3 4 or 5 3 words 1 - 4 - 7 4 words 2 - 5 - 8 5 words 3 - 6 - 9 sorry but ye cannae break the laws of matherology 290 >> 2+9+0 = 11 >> 1+1=2 ... a 4 word number 294 >> 2+9+4=15 >> 1+5=6 ... a five word number
Eh? I just stared at the screen for 10 minutes trying to uncover WHAT in the name of creme eggs Mirelly was talking about. I reached new highs in confu... confuddl... confuddlision?
If you take the number of a post ... let's say 29532 add the numbers together 2+9+5+3+2 = 21 add again to get a single digit number 2+1=3 3 is third in the sequence 1, 2, 3, etc so post number 29,532 in the 3, 4, 5 thread should be a FIVE word number The number 29,532 is also divisible by 3 ... but then you knew that already
OK I get the message I think you're all having a laugh at my expense But in case you are not here it is in baby talk First post (#1) is THREE words Second post (#2) is FOUR words Third post (#3) is FIVE WORDS OK Pay attention here's where it gets really difficult Fourth post (#4) is THREE words Fifth post (#5) is FOUR words Sixth post (#6) is FIVE WORDS Seventh post (#7) is THREE words Eighth post (#8) is FOUR words Ninth post (#9) is FIVE WORDS But what's really gonna freak your chicken is this: Tenth post (#10) is THREE words Eleventh post (#11) is FOUR words Twelfth post (#12) is FIVE words Post number 10 contains the digits 1 and zero, which added together make 1 Post number 11 likewise contains diggits 1 and another 1 that add together to make 2 And ... duh add together the digits in the 12 of post number 12 and you get 3 This sequence is endless and predictable and can be used to ascertain who is right and who is wrong. For what it's worth I was waiting for someone (and I won't do it) to point the fickle finger of fate at the guilty person who was remonstarting with Babe for posting the wrong number of words when, in fact, Babe's post was -- accidentally or otherwise -- actually correct
*blinks* Ohhh....I get it...uhh...wait...no, I don't. *turns and walks away scratching her head* I give up.
I get it Mirelly. Shana, take post.... 67 for example. 6+7=13 1+3=4 So therefore, post 67 MUST contain 4 words in that thread about posting 3 words, then 4, then 5! I only have one question. How the heck did you figure this one out?
clunk ... ooh my bottom just fell off ... sorry Babe but you're almost there 67 would be 3 words ... cos 6+7=13 1+3=4 which is true but the 3,4,5 series is only three deep and there are -- sadly, but confoundedly, nine digits 1 thru 9 ... so bunging them in a matrix you get 123 456 789 4 and 7, as can be seen lay in the 1 column (three words) 5 and 8, are in the 2 column (four words) 6 and 9 .... oh sorry I fell asleep How did I discover it? You kidding this is maths at it most basic! And I barely got thru math at school (you don't wanna know my grade ... hell! I don't even wanna remember it! ) So why am I the only one to think this is kindergarten stuff ... and while I'm on the subject why am I the the only one who is using TAN tables to exploit the roofslopeangle cheat to make better dormer windows? You can do totally froody things with a roof if you set roofslopeangle 30.96375 ... go on try it! (If you have Nightlife ... )
Oh, Shana. I'm joining you on the side of the people who have given up. Mirelly, I actually meant WHY did you figure this out?!? I'm even more ill now... Oooh, Creme Eggs!
Too bad Babe, because I think I got it now...for example: Use the following grid: If the final number falls under line A, it's a 3 word post, line B it's a 4 word post, and line C is a 5 word post. A B C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 213: 2+1+3=6 which would make it a 5 word post because 6 falls under the C catagory in the grid. 214: 2+1+4=7 which makes it a 3 word post because it falls under A.
LOL, not if they knew me in person! I understood your basic concept at first, but was a little confused on it, your grid just really helped by ingraining it into my little head. It is interesting how it is a constant that never changes. As for math in general though, aiy, I barely made it through college algebra.
Try substituting , and for A, B and C. (I mean that the length of the sentences is not important. 3,4,5 A,B,C smiley1,smiley2, smiley3.) But what about a 3, 4, 5 and 6 word series. What's the pattern under that one? *Back to work, Lynet!*
LOL ... there's always someone, isn't there? A repeating series of 4 items does have a numerological pattern ... just not one that is easily memorised by an airhead like me. The cyclic nature of 3's is well known. It's the next big math secret taught to kids soon after teaching them that odd numbers and even numbers have different properties. The curious nature of 3 is counter-intuitive since we instinctively feel that because we count in base ten and 3 is no rational fraction of the base that it ought not to be so predictable. Luckily zero has the property of not being an effective integer ... the idea of zero as a number is a source of endless amusement. Of course zero is most useful as a number in accounting because it is clear that the difference between a bank account that is $1 dollar overdrawn and an account that has a postive balance of $1 is obviously $2 ... we do that by placing the null condition of zero balance between the two states. But don't go looking for the year 0 between 1BC and 1AD ... you won't find it any more than you'll find a noughth birthday. Strictly speaking the day we celebrate as a first birthday is actually one's second (the first being the actual day we were born), but a birthday celebrates not a number but the accumulation of years ... so a 15th birthday celebrates the completion of 15 years of life. We know it, cos it's so darn obvious ... but like most things that are utterly obvious the smaller ramifications of the significance tend to get overlooked in all the excitement .... The scary truth is that numbers will do some highly odd things once you accept that zero doesn't exist (that was a joke BTW)
