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Complete the Sequence  
« on: Jul 17th, 2006, 5:29pm »
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I haven't seen this one posted:
 
T  -  -  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H .......
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Re: Complete the Sequence  
« Reply #1 on: Jul 18th, 2006, 1:27am »
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The second item is D.
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« Reply #2 on: Jul 18th, 2006, 5:14pm »
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Really? And here I thought the third one was D. Roll Eyes
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« Reply #3 on: Jul 20th, 2006, 7:55am »
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And there I was thinking that the four million, five hundred and sixty nine thousand, three hundred and eighty second term was D...
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Re: Complete the Sequence  
« Reply #4 on: Aug 9th, 2006, 5:49pm »
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How on earth can the second or the third letters be D?
 
Plz enlighten me
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 9th, 2006, 6:45pm »
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The entire infinite sequence consists of nothing but those 3 letters in a pattern that almost repeats every 10 times, and does repeat every 100 times.  
 
 
And if that doesn't give it away, then please note that not only are the missing letters in our 3 posts, but also the reason.
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Re: Complete the Sequence  
« Reply #6 on: Aug 10th, 2006, 12:53pm »
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I didn't get it the first time, but second time around I guessed it was D, third time I knew it was D and then the fourth time I realised I solved the puzzle!!  Grin
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Re: Complete the Sequence  
« Reply #7 on: Aug 24th, 2006, 2:33pm »
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on Aug 9th, 2006, 6:45pm, Icarus wrote:
The entire infinite sequence consists of nothing but those 3 letters in a pattern that almost repeats every 10 times, and does repeat every 100 times.  
 
 
And if that doesn't give it away, then please note that not only are the missing letters in our 3 posts, but also the reason.

 
But if there were a last item it would have to be T. Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: Aug 29th, 2006, 12:04am »
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Sorry, I'm still lost...
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Re: Complete the Sequence  
« Reply #9 on: Aug 29th, 2006, 4:26am »
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The lost item would also be T   Cheesy
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Re: Complete the Sequence  
« Reply #10 on: Aug 29th, 2006, 4:31am »
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Oh man I feel like I'm almost getting this one...
 
And bam, there it is haha.  If only I was the first or second to get it Sad
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