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infinite monkey 01-13-2012 11:48 AM

I KNEW this looked familiar.

Clodfobble 01-13-2012 02:47 PM

I want there to be a reason that the first letters of the number names are in a pattern as well (z, o, t, t, s, s, f, f, z)... But it's not reverse alphabetical order, because 3/2 and 5/4 would be out of place.

HungLikeJesus 01-13-2012 02:59 PM

I dream in binary.

ZenGum 01-14-2012 06:23 AM

000 001 011 110 111 101 100 000

000
001
011
110
111
101
100
000


uh?

HungLikeJesus 01-14-2012 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 787888)
000 001 011 110 111 101 100 000

000
001
011
110
111
101
100
000


uh?

You made a small error (you skipped 2).
It should be:

0 000
1 001
3 011
2 010
6 110
7 111
5 101
4 100
0 000
... ...

footfootfoot 01-14-2012 09:09 AM

There's no 8 in binary?

HungLikeJesus 01-14-2012 09:16 AM

There's no I in team. But there is an i in meat pie. And meat is an anagram of team.

8 in binary is 1000.

footfootfoot 01-14-2012 09:24 AM

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This one is interesting and relies on powers of observation, note that the four trianlges are re-arranged into two different rectangles, one square the other oblong with different numbers of squares.

'splain.

@BigV: Scores at halftime.

footfootfoot 01-14-2012 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 787947)
There's no I in team. But there is an i in meat pie. And meat is an anagram of team.

8 in binary is 1000.

But you're not supposed to eat your team right?

HungLikeJesus 01-14-2012 09:44 AM

Is this implying that if you cut up the one on the right you could re-arrange the pieces to make the one on the left?

footfootfoot 01-14-2012 09:45 AM

yes, and vice versa. Note the bold vertical line on the left is now two offset shorter vertical lines on the right. flopping the triangles is part of it.

Clodfobble 01-14-2012 10:03 AM

Because you can't actually cut the pieces like that, though it's close. The angle of the triangles doesn't match the angle of the rectangles with slanted tops.

Rise over run of triangles = 3/8 = 15/40
Rise over run of angled pieces = 2/5 = 16/40

There would be a sliver of a gap along the main diagonal in the right-hand picture, enough to add up to one square's worth.

footfootfoot 01-14-2012 11:22 AM

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God, you are so hot when you terms like rise over run. But it's 3/8 and 3/5.

Clodfobble 01-14-2012 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot
But it's 3/8 and 3/5.

You're nuts. In your second picture, look at the diagonal on the right. Count the squares. Up two, over five.

footfootfoot 01-14-2012 01:06 PM

It's even hotter when you point out my obvious mistakes.

In my defense, I was thinking about other things when I was counting those squares.


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