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Thread ID: 23254 2002-08-11 06:34:00 How do I repeat a calculation 1000 times Vince (406) Press F1
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70186 2002-08-12 04:38:00 Ain't Physics weird, and PressF1 is definately getting very strange........

Thought Poppa would have a comment on this thread. You're slipping PJ
Baldy (26)
70187 2002-08-12 05:20:00 And I would have taken the beautiful princess and half the kingdom, anyway. Easier to carry. ;-) Graham L (2)
70188 2002-08-12 12:09:00 Baldy. I am still around. In a lot of pain just now & not good company. The grains of corn one I do remember tho. Take a chess board, put 1grain of corn on the first square, two on the next etc doubling each time for the 64 squares. Do you remember getting "Lines" at school for punishment? One school I went to had this instead of "Lines". We had to work it out by hand/head, no calculators then. If you got it wrong it had to be done again. Good for mental arithmatic tho. Didn't do much for my IQ apparently Painful Poppa John (Take Painful any way you like) :D Still happytho. :D Poppa John (284)
70189 2002-08-12 12:34:00 I have always been fascinated with the chessboard problem. But, I think you will find that it was rice, not corn...

Peter
pporritt (819)
70190 2002-08-12 12:46:00 Wanna know something funny? If I can't get to sleep, I don't count sheep. I work out Pi to as many decimal places as possible.

So far my record is 14 :^O
Elwin Way (229)
70191 2002-08-12 12:51:00 I prefer e. It's just a lot nicer number i think.

Disclaimer: I do not endorse the drug ecstasy. I'm referring to the number e.
-=JM=- (16)
70192 2002-08-12 13:56:00 Sounds like the chances of winning lotto (40x39x38x37x36x35)? but people still buy the tickets, and then you add the powerball chance (Total x 40) and you can really see why "your in the money" Dragonslayer (512)
70193 2002-08-13 00:08:00 Not quite that bad Dragonslayer. Divide by 720, because that's the number of ways the 6 numbers can come out. (Combination rather than permutation).

But, to win the jackpot you first have to win the major prize, then get lucky.
Graham L (2)
70194 2002-08-13 06:53:00 Yes Graham, but don't forget that is only if you only consider 1st division. The chances of winning a prize (no matter the size) *poetic* :-) is actually alot better.

G P
Graham Petrie (449)
70195 2002-08-13 07:42:00 What if he was gay? What if he was offered the prettiest camel and half the kingdom?
I thought I was sad. I don't even know how to work out Pi, or are you just doing 22/7?
I double:
1
2
4
8
16
32
etc.
Get into a mess around the millions or tens of millions. My son gets to about 65536. Sad.
robo.
robo (205)
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