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in reply to Re: (OT) Metapuzzle
in thread (OT) Hofstadter Metapuzzle

Sorry, we're counting digits. Otherwise the puzzle wouldn't be one :)
   MeowChow                                   
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Re: (MeowChow) Re2: (OT) Metapuzzle
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on May 23, 2002 at 05:23 UTC
    Drop one "number of X is" and it still would be. :-)
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    Makeshifts last the longest.
      I'll take X = 1, thankyouverymuch.
         MeowChow                                   
                     s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print
        I think that the solution's unique in binary. Can't see how to prove it, though.