Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:54:20 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, s3braiford@ij.net, W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com>, Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Subject: Re: Feaky Message-ID: <20000222135419.A38343@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000222221737.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <20000222134201.A38003@mithrandr.moria.org> <XFMail.000222221737.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Tue 2000-02-22 (22:17), Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On 22-Feb-00 Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > >> example of what shouldn't be sent to a list full of experienced > >> internet > >> users. :) > > 99 doesn't. > > 99 * 9 = 891 > > 8 + 9 + 1 = 18 > > 1 + 8 = 9 That's not what he said. He said "sum of any two digit product of 9 adds up to 9". 99 is a two digit product of 9. It does not add up to 9. I do understand the property; his description was slightly inaccurate (and in no way is limited to two digit products). Hence the "*hide*". Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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