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Posted By: dalehileman nondescript revisited - 02/28/06 11:38 PM
I am conducting a perfectly serious scientific/linguistic survey the purpose of which however I cannot reveal without skewing the results. Thank you for your participation

What is the most nondescript whole number between 0 and 61
Posted By: tsuwm Re: nondescript revisited - 02/28/06 11:40 PM
thirty-seven (37) -- I'd tell you my reasoning but I don't want to skew the results.
Posted By: themilum Re: nondescript revisited - 03/01/06 12:17 AM
Thirty-three (33)

I'll tell you my reasoning because I don't care if I skew the results.

<It was determined so by a survey on the Internet>
Posted By: Owlbow There are no words to describe it - 03/01/06 12:08 PM
or numbers
I'm not sure numbers can be nondescript.
Posted By: Jackie Re: There are no words to describe it - 03/01/06 01:00 PM
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I'm not sure numbers can be nondescript.


Posted By: Owlbow nombres sans des noms - 03/01/06 07:12 PM
Good point Elizabeth.
You've got my number.
Posted By: belMarduk Re: nombres sans des noms - 03/01/06 07:32 PM
Sorry, can't help you dale. I don't really find any numbers nondescript.
Posted By: AnnaStrophic Huh? - 03/01/06 08:12 PM
I can't even get my mind around the concept of a nondescript number.
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Huh? - 03/01/06 08:13 PM
isn't nondescript an oxymoron?
Posted By: tsuwm Re: Huh? - 03/01/06 09:18 PM
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isn't nondescript an oxymoron?




dunno about that, but nondescript is non-self-descriptive -- what was the word for that again?

oh yeah.. heterological.
Posted By: musick To be lonely is to be whole - 03/03/06 05:18 PM
What is the most nondescript whole number between 0 and 61?

1

All other numbers are either divisible by two, divisible by three or themselves a prime number and, therefore, rather descript.

The number 1 is, artfully®, the only *whole number.
Posted By: tsuwm Re: To be lonely is to be whole - 03/03/06 06:08 PM
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What is the most nondescript whole number between 0 and 61?

1

All* other numbers are either divisible by two, divisible by three or themselves a prime number and, therefore, rather descript.

The number 1 is, artfully®, the only *whole number.




*with the exception of 25, 35, 49, and 55 of course.
-ron ("numbers") obvious
Posted By: dalehileman Re: To be lonely is to be whole - 03/03/06 08:20 PM
tsu: I had you down for 37
Posted By: themilum To be lonely is to be me - 03/03/06 09:19 PM
Google has spoken
And it said that "nondescript" means "less hits".

I, whose other hobby is practicing the yo-yo, have compiled the results...

Note: (*) = one billion hits.

1 ******************
2 ***************
3 *************
4 ***********
5 ***********
6 *********
7 *********
8 ********
9 ********
10 ***********
11 ********
12 *********
13 ******
14 ******
15 ******
16 ******
17 ******
18 ******
19 *****
20 ********
21 ******
22 ******
23 *****
24 ******
25 ******
26 *****
27 *****
28 ****
29 ****
30 *****
31 ****
32 **
33 **
34 **
35 **
...and so forth, with the same decreasing pattern.
And by the time I got to interesting numbers like "area" 51 and the "pictorial" 69, the numbers were swinging downwards below one billion.

Done.
Posted By: musick Five'll get you seven - 03/03/06 09:24 PM
Yeah-but 25, 35, 49 and 55 are all notorious.... way beyond descript.
Posted By: Faldage Re: To be lonely is to be whole - 03/03/06 11:32 PM
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What is the most nondescript whole number between 0 and 61?
The number 1 is, artfully®, the only *whole number.




One ain't the onliest number, 'cause it's second to none.
Posted By: Father Steve To be lonely is to be one - 03/04/06 12:42 AM
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one

~Three Dog Night, One
Ok, time's up, the results are in, and the winners are...

Best Musical Score: Father Steve (for that cute little number by Three Dog Night.)

Best One Liner: Faldage (he's got a million of 'em)

Best Mathematical Director: tsuwm (for keeping mister musick's remarks on descript.)

Standley Kubrick Awad Award: Dalehileman (for asking murky questions that don't have real answers and then not answering them)
LLOL, Milo.
the: And so which one do you nominate
Dalehileman! Do you work for the IRS?
Ok,Ok, you got me.
I will complete your form although it makes no sense.

First out, any so-called "nondescript numbers" must be subjective so let me think...
Mmm...I don't use the number 33 very much...I don't remember ever being 33 years old, so maybe I wasn't... I don't own exactly 33 of anything I can think of, and I have never given a bum exactly 33 cents to buy a beer.
Mmm, as I think about it, I've never won the lottery with the numbers 33 on the ticket, and, as a matter of fact, I've never even won the lottery.

Wait! That's it! My lucky number must be 33! Wow! Thank you, dalemhileman! You've made me realize that the number 33 which has been the most nondescript number of my entire life is now my lucky number.

When I win the lottery I'll buy you a beer.
But of course, objectively, "zero" is a whole number that is absolutely nondescript but you, dalehileman, wanted a number between one and sixty so I give up.
the: Thank you

Incidentally however, it's between zero and sixty one

Drop in when you're anywhere near Victorville; the brew is kind of a hobby--

I am dalehileman@verizon.net
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… between zero and sixty one …




Is that exclusive or inclusive? Or, to put it another way, is that the open or closed interval 0…61?
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… between zero and sixty one …




Is that exclusive or inclusive? Or, to put it another way, is that the open or closed interval 0…61?




I have often addressed the issue but finally concluded that "exclusive" is implied by "between"
So, when do we get the results of this survey?
bel: Contact dalehileman@verizon.net
> 33

speaking of beer, ain't that the number on the back of a Rolling Rock®?
Posted By: musick Weighing in at 74.9216 - 03/05/06 09:47 PM
Yes, etaoin, and also the atomic number of arsenic.
Posted By: Father Steve Re: Weighing in at 74.9216 - 03/05/06 11:56 PM
And also that one of the Thirty Nine Articles of Relgion which treats "Of Excommunicated Persons, how they are to be avoided." No kidding.
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