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Clodfobble · 01-31-2012, 09:30 PM

Um...

12: 6+6

Duh?

Happy Monkey · 01-31-2012, 09:34 PM

Super cheap:

12: 6+6+(6/∞)

Happy Monkey · 01-31-2012, 09:35 PM

I'm trying for exactly 3 sixes.

Happy Monkey · 01-31-2012, 09:37 PM

1: 6^(6-6)
2: (6+6)/6
3: sqrt(6/.¯66)
4: 6*.¯66
5: 6-(6/6)
6: 6^(6/6) or (6*6)/6
7: 6+(6/6)
8: (6+6) * .¯6
9: 6/.¯66
10: 6.¯6/.¯6
11: 66/6
12: 6+6+(6/∞)

BigV · 01-31-2012, 09:40 PM

no more callers, please, we have a clock.

WTG Happy Monkey!

ZenGum · 01-31-2012, 09:51 PM

Brilliant, but for goodness' sake, don't build that thing during 2012. It'll open a portal to another dimension.

oh and

Quote:

but .¯9 actually equals 1).

ummm ... I'm going to have to look into that.

BigV · 01-31-2012, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

snipped quote missing... sigh

ummm ... I'm going to have to look into that.

If you don't think they're equal, please show me the difference.

ZenGum · 01-31-2012, 10:00 PM

0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000areyouboredyet000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000..........0000000001

BigV · 01-31-2012, 10:14 PM

right. I don't see a difference either.

ZenGum · 01-31-2012, 11:38 PM

Look harder.

BigV · 02-01-2012, 12:21 AM

Quote:

SNIP--000areyouboredyet00000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Nope...

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0000000....

AN INFINITE NUMBER OF ZEROS GO HERE

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......0000000000

and we don't actually get to this part, do we?

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1

limey · 02-01-2012, 03:13 AM

This is a quasi-mathematical version of Mornington Crescent, isn't it?

Happy Monkey · 02-01-2012, 07:22 AM

1/9 = .¯1
9/9 = .¯9
1 = .¯9

Lamplighter · 02-01-2012, 07:54 AM

HM, that's a tour de force !

It deserves an entry in both The (Blank) of the Beast and Hall of Fame threads !

Well done.

monster · 02-01-2012, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

1/9 = .¯1
9/9 = .¯9
1 = .¯9

beest and I are kind of lost by this notation. What does ".¯ " mean? it appears here to mean /9 -is that correct, and if so, why and how and all that stuff? srsly, we both have relatively high mathematical skills and have never seen this notation before. please 'splain, lucy!

(I wonderd if I was going nuts or senile, so I waited for beest's confirmation before I asked....

01-31-2012, 09:30 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Um... 12: 6+6 Duh? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-31-2012, 09:34 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Super cheap: 12: 6+6+(6/∞) __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-31-2012, 09:35 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I'm trying for exactly 3 sixes. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-31-2012, 09:37 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	1: 6^(6-6) 2: (6+6)/6 3: sqrt(6/.¯66) 4: 6.¯66 5: 6-(6/6) 6: 6^(6/6) or (66)/6 7: 6+(6/6) 8: (6+6) * .¯6 9: 6/.¯66 10: 6.¯6/.¯6 11: 66/6 12: 6+6+(6/∞) __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-31-2012, 09:40 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	no more callers, please, we have a clock. WTG Happy Monkey! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-31-2012, 10:00 PM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000areyouboredyet000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000..........0000000001 __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-31-2012, 10:14 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	right. I don't see a difference either. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-31-2012, 11:38 PM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Look harder. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-01-2012, 03:13 AM	#12
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	This is a quasi-mathematical version of Mornington Crescent, isn't it? __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-01-2012, 07:22 AM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	1/9 = .¯1 9/9 = .¯9 1 = .¯9 __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-01-2012, 07:54 AM	#14
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	HM, that's a tour de force ! It deserves an entry in both The (Blank) of the Beast and Hall of Fame threads ! Well done. Last edited by Lamplighter; 02-01-2012 at 08:05 AM.

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