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wu :: forums    riddles    microsoft (Moderators: Grimbal, Icarus, william wu, SMQ, towr, Eigenray, ThudnBlunder)    MS question 2 « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1 2  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: MS question 2  (Read 7902 times) kiki lee Guest MS question 2   « on: Jun 25th, 2003, 11:19am » Quote Modify Remove This is a interview question from MS.   mAaPmAjujuaU....., what are the next three letters? « Last Edit: Sep 29th, 2003, 9:16am by Icarus » IP Logged redPEPPER Full Member     Posts: 160 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #1 on: Jun 26th, 2003, 9:18am » Quote Modify seo     Didn't figure out the capitalization though.   IP Logged moonz Guest Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #2 on: Jul 27th, 2003, 11:49am » Quote Modify Remove How did you get to the answer IP Logged Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #3 on: Jul 27th, 2003, 4:54pm » Quote Modify One month at a time! IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous Moonz Guest Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #4 on: Jul 28th, 2003, 8:44am » Quote Modify Remove Thanks for being such a smart ass ... actual help would be appreciated. IP Logged wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #5 on: Jul 28th, 2003, 12:06pm » Quote Modify Moonz, if you didn't get Icarus's hint right from the start: Start again - but not necessarily at the beginning. IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #6 on: Jul 28th, 2003, 4:53pm » Quote Modify iGnore tHe cApitalizations tHough! tHey seem to bE somewhat rAndom (unless in the original the other two U's were capitalized). IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous Chewdog Newbie     Gender: Posts: 50 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #7 on: Jul 30th, 2003, 12:56am » Quote Modify Woah, Icarus, your example of "somewhat random" capitalizations are making me dizzy and somewhat queezy... As for the other two (lowercase) u's, i hope that it was just human error, or else this thread is going to continue for a LONG time before we finally settle on an agreement of how the "somewhat random" capitalizations don't seem too random anymore.   IP Logged Moonz Guest Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #8 on: Jul 30th, 2003, 11:31am » Quote Modify Remove Thanks wowbagger/Icarus !!! That was a great hint .... and I thought Icarus was being a smart ass ... my sincere apologies .... IP Logged wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #9 on: Jul 30th, 2003, 12:51pm » Quote Modify Yes, such posts can be a bit confusing. Well, actually they often are even if you know it's a hint!     You'll surely encounter more posts of that kind if you spend more time in this forum. Other notorious hinters include tohuvabohu, aero_guy, BNC, maryl, Icarus of course - have I forgotten someone? « Last Edit: Jul 30th, 2003, 12:52pm by wowbagger » IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #10 on: Jul 30th, 2003, 4:27pm » Quote Modify Cho has dropped a few hints in the "what am I?" forum that I still haven't figured out! IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #11 on: Jul 31st, 2003, 4:01am » Quote Modify I knew I'd miss someone.   IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" Mike V Guest Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #12 on: Aug 4th, 2003, 7:25pm » Quote Modify Remove I don't think the capitalization is random. I'd suggest (as best can be guessed from the question) that if the pair of letters contains an a then the second letter should be capitalized. IP Logged wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #13 on: Aug 5th, 2003, 3:44am » Quote Modify on Aug 4th, 2003, 7:25pm, Mike V wrote: if the pair of letters contains an a then the second letter should be capitalized. This works and can even be extended to "if the name of the month contains an "a" the second letter should be a capital". So only the last (or first) two remaining items lead to a capital. « Last Edit: Aug 5th, 2003, 3:45am by wowbagger » IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" Raghug Guest Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #14 on: Sep 29th, 2003, 6:39am » Quote Modify Remove mAaPmAjujuaU...what are the next three letters.   I think they are...   .................................seO... I arrived this as follows... mA -> mArch aP  -> aPril mA -> mAy ju   ->june ju   ->july aU  ->aUgust   henceforth... se  -> September Oc -> October   therfore....next 3 letters are seO... I couldn't think about the change in case.   // text hidden by William Wu 4:12 AM 10/6/2003 « Last Edit: Oct 6th, 2003, 4:13am by william wu » IP Logged wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #15 on: Sep 29th, 2003, 7:17am » Quote Modify Raghug, thanks for sharing your thoughts. But have you read and considered the other posts in this thread? I can understand that people don't want to read all pages of threads like 0.999..., but in this case it doesn't take long.   on Sep 29th, 2003, 6:39am, Raghug wrote: I couldn't think about the change in case. Read the other posts. The truth is in there.   edited to remove duplicate word « Last Edit: Sep 29th, 2003, 9:49am by wowbagger » IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: MS question 2   « Reply #16 on: Sep 29th, 2003, 9:22am » Quote Modify Perhaps Raghug has not yet discovered how to see hidden text.   Raghug: If you use your mouse to highlight blank areas in messages on this forum, you will see text in them which is hidden. We use hidden text so that readers who are looking for a push in the right direction, and not the whole solution, can get it without seeing the whole thing.   To hide text yourself, use the hide tags: [ hide ] and [ /hide ] (without the spaces I added to make them show). IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous Mike_V Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 60 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #17 on: Oct 7th, 2003, 6:20am » Quote Modify on Sep 29th, 2003, 7:17am, wowbagger wrote: I can understand that people don't want to read all pages of threads like 0.999...   Ha. I waded through that. Good thing I did too. What I was gonna say on the matter had already been said. Three times. « Last Edit: Oct 7th, 2003, 6:21am by Mike_V » IP Logged Don't specify the unspecified. wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #18 on: Oct 7th, 2003, 6:59am » Quote Modify on Oct 7th, 2003, 6:20am, Mike_V wrote: Ha. I waded through that.   I did, too, but the thread wasn't that long back then.   Quote: Good thing I did too. What I was gonna say on the matter had already been said. Three times. Thanks a lot for the "Not again!"s you spared us! IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: MS quesgtion 2   « Reply #19 on: Nov 14th, 2003, 6:07am » Quote Modify on Jul 31st, 2003, 4:01am, wowbagger wrote: I knew I'd miss someone.   Heh, seems like I actually included him by chance!   IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" visitor Guest Re: MS question 2   « Reply #20 on: Nov 14th, 2003, 8:41am » Quote Modify Remove But what about me? IP Logged tohuvabohu Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 102 Re: MS question 2   « Reply #21 on: Nov 14th, 2003, 8:42am » Quote Modify Be quiet. He included you. IP Logged visitor Guest Re: MS question 2   « Reply #22 on: Nov 14th, 2003, 8:43am » Quote Modify Remove Mom, I'm hearing voices again. IP Logged wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: MS question 2   « Reply #23 on: Nov 14th, 2003, 8:56am » Quote Modify IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" jjj` Guest Re: MS question 2   « Reply #24 on: May 21st, 2005, 6:22pm » Quote Modify Remove 2,4,6,12,....this is the pattern of the capital letters the next number is 14. So "o" is capital. IP Logged Pages: 1 2  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened => microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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