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Ghost Sniper
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I know I may seem like prying, starting another survey, but I just want to see how old everyone is on this forum.
I'm 14 
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Sameer
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #1 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 11:33am » |
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Hmmm I wonder how many will answer this, so I will wait for first reply!!
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #2 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 11:35am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 11:33am, Sameer wrote:| Hmmm I wonder how many will answer this, so I will wait for first reply!! |
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You already made the first reply... 
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denis
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #3 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 11:45am » |
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I will put it in the form of a riddle:
x2+y2-18=10x+y=my age
Since there is only one equation with two unknowns, there may be more than one answer...
But in this case x>0 and y>0 and both are integer
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #4 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 12:29pm » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 11:45am, denis wrote:I will put it in the form of a riddle:
x2+y2-18=10x+y=my age
Since there is only one equation with two unknowns, there may be more than one answer...
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There are precisely two solutions that fit the given conditions. I'm guessing it's:
x2+x+4y="your age"+1
rather than
x2+x+4y="your age"+3
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #5 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 12:44pm » |
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you guessed right... (I would have thought, normally picking out the terms the way I did without really analysing too much that I would be setting up a system with only one solution for which both x and y are integers... Guess I got lucky)
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mikedagr8
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #6 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 3:25am » |
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I'm turning 16 on Tuesday.  
denis, you're one year older than my dad. I'd put my age in the form of a math equation, except, well, I state it openly.
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ima1trkpny
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #7 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 6:02am » |
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on Sep 28th, 2007, 3:25am, mikedagr8 wrote:I'm turning 16 on Tuesday.
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Congratulations! Fun age!
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #8 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 10:16am » |
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on Sep 28th, 2007, 3:25am, mikedagr8 wrote:I'm turning 16 on Tuesday.
denis, you're one year older than my dad. I'd put my age in the form of a math equation, except, well, I state it openly. |
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Sweet 16! I recall I learned to drive at that age. Also learned my first programming language. No internet back then so there was only one computer science class in our entire high school curriculum! I hope you get more choice than I did.
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #9 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 10:52am » |
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My age can be calculated as follows
My first digit in my age occurs on age+1 th position in \pi
My second digit in my age occurs on age+2 th position in \pi
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #10 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 4:37pm » |
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If you recognize a certain powerful pattern in mikedagr's age and Sameer's age, my age would be a likely candidate to come next...
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mikedagr8
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #11 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 5:06pm » |
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on Sep 28th, 2007, 6:02am, ima1trkpny wrote:
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THANKYOU!  
on Sep 28th, 2007, 10:16am, denis wrote:
Sweet 16! I recall I learned to drive at that age. Also learned my first programming language. No internet back then so there was only one computer science class in our entire high school curriculum! I hope you get more choice than I did.
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I'm taking my test on Wednesday, and I'll be having my first lesson on Friday.
I do get more of a choice, if I wish to do programming, but I don't. Because of my subjects chosen for next year, and the way the timetable is planned out, I'm not able to take the class. I'm stuck with, I.T.A. (information technology applications), which is like how to use Word, Excel, Paint and so forth.
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #12 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 5:10pm » |
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on Sep 28th, 2007, 10:52am, Sameer wrote:My age can be calculated as follows
My first digit in my age occurs on age+1 th position in \pi
My second digit in my age occurs on age+2 th position in \pi
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Or, I can just look over some threads and find this...
Quote:| I am male and 23 as of July 2003 |
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #13 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 6:27pm » |
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on Sep 28th, 2007, 5:10pm, mikedagr8 wrote:
Or, I can just look over some threads and find this...
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I don't geddit.
If he was 23 then, he is 27 now.
So
the 2 should occur in the 3rd position (it doesn't)
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the 7 should occur in the 9rd position (it doesn't)
But 1 is in the 2nd position
and
6 is in the 8th position.
So he ought to be 16, too 
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Sameer
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #14 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 6:31pm » |
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Erm Dammit.. I didn't realise I posted that... @$@$!@#!@# mike you have too much time on your hands!!
Ok T&B its (age+1)th digit in pi... Now you know my age!! *sigh*
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #15 on: Sep 29th, 2007, 1:08am » |
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It's not that I have the time, it's that my memory can sustain random facts which may be useful.
Luckily, I recalled that you posted your age, where everyone else tells details about themselves.
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #16 on: Sep 29th, 2007, 6:29am » |
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #17 on: Sep 29th, 2007, 6:33am » |
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #18 on: Sep 29th, 2007, 6:39am » |
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on Sep 29th, 2007, 6:33am, mikedagr8 wrote:
Hmm right, hilbert proposed quite a lot of problems, didnt he?
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #19 on: Sep 29th, 2007, 6:42am » |
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on Sep 29th, 2007, 6:29am, TenaliRaman wrote:Walter Sparrow thinks i might kill someone this year.
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Oh, now I recognise the name. Hehe, such a good movie. Hey here's one.
2/10/1991 - My Birthday.
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #20 on: Sep 29th, 2007, 7:41am » |
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on Sep 29th, 2007, 6:42am, mikedagr8 wrote:
01/06/2003 - My Wu Forum Join Date
TenaliRaman - The ID i chose to have
This possibly explains my low signal to noise ratio.
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #21 on: Sep 29th, 2007, 10:37am » |
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on Sep 28th, 2007, 5:10pm, mikedagr8 wrote:
Or, I can just look over some threads and find this...
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I don't recall having posted this?
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #22 on: Sep 30th, 2007, 7:30pm » |
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My 2nd digit is my 1st digit cubed.
Btw, happy birthday mike. Sweet age, you're legal age, without the accountability.
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #23 on: Sep 30th, 2007, 7:33pm » |
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on Sep 30th, 2007, 7:30pm, JiNbOtAk wrote:My 2nd digit is my 1st digit cubed.
Btw, happy birthday mike. Sweet age, you're legal age, without the accountability. |
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Haha, thanks.
I know the answer by doing the maths, but since I know you've posted this in Who's Who, I'll reference it.
on Jun 24th, 2005, 4:23am, JiNbOtAk wrote:Hey guys..
I'm 26 years old |
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Re: Survey #2
« Reply #24 on: Sep 30th, 2007, 7:42pm » |
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lol mike you're cheating
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