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Re: How to calculate/process this one?
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Re: How to calculate/process this one?


  • Subject: Re: How to calculate/process this one?
  • From: Arthur J Knapp <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:09:08 -0400

> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:00:11 +1000
> From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: How to calculate/process this one?

>> The only reason he number of digits is reduced is because of all those 0 and
>> 1 digits keeps the individual sums less than 10.

> There are a lot more numbers which will get bigger than will get
> smaller and some enter loops, such as 999. But that misses one of the
> fundamental elements of this game: no mathematical solution is
> necessary.


> on number_play(nbr)

> delay 2 -- give the impression that a difficult numerical
> procedure is underway

Brilliant!!!

> if some character of "0123456789" is 9 then
> set s to some item of {"too long to print.","666.
> Report to the Devil immediately.", "safe. I will not tell a soul." ,
> "XXX. You don't know what you're missing!", "being destroyed now.
> It's better for all of us."}

You forgot this one: "The hard drive could not be entirely erased."

> return s
> else
> return some item of "123456789" & some item of "123456789"

You are my kind of scripter... ;-)



{ Arthur J. Knapp, of <http://www.STELLARViSIONs.com>
<mailto:email@hidden>
try
<http://www.facespan.com/>
on error number -128
end try
}
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