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- Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:04 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What did you do with your extra hour?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2636
Re: What did you do with your extra hour?
Realized I had an extra hour to sleep, so stayed up an hour later.
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday October 1st 2010
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3283
Re: Spoilers For Friday October 1st 2010
Indeed, an example of how learning the meanings of words can help you play better (and look less of an idiot). Well no. Just learn what I did above and it's nothing to do with meanings. Necessary and sufficient, I think. Also, meanings are useful when determining whether a sensible plural exists fo...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:59 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 481470
Re: Feature requests
With all the throat-slashing over young, male, nerdy types stringing out obscurities with no idea of their meaning, I'm not sure the issue is with not knowing the meanings. I think it's just young male nerdy types who spend 60 hours a week practising Countdown who then go on TV and wipe the floor w...
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday September 27th 2010
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1816
Re: Spoilers For Monday September 27th 2010
TECHIE, rd 7.
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:41 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 481470
Re: Feature requests
With all the throat-slashing over young, male, nerdy types stringing out obscurities with no idea of their meaning, perhaps definitions could be incorporated into apterous. When you, your opponent and DC offer a word it could be clickable with a quick definition (pulled from dictionary.com or wherev...
- Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:15 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 481470
Re: Feature requests
Opened this thread hours ago, and only just got the Ray Parlour joke.
- Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:01 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: WORST ROUND EVAH
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1776
Re: WORST ROUND EVAH
Very similar selection to one in a game I ran by email where HUI was also the darren.
- Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Famous Countdowners...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4418
Re: Famous Countdowners...
Don't know him, I think. Perhaps he would've been less weirded out if you'd said we'd slept together.Jon O'Neill wrote: I met this guy last night who went to your school or college or something Conor, Nick Gardner, he seemed quite weirded out when I said we had a Countdown rivalry back in the day.
- Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday September 16th 2010
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5291
Re: Spoilers For Thursday September 16th 2010
ANORTHITE was fantastic. Knew it, but was nowhere near it. Great to see someone young tearing it up again - reminds me of that time Lewis Hamilton came second in the F1 drivers' championship in his rookie season!
- Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Gaelic Football Thread
- Replies: 74
- Views: 13185
Re: The C4C Gaelic Football Thread
Tipperary beat Kilkenny?! Go to a strange country for a couple of weeks and you lose all touch with reality. Fantastic. That's made my day.
- Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Gaelic Football Thread
- Replies: 74
- Views: 13185
Re: The C4C Gaelic Football Thread
It was disappointing people lamenting Kildare's loss rather than praising Down's win - Down were the better team, more skilful and fluent passing and looked very much in control until some missed chances and sloppy defending late on let Kildare back in. I'd like Down to win (everyone hates Cork, exc...
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Famous Countdowners...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4418
Re: Famous Countdowners...
Our Jon O'Neill? And Wayne Mardle's a healthy average by darts' standards.Charlie Reams wrote:Oh and let's not forget Jon O'Neill, who had a starring role in the autobiography of darts fatty Wayne Mardle (and by starring role, I mean one mention with his name misspelled).
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Famous Countdowners...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4418
Re: Famous Countdowners...
Ah, Clarke Carlisle! Reminded me of Ayoola Erinle. David Elias (a series champion) wrote questions for the Krypton Factor and The Weakest Link.
- Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Famous Countdowners...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4418
Famous Countdowners...
...whose fame extends outside of the Countdown sphere (and for more interest, the game show sphere). I was casually reading a Wiki article when the name Ariane Sherine buzzed my memory to Chris Philpot's show, and it's the same one . CJ de Mooi is the other who comes to mind, and perhaps Jack Welsby...
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:38 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Work poo study
- Replies: 86
- Views: 8330
Re: Work poo study
By the way, I'm not sure if this was covered earlier, but with all the unwritten rules about using the urinal furthest from other people etc. why do people not always just piss in a cubicle as the first choice and then only use a urinal if they're taken? Because it may look like you're concerned ab...
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Exam results
- Replies: 151
- Views: 18643
Re: Exam results
Mmh, 'fraid not. (Not speaking from experience.)Matt Morrison wrote:If you're doing maths at uni, get used to it.
I joke of course - such is Oxbridge that maths is probably more likely to get you laid than studying something cool.
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Exam results
- Replies: 151
- Views: 18643
Re: Exam results
At Cambridge, I failed in the Honours, but just did well enough to be granted a Pass degree :( Is there still a mandatory Classics entrance test? - I needed Latin as well as Maths (Pure & Applied) Physics and Chemistry. That was back in 1943 - I think my equivalent grades were D(or E - anything...
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Exam results
- Replies: 151
- Views: 18643
Re: Exam results
Congrats Jimmy and Jack. I'm guessing you're doing maths having done STEP (unless you did them for fun), and Pembroke is a nice college.
- Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:59 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Max Game Moment: What Would You Do?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4657
Re: Max Game Moment: What Would You Do?
Haha, I still don't understand this. The conundrum is the only round in the game that can be affected by your opponent (except their choice of numbers perhaps, like 6 small to fuck you up a bit). If I know they're going for the conundrum I'll buzz in instantly but sometimes I mess up like press SOU...
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010
- Replies: 129
- Views: 29442
Re: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010
Hmm, yeah, in. I'll Paypal the dosh when I can be bothered to replace my lost card.
- Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday December 18th 2009 Grand Final
- Replies: 66
- Views: 10882
Re: Spoilers For Friday December 18th 2009 Grand Final
Fantastic final (the only episode I've seen for months due to being at university) - out of interest, did you have SHOALED, Andrew? Not that it ultimately would've changed anything. To add to the "oh-so-nearly"s of round 13: only one letter away from HEADLOUSE. Which is actually two words....
- Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Tastes in comedy
- Replies: 72
- Views: 8265
Re: Tastes in comedy
I think the humour in The Office can usually be got by anyone who's experienced an awkward silence. It's still quality stuff.
I am unashamedly in love with both Stewart Lee and Dylan Moran.
I am unashamedly in love with both Stewart Lee and Dylan Moran.
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:55 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Exam results
- Replies: 151
- Views: 18643
Re: Exam results
I'll make a quick reappearance: 3As in maths, further maths and physics and a capitulatory B in computing; plus a 1,1 in STEP. Enough to sneak into St. John's College, Cambridge.
- Sun May 17, 2009 10:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Birthdays
- Replies: 1252
- Views: 133234
Re: Birthdays
Happy birthday Doddy! You're very old, though.
- Sat May 16, 2009 8:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Exam season!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5372
Re: Exam season!
Oh, erm, hmm. A2s this year: some maths exams next week (FP2 and FP3, I think) and then computing, physics and the dreaded STEP in June.
- Wed May 13, 2009 3:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 13/05/2009
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2367
Re: Spoilers for 13/05/2009
LEUCINE was there for 7 in round 11, though I'd have been hesitant to risk it competitively. Impressive display by the champion -- he's especially solid on the letters.
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:35 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Lexplorer
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2022
Re: Lexplorer
Very neat. It's a testament to my immaturity (or suppressed urges, if you want to be mean) that my virgin Lexploring was "penis".
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:01 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6873
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Reaction to the final
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4724
Re: Reaction to the final
Been a bit busy so haven't posted. Congratulations Junaid and commiserations Charlie, it was an excellent and poignant final.
- Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 8th December 2008, Series 59 3rd Quarter-Final
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1581
Re: Monday 8th December 2008, Series 59 3rd Quarter-Final
I'll admit to thinking the conundrum was "INFOMAGIC". :S
- Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: New Host
- Replies: 264
- Views: 30383
Re: New Host
Oh, good choices. I was disappointing when I'd heard that Alexander Armstrong pulled out, but I'm a fan of Jeff Stelling.
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Junior Countdowners
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6393
Re: Junior Countdowners
I read "run it" as "ruin it". Hah.Charlie Reams wrote:That would be pretty cool. I'd happily run it.Oliver Garner wrote:If we get a few more Under 16's we could make a tourny out of it.
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 5th November 2008
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3962
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 5th November 2008
PENTANES. Pentane is listed as a mass noun. I'm not sure whether you can have more than one type or multiple pentanes in a restaurant. I decided against risking it on the show. I got MACHETES at home, but missed out on REBOOT, so I beat myself by 3 points today. You're right. I could remember one o...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 5th November 2008
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3962
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 5th November 2008
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3962
- Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random Stuff
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4395
Re: Random Stuff
Does an agnostic, insomniac, Countdowner lay in bed at night wondering if there's a dog?
- Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Retirement
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4201
Re: Retirement
I'm interested.
- Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Championship of Champions XIII -- Official Draw
- Replies: 81
- Views: 10064
Re: Championship of Champions XIII -- Official Draw
It's hard to pick a clear favourite. I think Matthew has it pretty well with the odds, although I'd probably reduce Hurrell's and Brittain's odd, although the latter may claim the Jews faked the CoC anyway. Also, I notice an infinitely higher proportion of female contestants in this CoC in compariso...
- Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers -- Thursday 23rd October
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5575
Re: Spoilers -- Thursday 23rd October
Well done Charlie and his erections. A shame about a 6 small selection and a nasty conundrum (first one I haven't got in an age).
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers -- Wednesday 22nd October
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2948
Re: Spoilers -- Wednesday 22nd October
That's what I missed too.David O'Donnell wrote:Missed APPLAUSE and CEREMONY today - I could have lived with one of them being missed but not both. Goodbye cruel world
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers -- Wednesday 22nd October
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2948
Spoilers -- Wednesday 22nd October
DISCOIDS for 8.
- Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fun maths question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2169
Re: Fun maths question
You can say as a tends to infinity, 1/a tends to zero. But 1/infinity isn't defined since infinity isn't a number.Dinos Sfyris wrote: But if it were it would be zero, yes? :p
- Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fun maths question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2169
Re: Fun maths question
Paul gets it, all permutations, well done. :) Nice alternative method to mine, I can see it being useful. The geometrical interpretation was interesting too. What I did: Multiply through by abc to get (a+1)(b+1)(c+1) = 2abc. Let a = 2, so 3(b+1)(c+1) = 4bc. Rearrange to get bc - 3b - 3c - 3 = 0 and ...
- Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st October
- Replies: 71
- Views: 9008
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st October
Top game today -- good performances coupled with humour. I hadn't expected Charlie to offer WANKERS and figured his sniggering was a "yeah, I saw that word too" kind of expression. Pleasing to see NARCOTISE preferred over the bland alternatives, I remember some other great person did the s...
- Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:58 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: CountMax errors
- Replies: 727
- Views: 92510
Re: CountMax errors
Can PLEROMA be pluralized? It's tagged with [in sing.], but so is INRUSH and INRUSHES was allowed back in CoC XII: Matt Shore against Chris Cummins.
- Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fun maths question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2169
Re: Fun maths question
BMO1 or BMO2? I sucked fairly hard at the former when I was at school (I got one right and a partial solution to another, which I think was near the median). I've actually got a vague memory of seeing this one before, possibly got my wires crossed somewhere but remember it having a nice geometrical...
- Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fun maths question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2169
Re: Fun maths question
It's a BMO question, actually.
- Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Which mailing list was best?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1836
Re: Which mailing list was best?
I thought Zef's mailing list was countdownonline, unless I'm missing something...?
- Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fun maths question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2169
Fun maths question
It requires no knowledge of maths beyond simple algebraic manipulation, but needs a systematic and intuitive approach:
Find all triples of positive integers a,b and c such that
(1 + 1/a)(1 + 1/b)(1 + 1/c) = 2
Good luck.
Find all triples of positive integers a,b and c such that
(1 + 1/a)(1 + 1/b)(1 + 1/c) = 2
Good luck.
- Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:16 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Cat Puzzle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1589
Re: Cat Puzzle
Yeah. I get 729 too (after some initial errors :p). You can make the checking process quicker by only cubing values divisible by 3.
- Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What's your phobia?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3790
Re: What's your phobia?
Spiders. I've always hated them. The prospect of being in a room filled to the brim with corpses sounds more appealing than touching a spider.
- Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Which football team do you support?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 10260
Re: Which football team do you support?
I "casually" support Man Utd, genetically inherited from my dad rather than the allure of glory. I emphasize the casualness -- I've seen little football this season.
- Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday, 17th October
- Replies: 48
- Views: 6824
Re: Spoilers for Friday, 17th October
Just watched your episodes on 4od and my verdict: very good. I played better "today", but was beaten on a few rounds on your other shows. I think you were slightly unlucky, what with declaring first in round 9 and yet another 6 small numbers game selection. AMITOTIC was there as an equalle...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Exam results
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5316
Re: Exam results
St. John's. Are you applying too?Ben Pugh wrote: Which college are you applying to?
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:16 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official Thread of Brag
- Replies: 1176
- Views: 176382
Re: Official Thread of Brag
The rounds were flatter than those in Paul's game, but: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=3298
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Have you ever cried at Countdown?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4688
Have you ever cried at Countdown?
Come on, own up if you have. We're all very mature, we won't deride you.
Me? Not quite, but I was close to doing so at the end of the Series 52 final, Tournoff vs Gallen. The Series 53 final was quite poignant too.
Me? Not quite, but I was close to doing so at the end of the Series 52 final, Tournoff vs Gallen. The Series 53 final was quite poignant too.
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: New Host
- Replies: 264
- Views: 30383
Re: Latest Countdown host speculation
He's certainly not someone I'd have expected to be linked with the job, and I don't know if he'd appeal to docile, slightly-senile old ladies. But personally, I'd consider him a decent choice: I find Armstrong and Miller quite funny.
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:40 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official Thread of Brag
- Replies: 1176
- Views: 176382
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Seriously? :lol: but didn't Ben send you about 10,000 texts and emails about it? Edit to say: yes please do finish it, then Ben'll let you come to COLin (if you're up for it) I've been somewhat slack (well, a bit of an understatement) in checking my emails. :P Not sure about the texts though, but I...
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:59 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official Thread of Brag
- Replies: 1176
- Views: 176382
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Oh, I'd forgotten about that. I'm up for finishing it anytime.Julian Fell wrote:Jesus, Conor BIRTHDATE, PICAROON, TEPIDARIA... you've obviously been keeping in practice whilst you were away! Scary... so are you going to finish your COMA Final with Paul H?
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Exam results
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5316
Re: Exam results
The clever sod who lives down my road is planning to do the same and I've been helping him get used to STEP. We found a couple of decent resources (which you may have discovered already), the first has general tips and detailed solutions explaining the thought processes behind them for a ton of STE...