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#1 2006-09-29 22:20:04
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alpha puzzle
Can you think of a hundred words (in a minute) which don't contain the letter 'a'?
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#2 2006-09-29 22:53:18
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he, she, me, be, glee, fee, ....
100 in 60 seconds? Thats nearly 2 a second, so I won't make it.
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#3 2006-09-29 22:54:57
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Re: alpha puzzle
There is a very mathematical answer to this question 
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#4 2006-09-30 01:04:50
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do they need to be different words? 
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#5 2006-09-30 02:11:39
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one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve....
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
#6 2006-10-03 15:29:08
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Ricky's correct
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
#7 2006-10-03 16:18:20
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Whodda Thunk It?
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#8 2006-10-03 16:44:56
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So does that make me the alpha male?
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#9 2006-10-04 01:46:55
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lol good point. i think elizabeth asked me that trying to make her smarter than me but i outsmarted her i cheered her up after that saying it was a good question
Presenting the Prinny dance.
Take this dood! Huh doood!!! HUH DOOOOD!?!? DOOD HUH!!!!!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#10 2006-10-04 01:57:30
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Ricky wrote:
So does that make me the alpha male?
Ricky is the alpha-male of this website!!!!! That was an old puzzle in India, didn't know it travellled to US too
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#11 2006-10-04 02:13:25
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im from the uk and whats an alpha male?
Presenting the Prinny dance.
Take this dood! Huh doood!!! HUH DOOOOD!?!? DOOD HUH!!!!!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#12 2006-10-04 05:59:40
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Top dog, espon. The best of the best.
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#13 2006-10-11 18:11:01
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'Top dog' also is used as a phrase given to someone who wins something, special or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Dog
#14 2006-10-12 02:37:58
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Devante, it also has a much more literal meaning, as the alpha male is the top dog in a pack of dogs 
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
#15 2006-10-12 02:49:03
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Thanks for that, Ricky - Reminds me of a very popular advertisement I've been seeing a lot.
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Especially on posters.