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I'm putting some of these on my Facebook 'Countdown Screen Shots' album. If anyone objects, I'll remove them. I guess Charlie owns the copyright anyway.
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Will you be rehosting the images or linking to them in their original locations? If the latter, be warned that I shall probably be moving mine at some point. If/when I do, I'll edit the forum posts that they're in to reference the new locations, but any links you've created will break.Martin Gardner wrote:I'm putting some of these on my Facebook 'Countdown Screen Shots' album. If anyone objects, I'll remove them. I guess Charlie owns the copyright anyway.
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Sounds fine to me.Martin Gardner wrote:I'm putting some of these on my Facebook 'Countdown Screen Shots' album. If anyone objects, I'll remove them. I guess Charlie owns the copyright anyway.
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And another one along the same lines, which almost made up for being insulted by Jeremy Kyle throughout one of my worst Duel performances ever:I wrote:Sometimes the insertion of a DC word into the template dialogue has an outcome that is truly felicitous:
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Quick heads up Phil just for the sake of being informative - Facebook photos all have to be uploaded to their server, you can't make albums from external images.Phil Reynolds wrote:Will you be rehosting the images or linking to them in their original locations? If the latter, be warned that I shall probably be moving mine at some point. If/when I do, I'll edit the forum posts that they're in to reference the new locations, but any links you've created will break.Martin Gardner wrote:I'm putting some of these on my Facebook 'Countdown Screen Shots' album. If anyone objects, I'll remove them. I guess Charlie owns the copyright anyway.
It's an interesting point, especially if you consider their recent attempts to change their terms & conditions - FB wanted to retain the rights to images (and all other content) that you upload regardless of whether you eventually close your account - which was overthrown by mass rejection in favour of a return to the previous set up whereby they delete all of their copies of your images and stuff if you remove your account.
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...except not really. The images are still there, it's just that the public can't access them. You can confirm this by closing and then reopening your account, because all your old stuff will reappear.Matt Morrison wrote:whereby they delete all of their copies of your images and stuff if you remove your account.
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Not quite true Charlie, although I suppose I perhaps should have been more clear.Charlie Reams wrote:...except not really. The images are still there, it's just that the public can't access them. You can confirm this by closing and then reopening your account, because all your old stuff will reappear.Matt Morrison wrote:whereby they delete all of their copies of your images and stuff if you remove your account.
If you just 'close your account' through the confusingly-titled 'close my account' link, then yes, things are kept on the server and can be resurrected if you choose to come back.
But they DO make it a bit clearer these days that if you 'terminate' your account (by e-mailing support) then absolutely everything gets deleted properly.
Can confirm this happens as a mate of mine who was on an anti-corporate tip decided to terminate his account and then three days later needed some pictures of himself for some reason and re-signed up to find a totally blank 'as new' account in place of where all his bits had been.
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Interesting. I still wouldn't trust them to really really delete anything, but then if I had something really incriminating or private then I wouldn't put it on Facebook in the first place.Matt Morrison wrote:Not quite true Charlie, although I suppose I perhaps should have been more clear.Charlie Reams wrote:...except not really. The images are still there, it's just that the public can't access them. You can confirm this by closing and then reopening your account, because all your old stuff will reappear.Matt Morrison wrote:whereby they delete all of their copies of your images and stuff if you remove your account.
If you just 'close your account' through the confusingly-titled 'close my account' link, then yes, things are kept on the server and can be resurrected if you choose to come back.
But they DO make it a bit clearer these days that if you 'terminate' your account (by e-mailing support) then absolutely everything gets deleted properly.
Can confirm this happens as a mate of mine who was on an anti-corporate tip decided to terminate his account and then three days later needed some pictures of himself for some reason and re-signed up to find a totally blank 'as new' account in place of where all his bits had been.
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My Facebook security settings are so tight that nobody can get to me.
Which makes the whole exercise a bit futile I suppose.
Which makes the whole exercise a bit futile I suppose.
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I was looking for a mate yesterday who I know quite well.Ralph Gillions wrote:My Facebook security settings are so tight that nobody can get to me.
Which makes the whole exercise a bit futile I suppose.
Searched, found her. Laughed for a moment that she had her profile picture turned off for searches ("how does she expect friends to know its her?").
Thought I'd look at her friend list, see if it sounded like it was her. Oh, she's got her 'View Friends' option turned off.
Oh well I'll just add her as a friend anyway, presume it's her. Oh, she's got the 'Add Friend' option turned off too.
Hmm guess I'll just have to send her a message then and ask her to do the add herself. Oh, she's removed the 'Send Message' option too.
Talk about cagey.
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Yeah I look up people with common names all the time, and if there's no photo and no date of birth, you're a bit screwed!Matt Morrison wrote:I was looking for a mate yesterday who I know quite well.Ralph Gillions wrote:My Facebook security settings are so tight that nobody can get to me.
Which makes the whole exercise a bit futile I suppose.
Searched, found her. Laughed for a moment that she had her profile picture turned off for searches ("how does she expect friends to know its her?").
Thought I'd look at her friend list, see if it sounded like it was her. Oh, she's got her 'View Friends' option turned off.
Oh well I'll just add her as a friend anyway, presume it's her. Oh, she's got the 'Add Friend' option turned off too.
Hmm guess I'll just have to send her a message then and ask her to do the add herself. Oh, she's removed the 'Send Message' option too.
Talk about cagey.
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PS If you didn't find that funny, you need to look up CAPONIZED in the dictionary.I wrote:
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I thought it was funny, although the other one is better.Phil Reynolds wrote:PS If you didn't find that funny, you need to look up CAPONIZED in the dictionary.I wrote:
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Racist poofter.Charlie Reams wrote:Question: Why did the Rastafarian go to the bank?
Answer: To open a joint account.
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Apologies for the size!
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Yes, it was a bit small.Martin Gardner wrote:
Apologies for the size!
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Now, I thought playing GONAD was bad enough...I was very, very wrong.
Question is...does he go sloblock-deep?
Question is...does he go sloblock-deep?
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Presumably Ann's off to administer herself a quick urine test...Matt Morrison wrote:
Great spot by the way.
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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I wish you'd found Apterous before you applied for Countdown.Kai Laddiman wrote:
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lol watBen Hunter wrote:I wish you'd found Apterous before you applied for Countdown.Kai Laddiman wrote:
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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...yes, it really did.
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Brilliant!!
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Mental. What is the probability of getting a nine letter word come out from the off, anyone know?
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Stop torturing us statisticians, you nasty person.Ben Hunter wrote:Mental. What is the probability of getting a nine letter word come out from the off, anyone know?
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Given that the shuffling is far from truly random, it would be very hard to give anything more than an empirical estimate anyway. So 1 in 548495 is about the best we can do (I checked that it has never happened before.)Ian Volante wrote:Stop torturing us statisticians, you nasty person.Ben Hunter wrote:Mental. What is the probability of getting a nine letter word come out from the off, anyone know?
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Even still, you could argue it has a lot to do with the way in which the contestant chooses the consonants and vowels. If you choose Kirk's way of CCCVVVCVC then you're never going to get a word spelt out, whereas if you're going CVCVCVCVC or something similar then you're inviting words to pop out early on. Finally, if your intention is for a word to be spelt out, the word-in-progress is obviously going to guide your picks, such that if you have AMBIGU from the first 6 letters then it behoves you to next choose a vowel.Charlie Reams wrote:Given that the shuffling is far from truly random, it would be very hard to give anything more than an empirical estimate anyway. So 1 in 548495 is about the best we can do (I checked that it has never happened before.)Ian Volante wrote:Stop torturing us statisticians, you nasty person.Ben Hunter wrote:Mental. What is the probability of getting a nine letter word come out from the off, anyone know?
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I always go CVCVCVC with my first 7, and yes, when it came out MILEPOS I of course chose two consonants, trying to complete the word. Far from random, but still extremely unlikely!
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Look at the conundrum times on this one...
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Amazing!James Hall wrote:Look at the conundrum times on this one...
It's shocking it took you so long to solve that!
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Can anyone tell me how to get a screenshot into here, it's saved on my desktop as a jpeg. Where do i go from there? It's obviously something to do with Img button up there, but the 'http://image_url' in between the brackets means nothing to me. And if I just paste nothing happens.
Perhaps someone should write a dummies guide to forums...
Perhaps someone should write a dummies guide to forums...
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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You need to upload the image to the Internet somewhere - I think some people use imageshack, for instance. Then your picture will be located at a url, and then you need to do [img]url_of_your_picture[/img].Maxine Silkstone wrote:Can anyone tell me how to get a screenshot into here, it's saved on my desktop as a jpeg. Where do i go from there? It's obviously something to do with Img button up there, but the 'http://image_url' in between the brackets means nothing to me. And if I just paste nothing happens.
Perhaps someone should write a dummies guide to forums...
Hope that makes sense/is right.
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And there was me thinking it would be technical!
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Couldn't find the Screen Print button at the time, but this round 12 was rather amusing.
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Happened a while ago - but only just managed to upload it! Interesting conundrum guess!
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Haha brilliant. COCKLOVER would make a great scramble.Barry Evans wrote: Happened a while ago - but only just managed to upload it! Interesting conundrum guess!
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Not sure if this lives here or in bugs, certainly had me scratching my head,
"Maybe Junior sometimes does 8 letters not always 7" thinks me after I have found STUTTER and still have an N left over.
then the solution comes up
By the way, thanks for the masterclass on images Michael, as you can see I figured it out.
"Maybe Junior sometimes does 8 letters not always 7" thinks me after I have found STUTTER and still have an N left over.
then the solution comes up
By the way, thanks for the masterclass on images Michael, as you can see I figured it out.
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Haha. Oops. There was a bug in one of the shuffle generation modules which had been sitting latent for a while but a change to some distant part of the codebase caused it to suddenly be exposed and start spewing out bad conundrums. I think I've fixed this now.Maxine Silkstone wrote:Not sure if this lives here or in bugs, certainly had me scratching my head,
"Maybe Junior sometimes does 8 letters not always 7" thinks me after I have found STUTTER and still have an N left over.
then the solution comes up.
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Didn't take a screenshot at the time, but just remembered this conundrum-based anomaly.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=75721
Forget last second, this is somehow past second!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=75721
Forget last second, this is somehow past second!
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So, in English then, there was a nasty gremlin locked safely in a little box, but then a visiting elf came and loosened the lid and he got out and started throwing mud pies around.Charlie Reams wrote:Haha. Oops. There was a bug in one of the shuffle generation modules which had been sitting latent for a while but a change to some distant part of the codebase caused it to suddenly be exposed and start spewing out bad conundrums. I think I've fixed this now.Maxine Silkstone wrote:Not sure if this lives here or in bugs, certainly had me scratching my head,
"Maybe Junior sometimes does 8 letters not always 7" thinks me after I have found STUTTER and still have an N left over.
then the solution comes up.
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Nice one, Carol.
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I think this speaks a bit...
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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I was nervous about misspelling this one!
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DAILYSEX?Rob Thomas wrote:I was nervous about misspelling this one!
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lolled at the scramble
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Living life in a gyratory circus kind of way.
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I don't know how to do a screenshot, so I'll just have to do a link instead.Derek Hazell wrote:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=121816
Despite failing to get the conundrum, Georgina was pleased to get her first win.
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Haha you meanie! And I was only telling her what a nice guy you are too.Philip Jarvis wrote:I don't know how to do a screenshot, so I'll just have to do a link instead.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=121816
Despite failing to get the conundrum, Georgina was pleased to get her first win.
IMO not bad for an 11 year old.
Of course I let her win though
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Living life in a gyratory circus kind of way.
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Not bad, but I'm pretty sure Prune has had a disallowed 1 before.Derek Hazell wrote:...an image...
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Now that's just greedy.
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OK, I'm not sure it's that good Des...
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