2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ...

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Re: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by bobf (Monsignor) on Feb 06, 2006 at 07:55 UTC
How appropriate. ;-) Hint and spoiler: Read more... (831 Bytes)	[reply]
Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by jbrugger (Parson) on Feb 06, 2006 at 13:45 UTC
Wow, now that you spoiled me, (and i guessed wrong of course) i admit i never saw <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> this coming! Thanks for the enlightment, and making me feel a complete idiot :) "We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise." - Larry Wall.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by davido (Cardinal) on Feb 06, 2006 at 16:53 UTC
Read more... (510 Bytes) Dave	[reply]
Re^3: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... (approx; 22 desc'd) by tye (Sage) on Feb 06, 2006 at 18:28 UTC
The second link is better in one respect anyway; it notes that the equation provides an approximation. <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> - tye	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by bobf (Monsignor) on Feb 06, 2006 at 18:10 UTC
Read more... (2 kB)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by tbone1 (Monsignor) on Feb 06, 2006 at 12:51 UTC
This use of Western-oriented numbers is clearly introducing a bias and hurting women and minorities! It shows a clear exclusionism on the behalf of those who can count past ten without removing shoes and/or trousers, except for poor white trash who deserve what they get, and as such I demand a tax on NASCAR to pay for massive government programs that pretend to help the allegedly repressed and in reality give unfirable jobs to the unemployable idiot liberal arts children of the middle and upper classes. Sincerely, Moonbeam Smithers-Jones Chair, Harvard Departement of Idiocy Studies -- tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub) And remember, if he succeeds, so what. - Chick McGee	[reply]
Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by swampyankee (Parson) on Feb 06, 2006 at 17:42 UTC
But wait...these numbers are Eastern Hindu-Arabic numerals, obviously showing an anti-Western, anti-Christian bias in the questioner. Obviously the questioner is a member of the anti-American East Coast, Liberal elite. emc " When in doubt, use brute force." — Ken Thompson	[reply]
Re^3: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by tbone1 (Monsignor) on Feb 08, 2006 at 12:56 UTC
And, just as obviously, I've got to quit sniffing this Ajax. Unfortunately, it's the only way I can get through most days' meetings. -- tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub) And remember, if he succeeds, so what. - Chick McGee	[reply]
Re: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by GhodMode (Pilgrim) on Feb 06, 2006 at 15:55 UTC
Didn't you know?!? The answer was never in doubt ... Deep Thought: Okay. The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is... ... wild cheers from audience, then silence ... Deep Thought: 42. -- -- GhodMode The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius	[reply]
Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by DaWolf (Curate) on Feb 07, 2006 at 05:35 UTC
True, true, absolutely correct! JADAF - Just Another Douglas Adams Fan =:cD Er Galv�o Abbott www.galvao.eti.br Porto Alegre Perl Mongers	[reply]
Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by pajout (Curate) on Feb 07, 2006 at 13:03 UTC
Of course, this is the real reason, why 42 :0) The next theme of the poll could be the ultimate question...	[reply]
Re: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Feb 06, 2006 at 08:43 UTC
250 333 326 360 'tis a bit confuddling that 333 preceeds 326 here. Cheers, Sören	[reply]
Re: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2006 at 20:37 UTC
All of the above answers are correct; it's trivial to construct a simple eigth order function which will map any solution to every single value listed. That's why I don't like these sorts of question. They're really just guessing games, where you try to guess what the real question that person framing the problem was thinking of, but failed to adequately communicate. They're problems of culture, masquerading as problems of mathematics.	[reply]
Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by xorl (Deacon) on Feb 06, 2006 at 20:39 UTC
All of the above answers are correct; it's trivial to construct a simple eigth order function which will map any solution to every single value listed. Please show me how to do this? I haven't the slightest clue how to go about it.	[reply]
Re^3: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by gsiems (Deacon) on Feb 06, 2006 at 21:22 UTC
The way that I seem to remember learning it way back in college looked like this	[reply]
Re^4: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by xorl (Deacon) on Feb 07, 2006 at 13:35 UTC
Re^5: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by Articuno (Beadle) on Feb 07, 2006 at 21:03 UTC
Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 06, 2006 at 22:55 UTC
That's wy this is a poll. If there was a single real answer, this was a test, not a poll.	[reply]
Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 08, 2006 at 13:49 UTC
it's trivial to construct a simple eigth order function which will map any solution to every single value listed In fact, I've even written a japh based on that idea: Japh algebra. (A bit related is Fast Japh.)	[reply]
Re: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by talexb (Chancellor) on Feb 07, 2006 at 15:56 UTC
326: Closest to (what I believe to be) the correct answer of 327. Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds Update: Sorry, this is wrong. I wrote a script to show how my answer was right, and it failed. Go about your business, please, there's nothing (useful) to see here.	[reply]
Re: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by gnujsa (Acolyte) on Feb 08, 2006 at 02:06 UTC
it's easy: 326 An approximation to the Camel Problem Ceiling((3-sqrt(3))*4^(n-3)) + 1 Ok, i've cheated: http://public.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/?q=2%2C2%2C2%2C3%2C7%2C22%2C83&sort=0&fmt=0&language=english&go=Search	[reply]
Re: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by gregor42 (Parson) on Feb 07, 2006 at 14:18 UTC
69==42 Wait! This isn't a Parachute, this is a Backpack!*	[reply]
Re: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by turo (Friar) on Feb 08, 2006 at 11:06 UTC
I think camels don't eat bananas!! ... ufff ... :'( i can't see the spoiler ... i want to work, but i only can think in imaginary camels eating bananas!!! ... ahhhh `perl -Te 'print map { chr((ord)-((10,20,2,7)[$i++])) } split //,"turo"'`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by swampyankee (Parson) on Feb 08, 2006 at 17:48 UTC
If they had said 'dates' instead of 'bananas' there would be numerous adult-content filters that would find that very offensive. You could, of course, `s/banana/date/ig`. emc " When in doubt, use brute force." — Ken Thompson	[reply]
Re^3: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ... by turo (Friar) on Feb 09, 2006 at 08:31 UTC
aaaaaahhhh!! I was very innocent (until now) dudes, you are going to quit me XP, for this ... but here we go: `sub create_reader_correct_context { if ( defined $filter ) { s/bananas/dates/ig } else { if (not $reader_innocent) { s/camel/jenna jameson/gi } } } create_reader_correct_context(wget(node=528165));` [download] sorry, i couldn't resist :-P `perl -Te 'print map { chr((ord)-((10,20,2,7)[$i++])) } split //,"turo"'`	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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