Counting - discussion thread

[GuyBarry]

You've taken 2133 now as well!

Yes, I took it four weeks ago. Do keep up.

[A Challenge]

You've taken 2133 now as well!

Yes, I took it four weeks ago. Do keep up.

I meant 2233 as you know

[GuyBarry]

You've taken 2133 now as well!

Yes, I took it four weeks ago. Do keep up.

I meant 2233 as you know

Umm... that's not coming up for another eighteen posts...

2213 (which I assume you meant) has now gone. The next number (as I write this) is 2216. If you've got a fact about it, please post it in the Counting thread!

[A Challenge]

You've taken 2133 now as well!

Yes, I took it four weeks ago. Do keep up.

I meant 2233 as you know

Umm... that's not coming up for another eighteen posts...

2213 (which I assume you meant) has now gone. The next number (as I write this) is 2216. If you've got a fact about it, please post it in the Counting thread!

2213 2213 2213 I must get it correct 2213 2213 2213

[GuyBarry]

Just forget about 2213! It doesn't matter any more. QI are on 2219 and we're in danger of slipping again...

[RobbieM]

I've just dropped in 2234 - my first appearance for a few weeks - life's a bit busy as Christmas approaches.

[GuyBarry]

I've given up the race with QI now - they weren't keen on the idea, and they're on 2299 now in any case. Thanks for your contribution anyway!

[RobbieM]

That's fine. Maybe a target of "2,300 by Christmas" is more realistic.

[GuyBarry]

Actually they haven't moved much recently - they're currently on 2305. So you never know...

[A Challenge]

Actually they haven't moved much recently - they're currently on 2305. So you never know...

It would be nice to beat them, though I am not too worried if we don't.

[GuyBarry]

Well, by all means have a go - there are 20 days to Christmas. 20 days ago they were on 2280, so at the same rate they'll reach 2330 by Christmas, giving us 86 to catch up, or just over four a day. Probably possible if we make a concerted effort...

[leamfarrar]

Well, I'm back in and we just got to 2267... I think we can make 2300 by Christmas

... and if I have this right, the other thread we've all been talking about, they are up to 2328 meaning they are 61 ahead

[GuyBarry]

Well, I'm back in and we just got to 2267... I think we can make 2300 by Christmas

Yes, I think that's a realistic target.

... and if I have this right, the other thread we've all been talking about, they are up to 2328 meaning they are 61 ahead

Rather further ahead than I predicted. At the current rate they'll be on about 2360 by Christmas, giving us 91 to catch up in 15 days, or just over six a day - probably rather ambitious. I'll certainly never match entries like this one (edited down from 31 lines)!

A 2n-length Dyck path is a sequence of steps, starting at (0,0) and ending at (n,n), where every step is either R (rightwards by 1) or U (upwards by 1), but no steps go above the line y=x. That is, Us never outnumber Rs. The number of length-2n Dyck paths is Catalan(n). ... There are 2327 length-20 Dyck paths that never go RRUU. ... There are 2327 length-18 Dyck paths that never go UURR. ...

[GuyBarry]

http://2304.co.uk/ is a company but I can't work out what they do as the text is partly in Latin that Google Translate doesn't want to translate.

It's Lorem Ipsum! (Funnily enough, this came up in my post for 2203.)

It's standard "filler text" used in the printing and typesetting industry, which has been around since the 1500s. It's used when people want to create a piece of display text with no actual content. It's not actual Latin, but it's a scrambled version of a real Latin text written by Cicero in 45 BC. The translation begins "Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure."

[leamfarrar]

QI are up to 2363 but haven't posted for almost three days, we are only 47 behind now. Keep going everyone!