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Math Whiz Breaks Calculation Record
Yahoo! News ^ | November 24, 2004 | AP

Posted on 11/24/2004 8:05:33 AM PST by MississippiMasterpiece

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To: Petronski

Oh, a 100 digit number.


My bad, I thought they meant the 13th root of 100.


What a crAPpy piece of reporting....where's the 100-digit number? Where's the result?


21 posted on 11/24/2004 8:26:22 AM PST by Petronski (New York London Paris Munich Ev'rybody Talk About Mmm Pop Music)
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To: Aquinasfan

It's easy to balance your checkbook. Just put it directly in the center of your finger, so it doesn't fall.


22 posted on 11/24/2004 8:26:40 AM PST by LurkedLongEnough (Freepalogues Rule.)
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But can he hit a nasty slider? That takes just as much (if not more) calculation, and you have a lot less time. Of course, a valid result isn't expressed in numbers, but with the batter standing on first or second.


23 posted on 11/24/2004 8:26:53 AM PST by vollmond (Head back to base for debriefing and cocktails.)
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To: newgeezer

Wow, he's not Japanese!


24 posted on 11/24/2004 8:27:33 AM PST by biblewonk (Neither was the man created for woman but the woman for the man.)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece
I am the operator of my pocket calculator
25 posted on 11/24/2004 8:27:43 AM PST by P.O.E. (Thank you, Vets!)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece

Amateur. Lemme see him sell his own human calculator learning program for $49.95 on late Saturday night infomercials and then I'll be impressed!


26 posted on 11/24/2004 8:29:48 AM PST by nhoward14 (Freedom costs a buck-o-five.)
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To: I got the rope
Mentat.....

I think you're on to something.

"Today there are approximately 1500 aliens living and working in Manhattan and most of them are decent enough, they're just trying to make a living."

27 posted on 11/24/2004 8:39:30 AM PST by topcat54
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To: MississippiMasterpiece

OK, I can do that too. But first, what's a root?


28 posted on 11/24/2004 8:51:23 AM PST by mc5cents
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To: I got the rope

Are his lips stained red with Sappho juice?......


29 posted on 11/24/2004 8:52:58 AM PST by Red Badger (If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, but with a powerfist i can knock a dent in your powersuit!


30 posted on 11/24/2004 9:03:04 AM PST by Docbarleypop (Navy Doc)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece
I have a bridge to sell to anyone who believes that anyone can calculate the 13th root of a random 100 digit number in 12 seconds in his head.

ML/NJ

31 posted on 11/24/2004 9:06:17 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: Docbarleypop

????? HUH?


32 posted on 11/24/2004 9:43:59 AM PST by Red Badger (If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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To: Red Badger

sorry, i thought you were talking about mentats from the fallout games.


33 posted on 11/24/2004 9:52:57 AM PST by Docbarleypop (Navy Doc)
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To: Docbarleypop
The Mentats we were discussing are from the DUNE SF Series..........Human computers are the only type allowed by law because the machines enslaved humanity for thousands of years.....
34 posted on 11/24/2004 9:57:14 AM PST by Red Badger (If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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To: Petronski
I got 1.4251026703029981064102268562769

I can't even say that in 11.8 seconds!

35 posted on 11/24/2004 9:58:02 AM PST by Freakazoid
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To: Red Badger

ok, mentats are a drug in the game to increase intellegence in players, i am sure its a reference to Dune since the entire game spoofs pop culture.


36 posted on 11/24/2004 10:21:19 AM PST by Docbarleypop (Navy Doc)
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To: Docbarleypop

Looks like the Herbert Estate could have grounds for a lawsuit for copyright infringement. The word mentat was coined by Frank Herbert way back in the early 70's.......


37 posted on 11/24/2004 10:59:06 AM PST by Red Badger (If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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To: Freakazoid

Dang! missed it by this -->||<-- much!


38 posted on 11/24/2004 11:00:04 AM PST by Red Badger (If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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To: Red Badger

possible, but then pretty much anything that happened in the 70s and 80s could be sued about with the video game. there is a point in the game that you have to go in a well and if you take any of the coins you lose popularity (goonies "other peoples' dreams") if you wear a leather jacket you can get a dog to follow you around ala "mad max" its a great campy game that if you enjoy 3rd person rpgs it is one of the best.


39 posted on 11/24/2004 12:38:31 PM PST by Docbarleypop (Navy Doc)
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