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Re: Counting
Posted: 22 Sep 2013, 16:26
by GuyBarry
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Re: Counting
Posted: 22 Sep 2013, 17:59
by tubeguru
What is rule 3?
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 07:34
by GuyBarry
tubeguru wrote:What is rule 3?
Please see discussion thread.
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 16:08
by DrainBrain
I'll repeat 771 so we know there's a valid post:
Dewey Decimal Classification 771 is for techniques, equipment and materials in photography and computer art.
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 16:12
by GuyBarry
Thanks. Back to normal hopefully:
Starting with the A1, there are
772 consecutive A-road numbers that have at some time been allocated in Great Britain. [Incidentally, I think I've walked most of the A772 as well - it's about three miles long and passes the
Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World at Lasswade, south of Edinburgh.]
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 16:56
by DrainBrain
The Tetranacci sequence is similar to the Fibonacci sequence, but adds the four previous numbers to get the next number. The sequence starts:
0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 29, 56, 108, 208, 401, 773 ...
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 17:44
by GuyBarry
774 kHz is a
supplementary frequency used by BBC Radio 4 in Enniskillen and Plymouth.
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 19:13
by RobbieM
The reference voltage for 0dBu is 0.775 Volts. (It's the voltage which delivers 1 mW of power in a 600 ohm resistor.)
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 19:32
by GuyBarry
In the film Bruce Almighty, God contacts Bruce, via pager, using an actual phone number rather than a number in the standard US
fictional 555 telephone exchange: 776-2323. The number was later changed to 555-0123 for TV and DVD release.
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 19:46
by RobbieM
The number of immortal/perfect (spiritual) man is 777, (compared to the number of mortal/imperfect man - 666.)
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 19:47
by GuyBarry
778 is the number of ways a 5×1 rectangle can be surrounded by 5×1 rectangles. [Source:
http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html]
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 19:55
by RobbieM
Pop to Scotland's easternmost point, and you'll be in Peterhead. Its STD code ends 779.
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 20:04
by GuyBarry
780 is the 20th
hexagonal number - the number of points in a hexagon with 20 regularly spaced points on a side.
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 20:17
by RobbieM
781 in Dewey Decimal Classification denotes general musical principles and forms.
Re: Counting
Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 20:18
by GuyBarry
A782 is the start of the longest run of
unallocated A-road numbers below 1200 - eighteen in total.