I agree. So why did you start this thread?Dave Preece wrote:Airdates
Air dates
Air-dates
Who cares, really?
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- Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Air dates and guests?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3787
Re: Air dates and guests?
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 'Naturally gifted at maths'
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6625
Re: 'Naturally gifted at maths'
I saw this article and thought of this thread. End the culture of coaching? Can that happen? How about ending the partitioning of children at age 11 into "intelligent" and "not intelligent"? That's a shit idea, right?
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday November 7th 2013 (S69 P87)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2916
Re: Spoilers for Thursday November 7th 2013 (S69 P87)
Presumably when you put this but don't say that they're beaters, you mean they're equallers? You should say!James Robinson wrote:SATRAP in round 2, GENTLE/GLUTEN in round 4 and HERITOR in round 11.
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9330
Re: Random?
With something like CECIL (as opposed to tossing a coin) you have to worry about things like whether each number is independent of what has gone before. If you tossed a coin 100 times and got 50 heads followed by 50 tails, you might decide that the coin is fair, although of course you'd probably be ...
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday November 7th 2013 (S69 P87)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2916
Re: Spoilers for Thursday November 7th 2013 (S69 P87)
No. Tell us what it is. This is the spoilers thread.Andy Platt wrote:Found an insane 9 in the DEMISTED/DEMISTER round courtesy of lexplorer, anyone see it?
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Don't ask Graeme
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3519
Re: Don't ask Graeme
Thanks Graeme! But seriously don't spend too much time in this thread, if you get what I mean.
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:18 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: An exciting moment
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4872
Re: An exciting moment
Was THAT really necessary?Dave Preece wrote:Was THAT really necessary?Johnny Canuck wrote:Was that really necessary?Dave Preece wrote:What a fucking idiot!
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 20290
Re: The best films of all-time?
Top 20 is too big a list to name definitively. Like all of these kinds of favorite movie, music or whatever kind of lists, they change all the time the more you think about it. The one movie that crops up perennially though which is the one I say is my favorite movie of all time is Die Hard. Is it ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9330
Re: Random?
Is this a numbers expert picked at random?
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The best films of all-time?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 20290
Re: The best films of all-time?
Top 20 is too big a list to name definitively. Like all of these kinds of favorite movie, music or whatever kind of lists, they change all the time the more you think about it. The one movie that crops up perennially though which is the one I say is my favorite movie of all time is Die Hard. Is it ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
- Replies: 83
- Views: 29499
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
The history that this scoring system carries in the context of the Edinburgh Countdown Club outweighs the frankly small gains in how deserved most people's positions are. You make it sound like this is a great tradition passed down from generation to generation, as opposed to something someone came...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
- Replies: 83
- Views: 29499
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
Innis - ever the diplomat.
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 46353
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
I've just paid for both days. What's the Corby line on Travelodge deals this year? It's looks to me as though Friday is £22.99 and Saturday £42 at the moment. The Friday looks reasonable (I paid £24 for each last time). Edit - I've now booked for the Friday at £22.99, but I'm leaving Saturday for n...
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 655177
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
At exactly what (faster-than-light) speed would you have to travel in order to escape a black hole? Depends on the mass of the black hole. The formula is (2GM/R)^1/2. A simple definition of a black hole is that the escape velocity is greater than c (the speed of light), or at the event horizon, it ...
- Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 46353
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
Memorial Hall, 317 Newark Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln, LN6 9RY South Hykeham Village Hall, Boundary Lane, South Hykeham, Lincoln, LN6 9NQ Travelodge Lincoln Thorpe on the Hill Hotel, A46 Newark / Lincoln Road, Thorpe On The Hill, Lincolnshire, LN6 9AJ The South Hykeham Village Hall is right near th...
- Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 46353
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
(Why are you so postcode averse in your addresses?)
- Sun Nov 03, 2013 6:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
- Replies: 83
- Views: 29499
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
I can't help but think that the Edinburgh club have been hoist by their own petard. 5 wins and 1 draw for Melanie Beaumont, but their own rules dictate that wins are worthless.
- Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jobs?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10656
Re: Jobs?
-+1 for the hyphenMatt Morrison wrote:-1 for the hyphenJames S Roper wrote:I'm a vaguely-underachieving student.
- Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:54 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
- Replies: 83
- Views: 29499
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
I was a bit confused by the shortage of wins all round. But since there are wins, draws and losses, could these also be incorporated into the table? It's not really complete otherwise.
- Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday November 1st 2013 (S69 P83)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2036
Re: Spoilers for Friday November 1st 2013 (S69 P83)
Italian version?Philip Wilson wrote:Also for the 792 round, 88x9 would have used one less number for the Italian version - took longer than 30 secs though
- Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 702556
Re: Ask Graeme?
What's the latest in the game that the first E has appeared? Today (massive spoiler), I think the first E appeared as the last letter of the third letters round, so the 27th letter. Are there any that beat that?
- Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday November 1st 2013 (S69 P83)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2036
Re: Spoilers for Friday November 1st 2013 (S69 P83)
75×4-25-3-100/50=270 for the last numbers that no-one got.
- Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday October 28th 2013
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2430
Re: Spoilers For Monday October 28th 2013
The GROANIEST/ORANGIEST round is the classic one where if you want to play tricks on your opponent, you can sit back and relax in order to make them think you have a nine (knowing that eight is the max) to force them to declare an invalid word.
- Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 46353
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
I've just paid for both days. What's the Corby line on Travelodge deals this year? It's looks to me as though Friday is £22.99 and Saturday £42 at the moment. The Friday looks reasonable (I paid £24 for each last time). Edit - I've now booked for the Friday at £22.99, but I'm leaving Saturday for now.
- Sat Oct 26, 2013 5:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 21st October 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 74)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3814
Re: Monday 21st October 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 74)
I just did it and got the same as Bob, which turns out to be correct, so that's good.
But really - hiding puzzles in recap threads!
But really - hiding puzzles in recap threads!
- Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: RB's Assorted Polls
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1171
Re: RB's Assorted Polls
I meant that RB = Richard Brittain. You are Rhys Benjamin, never to be shortened to RB.Rhys Benjamin wrote:No, that would be 'Polls of Assorted RBs'.Gavin Chipper wrote:And Richard Brittain's polls?
- Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
How long before we hear Susie say "Seven is as good as it gets with these letters."? I'm sure she's said that or something equivalent in the past, even if it was just to mean that they couldn't find anything longer. I think you know what I meant. And I'm pretty sure she's never said anyth...
- Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Supreme Championship On YouTube
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1705
Re: Supreme Championship On YouTube
Didn't someone link to that a few days ago?
- Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:41 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: RB's Assorted Polls
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1171
Re: RB's Assorted Polls
And Richard Brittain's polls?
- Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
I'm sure she's said that or something equivalent in the past, even if it was just to mean that they couldn't find anything longer.David Williams wrote:How long before we hear Susie say "Seven is as good as it gets with these letters."?
- Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 702556
Re: Ask Graeme?
Of course, there are two records for this, since there's no way that the two 15-round formats are remotely comparable for things like this.sean d wrote:What's the highest ever 15 round score without a 9?
- Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: New
The new score screens and CECIL were required because the old ones weren't compatible with the new computers at MediaCity. I think it's more that they weren't immediately compatible, and they didn't have enough time to sort them out. They probably could have gone back to the old screens after the f...
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 16 seeds in the finals please
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4937
Re: 16 seeds in the finals please
If a good player loses before becoming an octochamp because they meet another good player on the way, they're just as likely to come across this good player in their first or second game as their seventh or eighth, so it might not help them anyway. Unless you're going to fundamentally change the sys...
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:36 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 16 seeds in the finals please
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4937
Re: 16 seeds in the finals please
But you have to specify the rules in advance or it's not a fair contest.James Laverty wrote:Think I would call for it this series since the standard has been so high
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 2:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 655177
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why are longitude and latitude the wrong way round?
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:36 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 117462
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
I'm a massive fan of the show but not the best player of the game :-( All the more reason to go on Apterous! I don't like the numbers game on apterous, I don't find it very user-friendly :-( You just have to get used to it. A lot of people have said that they struggled at first, but I find it's fin...
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 17th October 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 72)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1568
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 117462
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
All the more reason to go on Apterous!Dave Preece wrote:I'm a massive fan of the show but not the best player of the game
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6710
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
Very difficult 4L selection for the 3rd numbers round. I got to 831 using the same method as Mark and spent a fair amount of time after viewing the show trying to get 832 and still couldn't get it. Hint: The final step in the solution is to divide by 25. :mrgreen: Kidding? You said in another threa...
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday October 16th 2013 (S69 P71)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2925
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday October 16th 2013 (S69 P71)
You must all remember Jon O'Neill having SULPHATED disallowed against Conor in the 30th birthday championship thing.
- Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6710
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
What's the highest debut score for someone who didn't score in round 3?Graeme Cole wrote:Also, 119 is the highest ever debut score for someone who didn't get the conundrum. (Thanks Marcus!)
- Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday October 14th 2013
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3998
Re: Spoilers For Monday October 14th 2013
FLORUITS. I think this might well be still valid on apterous, but following some debate after Wilson-Travers in the 30BC, it's now disallowed (as per the new contestant guidelines) What do they say about this? It sounds like the guidelines would have to be very specific. Edit - ODO recognises it wh...
- Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday October 14th 2013
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3998
Re: Spoilers For Monday October 14th 2013
This "blatant cheating" sounds like bollocks to me. What do the contestant guidelines/rules actually say about buzzing in? From the previous discussions, my understanding was that when you buzz in, you have to answer immediately or you'll be timed out, so nothing is specifically said about...
- Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
If you're going to change something, make it the selections for the numbers game. Instead of instructing contestants not to use the 937.5 trick, change the "large" numbers so as to defeat it. Instead of 25, 50, 75, and 100, why not use 12, 30, 56, and 90? (Those aren't random; they are re...
- Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Yeah we can't quite simply matters to "if it brings you to a page then it's valid" as certain things which don't have entries of their own like 'faber' and 'melanogaster' will bring you to words whose entries they happen to appear in. If rules like "no words with capital letters"...
- Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
I would say that unless it throws out stupid results, then the "traditional" way should go altogether. Someone from ODO has obviously gone through the entries and made some sort of decision on what derivatives are acceptable, so essentially the dictionary now tells us all the words that s...
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Great move. Regarding Graeme's point, I'd think that if the search bar recognises a plural and redirects you to the root entry, then that should be taken as an unequivocal indication that the plural is valid. If it doesn't recognise the plural, then you would have to look at the entry and make the ...
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
That brings me to another question which I've always wondered about. Suppose that you've got two words in mind, for example you note both CAPTIONER and RECAPTION but you're equally unsure of both. If it's you to declare second and your opponent declares a nine confidently, you could just copy and s...
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Remember, it's just a mass-market entertainment programme on the teevee. For those who want to take it seriously, maybe someone should come up with a web site where we can play online. That's a brilliant idea. I've got the perfect name for it as well. Why don't we call it apterous. :lol: In other w...
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Interestingly it finds the entry for SALMON if you type SALMONS, even though it says the plural is the same. No FABBER (or FABER), and no RAVIOLIS, even though it doesn't mention that it's a plural noun.
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
By the way, whatever one may think of people's ideas, I definitely think it's good that there are people willing to make a sustained argument for something. I know some people probably think "shut up about this - it's getting boring now", but I consider arguments like this a good thing, ev...
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
It's been noticed that ODO will recognise some comparatives and superlatives of monosyllabic adjectives (from what I've seen, mainly everyday ones like WILDEST and GRANDER) and redirect you to the root word, whereas other ones (such as apterous abominations FAUXER and HINGEDEST) throw up "no r...
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
How will the aptodic get updated if this is just a search thing rather than a list?
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 61496
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
For very good players, the knowledge that there's an 8 there (especially that their opponent has spotted) can be supremely helpful, and a lot of the time it will then just jump out at them. These "very good players" have enough going for them as it is, without giving them this extra help....
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:37 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Experiences
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8818
Re: Countdown Experiences
I'm quite happy to write one but I've never been on Countdown.Jack Worsley wrote:I've contacted Mike and he's happy to add some more when he gets some free time, most likely next month. Who's up for writing one then?
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 9749
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
ZOOIDAL in round 7. If anyone's thinking about TRUANCIES, it's still OK on apterous but it's a mass noun and in my opinion, should be taken out. Just looked at the dictionary, and "truancy" is described as an "action" so there might be a case for pluralising it ("the headma...
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 702556
Re: Ask Graeme?
Zarte won five games, smashing the record aggregate score for a five-time winner I feel like this must have been covered before, but I hereby Ask Graeme: what are the highest aggregates for a one-time, two-time, ..., eight-time winner? (Ideally split for 9/old 15/new 15 formats.) There was a sort o...
- Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday October 4th 2013 (S69 P63)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2196
Re: Spoilers for Friday October 4th 2013 (S69 P63)
You can't mention it - this is the spoilers thread!John Brackstone wrote:mauling in round 2
- Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday October 4th 2013 (S69 P63)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2196
Re: Spoilers for Friday October 4th 2013 (S69 P63)
Yeah cheers.Tony Atkins wrote:But I didn't get either available beater in R2...anyone?
- Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday October 3rd 2013 (S69 P62)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2411
Re: Spoilers for Thursday October 3rd 2013 (S69 P62)
I'm amazed that Michaela Strachan was allowed out of the studio alive after that snake spitting poem thing that she did.