tag:djlonlineservices.blog.co.uk,2009-11-10:/The entries in this blog are the opinions of a normal UK citizen. They are not intended to be offensive.MokoFeed2009-11-10T10:28:50+01:00tag:djlonlineservices.blog.co.uk,2005-10-28:/2005/10/27/and_the_answer_is~264288/#c283759DansBlog2005-10-28T13:37:47+02:002005-10-28T13:37:47+02:00Your perfectly correct, all those brackets weren't required. Yes, I think powers would also be allowed although probably only 1,3,4 & 6. I tried that and got no-where.<br> So nice to hear from someone with such a positive response. Nice one!!<br> I looked at your site. I used to write and translate Z80 games in the late 80's, Spectrum and Amstrad stuff. "Great minds", and all that.<br> Regards<br> Dantag:djlonlineservices.blog.co.uk,2005-10-27:/2005/10/27/and_the_answer_is~264288/#c281083The_Walrus2005-10-27T14:30:15+02:002005-10-27T14:30:15+02:00I liked your solution, though I suspect you don't need all the brackets ((I'm too lazy to check!)) and am only commenting on the absence of ! from their puzzle. Presumably, raising a number to a power would also be an allowable function as it depends only on the position and size of the digits, rather than using a function symbol?<br> <br> I congratulate you on finding a solution to a sloppily defined puzzle!tag:djlonlineservices.blog.co.uk,2005-10-27:/2005/10/27/and_the_answer_is~264288/#c280937DansBlog2005-10-27T13:31:49+02:002005-10-27T13:31:49+02:00To the Walrus and any other interested parties,<br> <br> I am new to the quiz and took the instructions literally. I have looked at last months quiz and pasted it in below.<br> ------------------------------------------------------<br> In the last newsletter, I set you a Nubble puzzle :-<br> <br> Using the basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, construct the answer 1 by using all the numbers 1, 1, 1 and 5.<br> <br> There are various solutions, such as 5x(1-1)+1=1.<br> ------------------------------------------------------<br> So you see they have used brackets, and although they are not a function like ! is they weren't listed in the + - / and * signs either.<br> <br> I don't know if it's the right way to do it but it got me the correct answer so I have entered into the quiz in the spirit of hope. If you like this sort of thing go to Simon Singh's website at http://www.simonsingh.net/ and join us.<br> <br> Thanks for reading my blog and getting back to me.tag:djlonlineservices.blog.co.uk,2005-10-27:/2005/10/27/and_the_answer_is~264288/#c280318The_Walrus2005-10-27T08:36:54+02:002005-10-27T08:36:54+02:00"Using + - / * and all the numbers 6,4,3,1 make the answer 24"<br> <br> But that has no "!" in it...