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Cobbydaler 16-09-2007 20:08
Aren't numbers amazing...
 
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I couldn't believe this when I saw it...

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...4&d=1189965988

I know, I'm a sad old git... :erm:

peanut 16-09-2007 20:18
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34397362)
I couldn't believe this when I saw it...
I couldn't believe I looked at it too. :erm: :p:

TheNorm 16-09-2007 20:25
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Wow!

This "cyclic number" has its own website: http://www.142857.com/

homealone 16-09-2007 20:32
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22/7 = 3.142857 is an approximation for Pi

Graham M 16-09-2007 21:49
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Originally Posted by TheNorm (Post 34397372)
Wow!

This "cyclic number" has its own website: http://www.142857.com/
So the answer isn't 42 after all! (In fact it's part of the answer!!!)

Russ 16-09-2007 22:04
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Anyone fancy watching some paint dry? :D

Cobbydaler 16-09-2007 22:05
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Originally Posted by Russ B (Post 34397407)
Anyone fancy watching some paint dry? :D
Philistine... :p:

danielf 16-09-2007 22:27
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Originally Posted by Russ B (Post 34397407)
Anyone fancy watching some paint dry? :D
Man U played yesterday didn't they? :confused: :)

Cobbydaler 16-09-2007 22:39
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Originally Posted by danielf (Post 34397420)
Man U played yesterday didn't they? :confused: :)
And the Spa Francorchamps Grand Prix was riveting... ;)

joglynne 17-09-2007 01:02
Re: Aren't numbers amazing...
 
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34397362)
I couldn't believe this when I saw it...

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...4&d=1189965988

I know, I'm a sad old git... :erm:
It's almost poetic but Multiplying by Nine is still my favourite maths trick. :)

I presume that makes me an even sadder gitess...:erm: ........ I really must get out more. :D

Graham M 17-09-2007 09:22
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What they don't show is 142857x7 :p

Cobbydaler 17-09-2007 09:30
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Originally Posted by Zeph (Post 34397545)
What they don't show is 142857x7 :p
That one's for Jo...

999999/7 = 142857 :p:

LSainsbury 17-09-2007 10:06
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Originally Posted by Russ B (Post 34397407)
Anyone fancy watching some paint dry? :D
I'm with you Russ!


https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/09/33.jpg

Cobbydaler 17-09-2007 10:13
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Originally Posted by LSainsbury (Post 34397563)
Crikey! Russ's let himself go a bit hasn't he? :erm: ;)

Hugh 17-09-2007 11:14
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34397571)
Crikey! Russ's let himself go a bit hasn't he? :erm: ;)
Nice bit of touching up, though.......

LSainsbury 17-09-2007 11:35
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Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34397602)
Nice bit of touching up, though.......
I did no such thing! I was sat on my hands all the time!

joglynne 17-09-2007 23:43
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34397547)
That one's for Jo...

999999/7 = 142857 :p:
I should have known that my nines would get in there somehow. Clever little number.:D

homealone 17-09-2007 23:55
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Originally Posted by joglynne (Post 34398258)
I should have known that my nines would get in there somehow. Clever little number.:D

so that is 9 and 7 shown as 'special' - any more ?

Cobbydaler 18-09-2007 00:11
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Originally Posted by homealone (Post 34398271)
so that is 9 and 7 shown as 'special' - any more ?
39's the Special at my Chinese takeaway... :erm:

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:tiptoe:

homealone 18-09-2007 00:32
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34398290)
39's the Special at my Chinese takeaway... :erm:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cobbyda...tumbleweed.gif

:tiptoe:

tumbleweed, indeed ;) :D

Cobbydaler 18-09-2007 01:12
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Originally Posted by homealone (Post 34398271)
so that is 9 and 7 shown as 'special' - any more ?
On a more serious note... :angel:

Palindromic numbers:

123456787654321 / 11 = 11223344332211

joglynne 18-09-2007 01:42
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A curious variation on the 9 x tables. :)

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9 x 9 + 7 = 88

98 x 9 + 6 = 888

987 x 9 + 5 = 8888

9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888

98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888

987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888

9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888

98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888


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