Puzzle answer (ROT13): uggcf://jjj.qzi.pn.tbi/cbegny/qzi/qrgnvy/yrtnplcyngrf/vaqrk On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 3:21 PM, Mike Stay <metaweta@gmail.com> wrote:
In case anyone doesn't get it: https://xkcd.com/793/ https://xkcd.com/1047/
On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
Puzzle: It was orange on black. Seven letter vanities ("environmentals") were not introduced until decades after the switch to orange on blue. I distinctly remember an episode of Columbo where the perp had orange on blue CARSINI, a safe bet for the writers, before seven letters were legal. --rwg If I see XKCD1047, I'll know it's a fake. (Note the rollover warning about πᵗʰ root.) WRI support just told me the secret way to get Mma to display πᵗʰ root of 4. (http://www.tweedledum.com/rwg/idents.htm) _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
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