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Well... (Score:2)

by 2shortplanks (968)

I solved that in twenty seconds.
I googled for it.
- Re:Well... (Score:2)
  
  by nicholas (3034)
  
  Which works for stage 2 of the problem as well.
  
  Isn't google wonderful..."
  - Re:Well... (Score:1)
    
    by cog (4665)
    
    I must be using a different google... O:-)
  - Re:Well... (Score:1)
    
    by jhorwitz (4227)
    
    Dammit, and I solved it the old fashioned way. Figuring it out while bored at work. ;-)
my guess was wrong (Score:1)

by slanning (5049)

The digits of e go on forever and don't repeat, so I guessed that any consecutive sequence of 10 digits is found in e. Then just google for a list of prime numbers and find the first one in this list [prime-numbers.org]. However, I didn't find that URL. Now I realize that what they really meant was to find the first 10-digit sequence in e (like by dragging a 10-digit window from left to right along the number) which happens to be a prime number, not the first prime number that happens to be in e.
Next I'd try to find an alphab
Lemme guess (Score:1)

by btilly (5037)

You went to a list of digits [nasa.gov] and then did a URL lookup on each one until you found the one that Google registered?
Of course you can just use [cpan://Math::Pari] to do the calculation for you. I did it using factorint and looking for a ; in the complete factorization. Who cares how much computer effort that wastes when it takes under a tenth of a second to run?
- Re:Lemme guess (Score:2)
  
  by davorg (18)
  
  Yep. That's the one. Easy innit. Now solve the puzzle you find at that URL.
Got it! (Score:1)

by jhorwitz (4227)

And solved the second puzzle as well. Unfortunately, that's the end of the road for the puzzles. Shame, as it was a great way to pass the time!
- Re:Got it! (Score:1)
  
  by tomhukins (4457)
  
  Perhaps Google plan to waste hours of their competitors' employees time with silly quizzes. I'm currently out of work, so I waste my time with far more trivial things.