FOFC Highlander Number Game 5/17 - The Data Miner

Pumpy Tudors · 05-17-2006, 08:53 AM

Welcome to the May 17 edition of FOFC Highlander. The original game and the rules are in this thread: http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...ad.php?t=49716. To summarize, however, come up with an answer to my question and send it to me in PM (preferably with your guess in the title). There can be only one winner. On with the game!

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Sometime in the near future, through his ongoing data mining, our friendly computer QuikSand determines that FOFC user rkmsuf represents human perfection. In an effort to make himself seem more human (and to conquer the world), QuikSand studies a sample of rkmsuf's FOFC posts. QuikSand computes that he must read at least 200 words from rkmsuf in order to have enough knowledge to defeat us all.

For this exercise, assume that the following statements are true:

1. Each of rkmsuf's posts is three, four, or five words long.
2. The lengths of rkmsuf's posts are evenly distributed. That is, there are as many three-word posts as four-word posts, and as many four-word posts as five-word posts.

How many rkmsuf posts does QuikSand read to reach 200 words?

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I will use a random number generator to create a list of numbers. Each element of the list will be "3", "4", or "5". I will then take the running total of the elements until I reach 200 or more. Basically, I'm asking you to guess how far down the list I'll get before the total reaches 200.

Again, please send me a PM with your guess (in the title, preferably). I'll post the winner's name sometime between 4pm and 4:30pm Eastern time (a little more than 6 hours from the time of this post).

If anybody needs clarification on the puzzle, please let me know. Good luck!

Chas in Cinti · 05-17-2006, 08:57 AM

Good one... sent!

Mustang · 05-17-2006, 09:08 AM

Just to make sure I understand right. Say there are 9,000 posts.. There will be 3000 each of 3,4,5 words but, the posts that are read of the 9,000 are random. Correct?

Pumpy Tudors · 05-17-2006, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mustang

Just to make sure I understand right. Say there are 9,000 posts.. There will be 3000 each of 3,4,5 words but, the posts that are read of the 9,000 are random. Correct?

Correct.

Wolfpack · 05-17-2006, 09:52 AM

My first time out at this game. Sent.

Pumpy Tudors · 05-17-2006, 12:34 PM

Just a quick bump. We're a little more than halfway through the guessing period, so if anybody else wants to jump in, there are less than 3 hours to go.

rkmsuf · 05-17-2006, 02:19 PM

You called me human perfection.

(sniff)

(5 words)

Huckleberry · 05-17-2006, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

You called me human perfection.

(sniff)

(5 words)

Is there a parenthetical exception to word counting?

Pumpy Tudors · 05-17-2006, 03:20 PM

Contest is over. No more entries will be accepted. I will post the name of the winner shortly.

Pumpy Tudors · 05-17-2006, 03:51 PM

OK, here we go, guys.

There really wasn't anything terribly difficult about this. According to the game, the average length of a rkmsuf post is 4 words. Since QuikSand needs to read 200 words before conquering us, the average says that 50 posts would get him to his goal. Of course, things don't always work according to plan, and in this game, QuikSand actually needed to read 51 rkmsuf posts in order to rule the world. The list used in the game is shown below.

Quote:

Post	Length	Running Total
#1	4	4
#2	5	9
#3	5	14
#4	5	19
#5	4	23
#6	5	28
#7	3	31
#8	3	34
#9	4	38
#10	5	43
#11	3	46
#12	5	51
#13	5	56
#14	3	59
#15	3	62
#16	4	66
#17	3	69
#18	3	72
#19	5	77
#20	4	81
#21	5	86
#22	3	89
#23	5	94
#24	5	99
#25	3	102
#26	3	105
#27	3	108
#28	4	112
#29	4	116
#30	3	119
#31	3	122
#32	5	127
#33	4	131
#34	4	135
#35	5	140
#36	3	143
#37	4	147
#38	5	152
#39	3	155
#40	4	159
#41	4	163
#42	4	167
#43	4	171
#44	4	175
#45	5	180
#46	3	183
#47	4	187
#48	3	190
#49	4	194
#50	3	197
#51	5	202

#52	3	205
#53	3	208
#54	3	211

The guesses for the game ranged from 44 to 54 (which is why I've shown the list up to #54). Of the 15 entries received, there was at least one correct guess, so I can present our winner...

WOLFPACK

Congratulations, you Carolina Hurricane-loving bastard.

Raiders Army · 05-17-2006, 03:54 PM

Ah, I had 52. Gratz.

Wolfpack · 05-17-2006, 07:14 PM

Sweet! I'll try to conceive of something for tomorrow's game.

(About time I won one of these contests...

)

Toddzilla · 05-17-2006, 07:29 PM

Please keep track of past winners in the first post ala IWS

rkmsuf · 05-18-2006, 07:41 AM

I feel violated.

Pumpy Tudors · 05-18-2006, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

I feel violated.

I tried to be gentle.

Chas in Cinti · 05-18-2006, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

I feel violated.

Only 3 words? We need to get that average up if QS is gonna figure ANYTHING out...

05-17-2006, 08:57 AM	#2
Chas in Cinti High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, OH	Good one... sent! __________________ Email: [email protected]

05-17-2006, 09:08 AM	#3
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	Just to make sure I understand right. Say there are 9,000 posts.. There will be 3000 each of 3,4,5 words but, the posts that are read of the 9,000 are random. Correct? __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

05-17-2006, 09:52 AM	#5
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	My first time out at this game. Sent.

05-17-2006, 12:34 PM	#6
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Just a quick bump. We're a little more than halfway through the guessing period, so if anybody else wants to jump in, there are less than 3 hours to go. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor. Last edited by Pumpy Tudors : 05-17-2006 at 12:35 PM. Reason: grammar

05-17-2006, 02:19 PM	#7
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	You called me human perfection. (sniff) (5 words) __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

05-17-2006, 03:20 PM	#9
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Contest is over. No more entries will be accepted. I will post the name of the winner shortly. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

05-17-2006, 03:54 PM	#11
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Ah, I had 52. Gratz.

05-17-2006, 07:14 PM	#12
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	Sweet! I'll try to conceive of something for tomorrow's game. (About time I won one of these contests... )

05-17-2006, 07:29 PM	#13
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	Please keep track of past winners in the first post ala IWS

05-18-2006, 07:41 AM	#14
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	I feel violated. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

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