Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
On Wed 12 Jul, a Google search for n.nfshost.com (quotes included) yielded exactly one matching page. Today, one week later, the same search results in over 22 *THOUSAND* matches. This thing spreads faster than the disease from The Stand... :-) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
On 7/19/06, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed 12 Jul, a Google search for n.nfshost.com (quotes included) yielded exactly one matching page. Today, one week later, the same search results in over 22 *THOUSAND* matches. This thing spreads faster than the disease from The Stand... :-) -- Ben Did you see the ad on page eleven? Seems he got some traffic bills to pay for... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
Gregory Smith wrote: mm Yeah, I'm done! Now on to http://www.deathball.net/notpron/ Great, so how about a hint to get to 26? :) -Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
On 7/14/06, Mark Komarinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great, so how about a hint to get to 26? :) To get to 26 from 25? Or to get to 27 from 26? * SPOILER WARNING *** 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 * SPOILER WARNING *** To get to 26 from 25: 25 shows x19. That is a representation of 25, in a format that is familiar to most programmers. 26 is just one more. It's all lower-case. Yell if you need more help. * SECOND SPOILER WARNING *** 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 * SECOND SPOILER WARNING *** To get to 27 from 26: Look at the HTML source for 26. There's something in there that isn't in any of the other HTML files leading up to 26. Hint: Don't forget to add 1 to 26. Hint: This web server in question rejects any URL with a pound-sign in it. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
Michael Costolo wrote: If anyone has any hints about how to get to 23 (solving has_9), I'd love to hear them. Same here. -Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
On 7/13/06, Gregory Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ***On Thu 11:57a Jul 13 Mark Komarinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote*** Michael Costolo wrote: If anyone has any hints about how to get to 23 (solving has_9), I'd love to hear them. Same here. -Mark hint: 23 has 9 things Anyone get 28 yet? Just got 23 before you sent that. Duh. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:50:33AM -0400, Michael Costolo wrote: Economies are grinding to a halt all across the world as I have introduced this puzzle to a few Flickr groups... Y'all do realize that this is the memetic equivalent of the Star Trek Computer, compute the value of pi to the last digit trick? -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. Speech Recognition Technology was used to create this e-mail ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:00:15PM -0400, Gregory Smith wrote: ***On Thu 11:57a Jul 13 Mark Komarinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote*** Michael Costolo wrote: If anyone has any hints about how to get to 23 (solving has_9), I'd love to hear them. Same here. -Mark hint: 23 has 9 things Anyone get 28 yet? We (here at work) made it to 30 yesterday. I gather that others on the list did, too. mm ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
On 7/13/06, Michael Costolo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got 23 before you sent that. Duh. There's some Law of online forums that says you will see the answer to your question immediately after you post it. The probability of this increases proportionately to how obvious the answer is. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
We (here at work) made it to 30 yesterday. I gather that others on the list did, too. Is there a good payoff at least? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:36:32PM -0400, Travis Roy wrote: We (here at work) made it to 30 yesterday. I gather that others on the list did, too. Is there a good payoff at least? I wish there was a fountain of youth, or a rainbow. All I got was a little unecessary smugness. Does it show? :-) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
***On Thu 12:33p Jul 13 Mark E. Mallett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote*** We (here at work) made it to 30 yesterday. I gather that others on the list did, too. mm Yeah, I'm done! Now on to http://www.deathball.net/notpron/ Greg
Re: Time sink [was Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?]
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:23:16 -0400, Jeff Kinz wrote: On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:50:33AM -0400, Michael Costolo wrote: Economies are grinding to a halt all across the world as I have introduced this puzzle to a few Flickr groups... Y'all do realize that this is the memetic equivalent of the Star Trek Computer, compute the value of pi to the last digit trick? Or of Arthur Dent getting the computer aboard the Heart Of Gold to synth a proper cup of tea - after all, it *did* finish ... eventually. ;) -- Bill Mullen RLU #270075 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
