[math-fun] I just reordered checks.
Bank Lady: Where would you like the numbering to start? rwg: What was my last one? Bank Lady: 1093 rwg: Well then obviously 3511. Bank Lady: <Opens mouth. Decides not to ask. Resumes typing.> --rwg
Bill Gosper wrote:
Bank Lady: Where would you like the numbering to start? rwg: What was my last one? Bank Lady: 1093 rwg: Well then obviously 3511. Bank Lady: <Opens mouth. Decides not to ask. Resumes typing.>
It's a good thing they only send you one new set at a time. -- g
Obviously. ----- Original Message ----- From: <rwg@sdf.lonestar.org> To: "math-fun" <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 6:48 PM Subject: [math-fun] I just reordered checks.
Bank Lady: Where would you like the numbering to start? rwg: What was my last one? Bank Lady: 1093 rwg: Well then obviously 3511. Bank Lady: <Opens mouth. Decides not to ask. Resumes typing.> --rwg
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Use that check wisely -- it will be your last one (unless you make a discovery...) On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:48 PM, <rwg@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
Bank Lady: Where would you like the numbering to start? rwg: What was my last one? Bank Lady: 1093 rwg: Well then obviously 3511. Bank Lady: <Opens mouth. Decides not to ask. Resumes typing.> --rwg
On Friday 04 December 2009 08:30:03 Peter Norvig wrote:
Use that check wisely -- it will be your last one (unless you make a discovery...)
No, because the next number he'd be prompted with would be the last in some run beginning with 3511, rather than 3511 itself (which is why I made the weaker-but-more-accurate joke I did instead of that one...). -- g
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, Gareth McCaughan wrote:
On Friday 04 December 2009 08:30:03 Peter Norvig wrote:
Use that check wisely -- it will be your last one (unless you make a discovery...)
I think that when I have kids and give them an allowance, instead of the old "linear/exponential growth" option, I'll be much more generous, and give them the output of the 2-state busy beaver function (\Sigma{2,m}) for each month m. As long as they provide me with an exact and rigorous invoice.
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