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#3176 2012-12-09 14:41:52

anonimnystefy
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Re: How old are you bobbym?

And how is 900 close to those bumbers?


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#3177 2012-12-09 14:43:34

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

I did not want to scare him. Are you aware that certain bushmen have no number bigger than 4? Yes, they count one, two, three, 4, many...


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#3178 2012-12-09 14:47:13

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

That reminds me of some jungle tribes that I've heard about that have no words for colours other than white, blue, green and red (I think those are the colours, thiugh it may be another combination...).


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#3179 2012-12-09 14:49:58

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

They get by quite happily.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3180 2012-12-09 14:51:49

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

Yeah, I guess they don't need such words...


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#3181 2012-12-09 14:56:30

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

Why does a man need to be smarter than he needs to earn a living-Don Vito Corleone

There is a lot of truth in that...


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3182 2012-12-16 05:00:15

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

1,000 aleins-100 bobbym days+atoms=Super car that can be usedin space


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#3183 2012-12-16 10:51:07

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

A super car? One that can be used in space. The aliens do not like us in space. We are more or less confined to earth.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3184 2012-12-31 09:29:07

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

5000-My days+Bobym days=Atoms!


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#3185 2012-12-31 13:15:12

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

Did we ever find out how old bobbym is? I only made it through the first 5 pages of this thread.

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#3186 2012-12-31 13:16:21

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

Then you got further than I did! Happy New Year.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3187 2012-12-31 13:18:37

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

lol Happy new year, bobbym.

How old does Google say you are?

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#3188 2012-12-31 13:19:56

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

Google does not know and neither does anyone else.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3189 2013-01-28 03:32:45

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

bobbym wrote:

Google does not know and neither does anyone else.

Are you 35 years old? devises plan......


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#3190 2013-01-28 04:41:49

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

bobbym's age is one of the great puzzles of the forum.  He has been variously 6 years old and 96.  He is often somewhere in between.

There is a puzzle, set by phrontister, that is supposed to reveal bobbym's age.  I do not know how phro knows this information; that has never been revealed; but bobbym has never said that phro doesn't so .....

As far as I know no one apart from phro can solve this puzzle, even bobbym, and he knows the answer!!!!!!

If you wish to have a go there are several posts about it and it is here:

http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/5t387j6ad … _s_yob.pdf

Bob


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#3191 2013-01-28 06:42:26

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

I think the range,is betwwen 35-100.We know he is at least 35 because he said "I forgot my age since 35...." and at least 100 is the max. because most human live around 100.If I knew when he joined the forum,I might get a estimate......
-math

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#3192 2013-01-28 07:44:18

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

As far as I know no one apart from phro can solve this puzzle, even bobbym, and he knows the answer!!!!!!

Phrontister, may in fact know my age. How he discerned it I do not know. Yes, his puzzle is still too tough.

I might get a estimate......

There are no estimates anywhere. There are many false leads.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3193 2013-01-28 07:50:31

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

Bobbym,when did you join this forum?


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#3194 2013-01-28 07:58:29

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

4 /12 / 2009 is the day I joined the forum.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3195 2013-01-28 08:13:21

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

smile

Lower bound established.

Bob


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You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you!  …………….Bob smile

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#3196 2013-01-28 08:16:29

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

Ahhhh, I get it. That is why he tricked me into giving that date. Bob bundy has established a lower bound.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3197 2013-01-28 09:19:16

anonimnystefy
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Re: How old are you bobbym?

And I know that you were born on a 3rd of July and that that date was on a Sunday. That rules out about 10/11 years of the 20th century


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#3198 2013-01-28 09:20:51

bobbym
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Re: How old are you bobbym?

Hmmmm, where did you get that date from?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3199 2013-01-28 09:38:10

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Re: How old are you bobbym?

I already told you that. Twice.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#3200 2013-01-28 09:39:01

bobbym
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Re: How old are you bobbym?

I do not know then if it this is a good time to tell you that the date is incorrect.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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