Q&A With Matt Gaffney June 29
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Well that makes sense -- I know a dachshund named Bob Barker.
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300. Zoom room full and people waiting to get it. You heard it here first.
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
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I say we max out at least at some point during the presentation - 300.
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99. And if the prize is jellybeans they obviously should be in some sort of mug.
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181 (my favorite number on account of its being symmetrical horizontally and vertically. And prime.)
The mug will go to whomever is closest to the number of participants on the Zoom call at 7:35, with any tie being determined by coin toss or dice roll.
We're all about the mug!! I picked this up a while ago thinking it would make a nice prize for something on the forum. This seems as good a reason to award it as any.
The mug will go to whomever is closest to the number of participants on the Zoom call at 7:35, with any tie being determined by coin toss or dice roll.
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Get out of my head, Brian!
I chose 163 because it is a strong prime number, a lucky prime number, it is a fortunate number, it is a strictly non-palindromic number (since it is not palindromic in any base between base 2 and base 161), it returns 0 in the Mertens function, it is the largest of the nine Heegner numbers, it is the number of Z-independent McKay-Thompson series for the monster group and might be a clue for understanding monstrous moonshine, it is a permutable prime in base 12 (which it is written as 117, the permutations of its digits are 171 and 711, the two numbers in base 12 is 229 and 1021 in base 10, both of them are primes), and it is the lowest number that cannot be shot with three darts on a standard dart board.
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PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
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This explains a lot. I am definitely in the wrong league.Joe Ross wrote: โFri Jun 25, 2021 3:13 pmGet out of my head, Brian!
I chose 163 because it is a strong prime number, a lucky prime number, it is a fortunate number, it is a strictly non-palindromic number (since it is not palindromic in any base between base 2 and base 161), it returns 0 in the Mertens function, it is the largest of the nine Heegner numbers, it is the number of Z-independent McKay-Thompson series for the monster group and might be a clue for understanding monstrous moonshine, it is a permutable prime in base 12 (which it is written as 117, the permutations of its digits are 171 and 711, the two numbers in base 12 is 229 and 1021 in base 10, both of them are primes), and it is the lowest number that cannot be shot with three darts on a standard dart board.
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I have a friend named Google McKnowsallthatstuff.
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OK, you win the nerd contest.Joe Ross wrote: โFri Jun 25, 2021 3:13 pmGet out of my head, Brian!
I chose 163 because it is a strong prime number, a lucky prime number, it is a fortunate number, it is a strictly non-palindromic number (since it is not palindromic in any base between base 2 and base 161), it returns 0 in the Mertens function, it is the largest of the nine Heegner numbers, it is the number of Z-independent McKay-Thompson series for the monster group and might be a clue for understanding monstrous moonshine, it is a permutable prime in base 12 (which it is written as 117, the permutations of its digits are 171 and 711, the two numbers in base 12 is 229 and 1021 in base 10, both of them are primes), and it is the lowest number that cannot be shot with three darts on a standard dart board.
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One of the reports I will get is a list of any participant, how long they were on and when they joined and left. With that I can probably provide the data to verify who won (and I am definitely open to skewing the data to the highest bidder - LOL)BrianMac wrote: โFri Jun 25, 2021 2:31 pm 181 (my favorite number on account of its being symmetrical horizontally and vertically. And prime.)
We're all about the mug!! I picked this up a while ago thinking it would make a nice prize for something on the forum. This seems as good a reason to award it as any.
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I'll venture in tomorrow. I want to wait and see if my MegaMillions numbers come in tonight.
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Oooh! A mug I might have a shot at! I will throw in 201.
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I come out of the woodwork for prizes! I'll say 156. Fifty-six has been my favorite number since 1977, for the embarrassing reason that Robby Benson was born in 1956. But 56 seems too low, and though my heart says to go with 256, the other guesses are making me doubt myself. So 156 it is.
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For some odd reason my MegaMillions numbers did not come in. So, after taking into account all of the analysis offered by @Joe Ross,
I will have to go with 100. Or should it be styled as (100), without being negative of course.
I will have to go with 100. Or should it be styled as (100), without being negative of course.
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Since @BarbaraK beat me to the punch on 300, do I have to step my guess down to 299? I'd hate for Brian to have to saw that mug in half.
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