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**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:55 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:19 pm

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Could the long "221545484848465100503215" be a tracking # of some sort?

Maybe gate 12 (train), could be a shipping tracking # somewhere?

**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:50 pm

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jomolungma · Boot Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 38 Location: NY, NY

MC = Mail Carrier?

**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:25 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:32 pm

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My kingdom for a scientific calculator!

Olorin has been the only one to mention cube roots, but I haven't heard of anyone trying to find the the cube root of the 24-digit number on the back of the postcard:

i.e.,

What is the cube root of 221545484848465100503215?

And I just wasted a couple hours trying to find any relevance to the cube of the number. 221545484848465100503215^3 = 1.08739845 � 10^70, if anyone cares. Rolling Eyes

Maybe you can do something with it!

I even went to sites containing "decillion," "undecillion," and "duodecillion," the UK's system for numbers in the 66th power to the 72nd power range (since the game is originating in the UK, and they use a different system for large numbers than America or the scientific community. It's laid out pretty well here.)

**Posted:** Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:25 am

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**Posted:** Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:26 am

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I also noticed an online cuberoot calculator at http://www.csgnetwork.com/cuberootcubecalc.html

The answer I got for the 24 digit number was 60509138.23656072

Just out of curiosity, I thought I would do a search to see if there is any such street as "Decimal Place" in the UK to try and find maybe a relevance for the 8 decimal places. I put decimal place as my search term (using a system called "Quick Address" that we use in work) and only one return for the whole of UK - 8, Blandfield Road, London, SW12 8BG. More than likely nothing but a bit interesting. The addressee name we have registered seems unrelated to any part of the "story". Sorry, but due to the UK Data Protection laws, I can't put a name on here.

**Posted:** Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:21 am

Seej · Unfettered Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 614

You can also just use the Windows calculator (if that's your chosen OS of course). Start - Programs - Accessories - Calculator

You then need to click View and select scientific calculator. To work out the cube root of anything type in your number, hit the x^y button and type in 0.3333333333333333333333 (raising something to the power of 1/3 is the same as working out the cube root).

**Posted:** Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:57 am

tanner

scilab or a scheme/lisp interpreter are the best calculators i know

**Posted:** Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:02 am

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for the windows calc there's an easier way the INV check box in the top left stands for inverse check that then click the x^3 button and you'll get the cube root... might even be more accurate since .3333333 != 1/3

edit:
(by this i had ment you can't type infinate 3's in to a calculator but this was miss understood to mean .333333... != 1/3 by some people reopening old wounds... Rolling Eyes

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hamatoyoshi · Veteran Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 127

**Posted:** Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:41 pm

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if you do both methids with a small number like 8 mine yeilds 2
the other method yeilds 1.999999999986
... since it's not all 9's there is worse then a minior rounding error

But just for the record according to higher math .9999...==1
because 1 - .9999999...==0.0000....
since you can't say what the first none zero decimal place is in .000000....
it must be zero and since only a number - it's self == zero 1 must == .99999999999

it is a hard argument to except but thats the best i can explain it without posting books and books worth of math proofs.

da5id · Veteran Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 80

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stop the insanity right now! we will not talk about mathematics anymore! no! we just won't!

and most importantly, don't let thebruce read the above post Twisted Evil

ps: in case you wondered, do visit this thread.

**Posted:** Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:25 pm

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