h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

A sequence of 42 prime numbers and 13 composites is formed starting with 2=1+1 by multiplying the primes in sequence from the 1st through the 54th by the first term in the sum if the bit corresponding to 2 raised to 1 less than the prime's index in the binary-representation of 12178613721830071 is 0 and multiplying that prime by the second term in the sum if that bit is 1.

I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.

In other news it is physically impossible for Eveneye--Eegogee--Julzes to vomit underwater.

>> I'm so, so sorry. <<

That's OK Mr D.
After your brilliant line:
"A hearse, a hearse! My kingdom for a hearse!"
in the King Dick III thread, I have decided
to forgive all your past transgressions and
even give you a free pass on three more.

You've got two left.


~jwf~

...and a does one from me...

Lots of Words Page - Here are all the one, two, three, and four letter combinations of letters.
It's absolutely useless, but your friendly search engine indexed it!

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br. . . . zv zw zx zy zz aaa aab aac aad aae . . . .la qlb qlc qld qle qlf qlg qlh qli qlj qlk qll qlm qln qlo qlp qlq qlr qls qlt qlu qlv qlw qlx qly qlz qma qmb qmc qmd qme qmf qmg qmh qmi qmj qmk qml qmm qmn . . . . zzyt zzyu zzyv zzyw zzyx zzyy zzyz zzza zzzb zzzc zzzd zzze zzzf zzzg zzzh zzzi zzzj zzzk zzzl zzzm zzzn zzzo zzzp zzzq zzzr zzzs zzzt zzzu zzzv zzzw zzzx zzzy zzzz

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~tkb2e/words-backup.html

Thank you for not flooding this page with that.

Oh, but I can't say I wasn't tempted!

I believe you would have found out that, believe it or not, there is a maximum length for a post here. I know there once was.

Isn't using diareses in what is supposedly a complete list an inaccuracy? Clare, I insist you spell them all out. But you did say combinations rather than permutations, so you can leave out all permutations that have later letters preceding earlier ones.

Talk about a useless fact;

Has anybody noticed that my post 9135 has made it to the FP?

All of my thoughtful, profound, thoughts and they pick an idle quip

Anyway they spelt my name right


FS

This inutile datum is courtesy of NPR.

It's possible (but very unlikely) to win a game of Monopoly in just two turns.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/06/how_to_win_monopoly_in_21_seco.html

It's been a while since I played Monopoly so I might not be remembering this correctly, but I'm pretty sure I recall playing the rule that you're not allowed to buy property until until you pass Go for the first time.

Yeah, it's been a very long time, and now I've got an urge to play it again

Well, there is also a rule that if someone lands on a property and doesn't purchase it, then it's auctioned. By those rules, player 1 could roll a double, not purchase the first property he lands on, player 2 purchases it at auction but pays his full $1500 or close to it, player 1 rolls again and purchases the next property he lands on. Then player two lands on that property but has no money left to pay rent.

We don't bother going all the way around the board before buying properties, but we do have a house rule where if you land on Free Parking you get all the money in the middle of the board. ($500 + Income Tax + Luxury Tax + Various Chance and Community Chest Cards).

Elephants are the only other animals that have chins.

Now, that is an amazing, though admittedly useless, fact.

I guess the definition of chin is something specific
because most of the mammals, fish and reptiles of my
acquaintance all have lower jaws. In fact the Bible
celebrates the strength and mass of the jawbone of
the ass as a weapon of massive destruction.


~jwf~

I believe the distinction is that a chin is the lower part of the jawbone but it must stick out and be a bit... pointy.

You can check wikipedia for a more complicated description.