To summarise the answers we have so far .....
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> 4840
> Clue: Robin Szmeti I think will have the best chance.
> 1 , 9 , 36 , 84 , 126
> Clue: Don't use C to work this out
> 3 , 7 , 31 , 127
> Clue: They are in sequence
SOLVED : Peter Haworth, although he noticed something I didn't.
> 212
> Clue: Mark Fowler should know this one
> 714
> Clue: Jack built something, but he wasn't the only one
> 231
> Clue: You'll need the revised edition of the book to work this
> one out. (WARNING: I don't think anyone will get this one)
>
> And finally a quick riddle, where you have to work out the age of
> Diophantus,
SOLVED : Dave Cross
So that leaves 5 reasonable ones, the last is nigh on impossible,
without either a quick fire guessing session or owning the book and
knowing how my mind words.
I reckon Dave Cross, Paul Mison, Richard Clamp, to name a few should
be able to answer `714' from the clue alone. People who IRC when
Trelane is on in the morning should get a clue to `212', Older people
should spot 4840, and as for the first sequence anyone who likes
puzzles should figure it out.
Greg
p.s. if you are the sort of johnny come lately, giving up, PHP
programming type of person, the answers are at .....
http://217.34.97.146/~gem/perl/answers.txt
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