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From: Michael Heiming on 24 Sep 2005 17:16 In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <ptb(a)oboe.it.uc3m.es>: > Michael Heiming <michael+USENET(a)www.heiming.de> wrote: >> In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <ptb(a)oboe.it.uc3m.es>: >>> Jean-David Beyer <jdbeyer(a)exit109.com> wrote: >>>> Peter T. Breuer wrote (in part): >>>>> Here. Here's a chance for you. Next number in this series, please: >>>>> >>>>> 1 2 4 6 10 12 .. >>>>> >>>>> Answers by next friday. >> 22 > No, but that's not a bad attempt. It's a later member of the series all > right! So it's "18" (euler phi function or so), you used? Perhaps we could concentrate more on the topic of this ng, "Linux installation and system administration"? ;) -- Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94) mail: echo zvpunry(a)urvzvat.qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/' #bofh excuse 271: The kernel license has expired
From: Unruh on 24 Sep 2005 17:27 Michael Heiming <michael+USENET(a)www.heiming.de> writes: >In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <ptb(a)oboe.it.uc3m.es>: >> Michael Heiming <michael+USENET(a)www.heiming.de> wrote: >>> In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <ptb(a)oboe.it.uc3m.es>: >>>> Jean-David Beyer <jdbeyer(a)exit109.com> wrote: >>>>> Peter T. Breuer wrote (in part): >>>>>> Here. Here's a chance for you. Next number in this series, please: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1 2 4 6 10 12 .. >>>>>> >>>>>> Answers by next friday. >>> 22 >> No, but that's not a bad attempt. It's a later member of the series all >> right! >So it's "18" (euler phi function or so), you used? Or 14 (base 8)
From: Michael Heiming on 24 Sep 2005 17:49 In comp.os.linux.setup Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>: > Michael Heiming <michael+USENET(a)www.heiming.de> writes: >>In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <ptb(a)oboe.it.uc3m.es>: >>> Michael Heiming <michael+USENET(a)www.heiming.de> wrote: >>>> In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <ptb(a)oboe.it.uc3m.es>: >>>>> Jean-David Beyer <jdbeyer(a)exit109.com> wrote: >>>>>> Peter T. Breuer wrote (in part): >>>>>>> Here. Here's a chance for you. Next number in this series, please: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1 2 4 6 10 12 .. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Answers by next friday. >>>> 22 >>> No, but that's not a bad attempt. It's a later member of the series all >>> right! >>So it's "18" (euler phi function or so), you used? > Or 14 (base 8) Hi Bill! Exactly there are multiple possible answers. Peter was trying to "fool" us here. with this nice attempt. ;-) Thx for your heads up. -- Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94) mail: echo zvpunry(a)urvzvat.qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/' #bofh excuse 346: Your/our computer(s) had suffered a memory leak, and we are waiting for them to be topped up.
From: Peter T. Breuer on 24 Sep 2005 17:50 Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca> wrote: > Michael Heiming <michael+USENET(a)www.heiming.de> writes: >>In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <ptb(a)oboe.it.uc3m.es>: >>> Michael Heiming <michael+USENET(a)www.heiming.de> wrote: >>>> In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <ptb(a)oboe.it.uc3m.es>: >>>>> Jean-David Beyer <jdbeyer(a)exit109.com> wrote: >>>>>> Peter T. Breuer wrote (in part): >>>>>>> Here. Here's a chance for you. Next number in this series, please: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1 2 4 6 10 12 .. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Answers by next friday. >>>> 22 >>> No, but that's not a bad attempt. It's a later member of the series all >>> right! >>So it's "18" (euler phi function or so), you used? 18 is also a later member of the series, but it is not the next member. > Or 14 (base 8) ?? I.e 12? We already had 12. Or do you mean 16? I can give more of the sequence if clues are wanted! Peter
From: Peter T. Breuer on 24 Sep 2005 17:51
Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca> wrote: > "Peter T. Breuer" <ptb(a)oboe.it.uc3m.es> writes: >>Michael Heiming <michael+USENET(a)www.heiming.de> wrote: >>> In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <ptb(a)oboe.it.uc3m.es>: >>>> Jean-David Beyer <jdbeyer(a)exit109.com> wrote: >>>>> Peter T. Breuer wrote (in part): >>>>>> Here. Here's a chance for you. Next number in this series, please: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1 2 4 6 10 12 .. >>>>>> >>>>>> Answers by next friday. > There are an infinite number of answers. Any number from minus infinity to > infinity can be justified as the next number. Well, justify "42" to me then! (the series is actually perfectly well defined). Peter |