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...Adam found, there's another big flaw; K5 is nonplanar, so that it is possible to change direction at points other than the five given points.
For example, suppose the five given points are a ...
...e roughly the same length.
Yes. Consider the finite set S of all planes containing two or more of the points. Choose a plane P not parallel to any member of S, a line L perpendicular to P, and est...
This is Letters Contest ASK1, which is a hybrid of several other contests that appear on this list.
Do NOT post answers to any newsgroup. Entries must reach here by Thursday July 5th, 11:59 P.M. (...
There weren't any. Other points noted, thanks.
...ontest ends on Sunday June 24th at 11:59pm EDT.
Scoring will be 1 point for each duplicate answer, 26 points for no answer, 52 points for an incorrect answer. (A perfect score is of course 26.)
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If the locus of points that forms the shape must be bounded, then there is only one non-empty solution
...s and gentlemen, I propose to crown a champion.
I shall run a puzzle competition, via e-mail awarding points for each puzzle solved. After three rounds the leader shall be crowned the rec.puzzles ...
This solution is incorrect.
A quick way to disprove it is to consider bugs starting at the points:
(a, a) (a, -a) (-a, a) (-a, -a)
According *to you*, the bug starting at (a, a) will follo...
Patrick Hamlyn performed an arpeggio on a keyboard and produced:
dwimmerlaik
Triple bonus points for anyone who can name the source of that word, or better yet, quote the line it appears in.
'Special k' points out that fungi doesn't precisely have a ga in it under the Meaning of the Act. I must admit there's some justice in this criticism.
I thought of 'fungal...
Three possible answers thus-far overlooked: - A plane. (no points move, therefore they are all a fixed distance from the fixed point) - A square. (Manhatten metric) - A point. (when distance=0)
...-shatteringly offensive that Jose Berlin gets booted from as many accounts as humanly possible.
Style points might be awarded for creatively combining obscenity, profanity and blasphemy, with bonu...
This one may not score many points but it's funny 'Enter the text you would like to translate or a website address below.' becomes after two translations (spanish-english) 'Among i...
...es where the sides meet. Extend the sides to form a five pointed star. Place the other 5 pennies at the 5 points of the star and we have 5 rows with 4 pennies in each row.
franky
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...n the distance between the drop off point and town.'
ObPuzzle: what are the closest and furthest points with my suggested change?...
...here are 3 obvious(ish) comments to make about the latter, but to make them would give it away. For extra points, what are they?)
Neal 'my 3rd post this millenium - must go and lie down'...
...ke a square 1. the side of square would certainly be SquareRoot(30) = 5.477... inches 2. distance between points a and b is equals to SquareRoot(1+ 4^2 ) = 4.123... inches 3. we have to cut given poly...
...st by erasing all the operators and parentheses. (Let's limit the operators to + - x / ^, no decimal points.)
For example:
(1 + 4 + 6)^4 + 1 = 14641
18 x 4^(3 + 2) = 18432
Clearly...
...ad.
In this contest, you are required to submit two answers to each question. The first will get more points the more other entries there are that are the same as it (the 'common answer' ...
...ar, the three extra wedges can be stacked on top of just one of the quadrants by placing them so that the points coincide).
Make an equilateral triangle from the three 60-degree wedges, and stretc...
...s problem, the random lines are obtained as follows:
1. Select a point from a uniform distribution of points that are in the interior of the 8 by 8 grid (e.g., pick two random numbers between 0 an...
This is a combined rare and common entries contest, where each question requires two answers, one trying to be a rare answer, the other trying to be a common answer. The rare answer must be judged to ...
This is a repost of the Rare Entries contest originally posted February 24th, AD 2001.
As always, DO NOT POST REPLIES TO ANY NEWSGROUP. Reply only by email to
23rd, AD 2001, GMT -8 (Pacific St...
... sense is that two observers moving at different velocities disagree totally on what events (at different points in space) are simultaneous. It turns out that the way things work is that there is a ve...
...nd, it does not divide evenly, but there is an incorrect solution nearby that I think they used, since it points to a city with 'Sioux' in its name.
First the problem, then my reasoning ...
Well, I don't like the company's policies, but then I don't like a lot of corporate dirty tricks - Microsoft aren't unique there.
Here are some of the Microsoft products I have...
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