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Oct 01, 2005 JestatisBess link
167
Oct 01, 2005 who? me? link
173

here is a tricksy conundrum:

6 is to 3 as,
12 is to 6 as,
14 is to 8 as,
22 is to ????

what! i dont get it at all!!!
Oct 01, 2005 JestatisBess link
179
Oct 01, 2005 Harry Seldon link
181
Oct 02, 2005 mgl_mouser link
191
Oct 02, 2005 xava link
199

if it was 7 insted of 8 it would be easy...
Oct 02, 2005 Will Roberts link
what about 193 & 197?

who? me?: [edit: nevermind]

btw --> 211
Oct 02, 2005 toshiro link
223

And the problem remains unsolved...

Also, Fallout is interesting, if you didn't know yet.
Oct 02, 2005 smittens link
224!

Wait...
Oct 02, 2005 mgl_mouser link
WIll Roberts wins a few points for pointing out two missing entries.

As for me,

227

wich oddly enough, I'm sure, is the first time I write that number down. Purposely anyhow.
Oct 02, 2005 RelayeR link
229

w?m? is to 16.
Oct 02, 2005 who? me? link
233

16? how do you figure?
Oct 03, 2005 mgl_mouser link
239

So... hum.... how many do we figure we have left?

Let's start a chain story...

One upon a time, Obsidian [...]
Oct 03, 2005 Fnugget link
241

I wrote a calculator program that finds the factors of a number rather rapidly. I also used it to factor numbers under a square root.

Can i post more than 1 number?
Oct 03, 2005 toshiro link
251

That is odd, 241+10 is prime, too...

Anyway. Did you make the algorithm yourself, Fnugget, or did you get one off the 'net?

Because prime testers are truly as sand on a beach.

Besides, 22 is not to 16 as 6 is to 3... if it were -3, sure, but it isn't.

And mgl_mouser, left of what? Don't say you meant prime numbers.
Oct 03, 2005 Tangent link
257

I can't believe this is still going.... but it is fun in a weird way.
Oct 03, 2005 who? me? link
263

back to our story...

... was walking down the hall...
Oct 03, 2005 JestatisBess link
269

...and found a locked door.
Oct 03, 2005 mgl_mouser link
271

Toshiro: yeah. No one ever proved this would go on in vitam eternam. I think toguetter, we can find the last prime number! Let's just work on it.

Back to our third-level discussion ...

... Obsidian, being all guide-y and all, ...
Oct 04, 2005 Will Roberts link
L1: 277

L:2 Who?You. : the only thing I can find is: 6/3, 12/6, 14/8, and 22/5 are Sundays, this year. but I doubt that's the answer you're looking for...

L3:
... never broke stride...