859
Re: Alexander Armstrong has a new show
I watched this for the first time today having seen this thread.
Very enjoyable - and Carol Vorderman was a Pointless answer
Very enjoyable - and Carol Vorderman was a Pointless answer
- Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: Recap for Tuesday 21 October 2003 [Zefcap redux]
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1289
Re: Recap for Tuesday 21 October 2003 [Zefcap redux]
From the solutions given, it looks as though the R5 selection was 75,1,3,3,2,8
- Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: Recap for Friday 26 September 2003
- Replies: 1
- Views: 794
Re: Recap for Friday 26 September 2003
R2 441 = (25x2+10+3) x 7
- Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 10th July
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3698
Re: Spoilers for Friday 10th June
It always seems silly to me that female presenters are expected to have different clothes every day. No one would comment that Jeff was wearing the same suit.Louise Bambury wrote: What has happened to the wardrobe budget? Rachel has worn that dress loads!
- Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 26th June
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3022
Re: Spoilers for Friday 26th June
Chambers has it but not ODE.Craig Beevers wrote:Err SUMMATE surely?
My god ODE is shite.
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Fri 19 June [The Final Countdown]
- Replies: 85
- Views: 9300
Re: Spoilers for Fri 19 June [The Final Countdown]
Are we going for a record number of postings in a Spoiler thread before the program starts ?
Roll on 3:25
Roll on 3:25
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tues 16 June 2009 - Series 60 4th QF
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3387
Re: Spoilers for Tues 16 June 2009 - Series 60 4th QF
Also 2 away 25 x (100-75) + 50 - 8 -1 = 666
But I think it's possible
But I think it's possible