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Post by Spock on Jul 16, 2013 9:13:31 GMT -6
Hmm, have I scared everyone away!?
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Post by stepper on Jul 17, 2013 18:03:32 GMT -6
I have too many answers and I'm trying to cut down to just one or two that make sense.
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Post by Spock on Jul 21, 2013 10:55:07 GMT -6
Time for a hint?
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Post by stepper on Jul 21, 2013 13:06:03 GMT -6
Not until scamp says so.
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Post by Spock on Jul 28, 2013 8:45:38 GMT -6
I could give a little hint ...
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Post by stepper on Jul 28, 2013 15:43:19 GMT -6
Okay let's see. F, H, G. Not it? Shucks! Time for a little hint.
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Post by Spock on Jul 28, 2013 21:05:39 GMT -6
Nope, not the right answer but you may have the right idea.
Clue: I didn't start the series at the beginning.
Want another little hint?
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Post by scamp on Aug 2, 2013 18:35:50 GMT -6
E, D, F, err, maybe?
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Post by Spock on Aug 2, 2013 21:29:21 GMT -6
Nope, time for another hint?
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Post by Spock on Aug 7, 2013 10:06:34 GMT -6
Everyone give up? The answer is really simple, once you've seen it. So simple even I could think of presenting it ...
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Post by Spock on Aug 10, 2013 15:16:48 GMT -6
I hope someone answers this soon ... before I forget what the answer is and how to derive it!
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Post by stepper on Aug 10, 2013 20:34:11 GMT -6
EBCDIC or binary decimal converter
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Post by Spock on Aug 10, 2013 22:49:55 GMT -6
Nope, sorry. You have the right idea though, you just aren't being devious enough.
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Post by stepper on Aug 13, 2013 20:19:09 GMT -6
Yeah, I have a problem with deviousness.
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Post by Spock on Aug 13, 2013 21:11:35 GMT -6
Time for another hint?
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Post by stepper on Aug 14, 2013 17:37:29 GMT -6
Sigh, I guess so.
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Post by Spock on Aug 14, 2013 20:05:27 GMT -6
OK, the series, from the beginning:
a,b,d,c,g, ...
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Post by Spock on Sept 1, 2013 15:11:53 GMT -6
More? Or just give the solution?
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Post by stepper on Sept 1, 2013 18:50:13 GMT -6
I guess it's time for a solution Spock.
I was considering a couple answers, including a genome sequence specific to males or females, but when you hinted it was related to computing I was already past computer systems.
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Post by Spock on Sept 1, 2013 20:08:57 GMT -6
How about one more chance?
Grey code
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Post by stepper on Sept 2, 2013 11:21:02 GMT -6
Well, at least I have an excuse. I don't work with communication error correction. Gray probably has other applications, but error correction is the only one I've heard about and I'm not a comm person.
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Post by Spock on Sept 2, 2013 17:39:49 GMT -6
OK, here's the text note I made to myself so I wouldn't forget when I made the first post. Whoosh Riddle of the Week: Gray Code represented by letters. Straight Binary: 0000 = a 0001 = b 0010 = c 0011 = d 0100 = e 0101 = f 0110 = g 0111 = h 1000 = i 1001 = j 1010 = k 1011 = l 1100 = m 1101 = n 1110 = o 1111 = p Grey Code Binary: 0000 = 00 = a 0001 = 01 = b = I started with 1 to confuse the issue. 0011 = 03 = d 0010 = 02 = c 0110 = 06 = g 0111 = 07 = h 0101 = 05 = f 0100 = 04 = e 1100 = 12 = m 1101 = 13 = n 1111 = 15 = p 1110 = 14 = o 1010 = 10 = k 1011 = 11 = l 1001 = 09 = j 1000 = 08 = i In Gray code, there is only one bit location different between numeric increments, which makes mechanical transitions from one digit to the next less error prone. I used to teach this stuff at the Naval Academy. The simplest way to look at it is starting with two numbers: 0 1 Then you "reflect" the numbers: 0 1 1 0 Then you add zero in front of the original numbers and one in front of the "reflected" numbers: 00 01 11 10 And that's Gray Code. If you continue for another "Reflection": 00 01 11 10 10 11 01 00 and then: 000 001 011 010 110 111 101 100 And it continues ad infinitum. Sorry, told you I was being sneaky.
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 2, 2013 20:34:29 GMT -6
Clear as mud. Phalon should have figured it out a long time ago.
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Post by Spock on Sept 3, 2013 14:33:58 GMT -6
Just imagine putting a mirror at the bottom of the column of numbers to see their 'reflection'. That's how you get the reflected code. Then add a zero in front of the top numbers and a one in front of the bottom numbers to get the Gray code. It's not a math or intelligence thing, it's a perception thing.
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 3, 2013 18:13:41 GMT -6
It's good there are people who do understand. I'm just not one of them.
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Post by Spock on Sept 3, 2013 20:10:58 GMT -6
It's good there are people who do understand. ... I guess so then, because Gray Code is the foundation for all Internet communication. Everything that has been developed since uses that information to some extent.
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Post by Phalon on Sept 6, 2013 6:17:00 GMT -6
OMG, Joxie!!! The last sip of coffee before I leave for work, and now it's all splattered across the computer screen.
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 6, 2013 20:35:19 GMT -6
Well, now we know what's _really_ wrong with your computer. The poor thing wants first-hand coffee, not second-hand spew.
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Post by scamp on Dec 9, 2013 16:57:22 GMT -6
Nasty one Spock! Here's an easy one: there are three words in the English language that end with "gry." One is hungry and the other is angry. What is the third word? Everyone uses this word every day, everyone knows what it means, and knows what it stands for. If you have listened very closely I have already told you the third word.
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Post by Spock on Dec 9, 2013 17:25:30 GMT -6
Nasty one Spock! Here's an easy one: there are three words in the English language that end with "gry." One is hungry and the other is angry. What is the third word? Everyone uses this word every day, everyone knows what it means, and knows what it stands for. If you have listened very closely I have already told you the third word. The way this is worded, I cannot think of any other words that end in "gry" that everyone uses every day that would not be not archaic. If you were to enunciate the riddle, then there is much more scope for interpretation.
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