|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
OP
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773 |
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
dalehileman
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
thirty-seven (37) -- I'd tell you my reasoning but I don't want to skew the results.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,529
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,529 |
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>
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 389
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 389 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 500
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 500 |
I'm not sure numbers can be nondescript.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
Quote:
I'm not sure numbers can be nondescript.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 389
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 389 |
Good point Elizabeth. You've got my number. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891 |
Sorry, can't help you dale. I don't really find any numbers nondescript.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511 |
I can't even get my mind around the concept of a nondescript number.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
isn't nondescript an oxymoron?
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
Quote:
isn't nondescript an oxymoron?
dunno about that, but nondescript is non-self-descriptive -- what was the word for that again?
oh yeah.. heterological.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661 |
What is the most nondescript whole number between 0 and 61? 1All other numbers are either divisible by two, divisible by three or themselves a prime number and, therefore, rather descript. The number 1 is, artfullyŪ, the only *whole number. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
Quote:
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, artfullyŪ, the only *whole number.
*with the exception of 25, 35, 49, and 55 of course.
-ron ("numbers") obvious
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
OP
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773 |
tsu: I had you down for 37
dalehileman
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,529
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,529 |
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.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661 |
Yeah-but 25, 35, 49 and 55 are all notorious.... way beyond descript.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
Quote:
What is the most nondescript whole number between 0 and 61?
The number 1 is, artfullyŪ, the only *whole number.
One ain't the onliest number, 'cause it's second to none.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788 |
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
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,529
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,529 |
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)
Last edited by themilum; 03/04/06 09:24 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
LLOL, Milo.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
OP
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773 |
the: And so which one do you nominate
dalehileman
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,529
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,529 |
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. 
Last edited by themilum; 03/04/06 07:30 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,529
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,529 |
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. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
OP
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773 |
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
Last edited by dalehileman; 03/04/06 07:42 PM.
dalehileman
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
Quote:
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?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
OP
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773 |
Quote:
Quote:
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"
dalehileman
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891 |
So, when do we get the results of this survey?
Last edited by belMarduk; 03/05/06 05:51 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
OP
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,773 |
dalehileman
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
> 33
speaking of beer, ain't that the number on the back of a Rolling RockŪ?
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661 |
Yes, etaoin, and also the atomic number of arsenic. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788 |
And also that one of the Thirty Nine Articles of Relgion which treats "Of Excommunicated Persons, how they are to be avoided." No kidding.
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,315
Members9,182
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
247
guests, and
2
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
