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I completely impartially submit the notion I should get a point for this. :-)
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have my half then. I am just happy, I finally understood what I was doing!
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Oh, I missed the part where I got half a point.
I'll accept this!"I'll be back next year." --Jimmy WhiteComment
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Updated scoreboard
No trading / donating points! They are too importantOriginally Posted by snookersfunhave my half then. I am just happy, I finally understood what I was doing!
The last scoreboard seemed pages and pages back - hopefully I have found the right one and not removed any points from anyone...
HERE IS THE SCOREBOARD AFTER ROUND 59 BUT BEFORE ROUND 58* AND BEFORE ROUND 60**
snookersfun……………………….…..23
abextra……………………………..…...11
Vidas……………………………………….10½
davis_greatest…………………..……9½
robert602…………………………………6
elvaago...............................5
The Statman……………………..……3
Semih_Sayginer.....................2½
(some rounds may be worth more than one point)
(especially ones won by davis_greatest)
* Round 58, Big Ape Break, is still open with a deadline of this Friday at 23:00 GMT. At the moment, snookersfun and Vidas have a point each (provisional on no one finding any errors) and, if no one improves on Vidas's bid of 194, Vidas will get an additional point. None of those points have been shown in the scoreboard above.
** Round 60 has been asked by snookersfun. snookersfun, has anyone else answered it yet?
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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May I take the opportunity to remind everybody interested in points of the fast approaching deadline of my last puzzle (less than 21 hours). I only have one customer so far. If d_g solved it, so can you!
So, here is the next round. According to the new rules, I shall have the answers PMed as well. Deadline is until Wednesday 12:00 pm (d_g's time).
Assume that there is a big sack with an equal number each of several colored snooker balls (there might be more than the traditional 6 colors though- I am just madly trying to relate this thing to snooker). Now, if one adds 20 balls of a new color to this mix, one wouldn't change the probability of picking two balls of the same color from the bag. (This is w.o. returning the balls after the picks).
The question is how many balls were in the sack, before those balls were added?Comment
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Round 61 - Triangle Mad
I will ask another question while round 58 and snookersfun's round 60 are still alive.
Round 61....
I'm not sure whether I will award any points for this though - hopefully I will - the problem is I'm not sure I'll get it right so I might not know if you have! So it might have to be just for fun unless I am confident of the answer, which I haven't tried to work out yet.
Anyway, here it is...
Gordon is playing on his snooker table. The centres of the three pockets on the left hand side of the table are all in straight line, and similarly for the centres of the three pockets on the right hand side. He then draws straight lines with chalk connecting the centres of each pair of pockets.
The Statman, if you are reading this, perhaps you would care to grace us with a picture? I couldn't attempt it.
How many triangles are formed by these lines?
PS You can post answers to this on the thread, instead of by Private Message."If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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here is the picture
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Wow!
......"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Is that 40??Boris for PM!Comment
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If you say so! I haven't got the foggiest ideaOriginally Posted by Snooker Rocks!
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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so far I counted
14 single
16 doubles
10 tripples
8 made of 4
8 made of 5
and 4 made of 8
+ 2 of 10
+ 4 of 6 (just noticed those)
sure there are more...Comment
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Looks like you are up to 66. I had a look earlier and counted up to 64. (I looked them by looking at whether each of the outside edges of the rectangle were used or not used, rather than counting the triangles as doubles, triples etc)Originally Posted by snookersfun
So I must have missed 2.
Found any more yet?
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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or I counted some twice (hopefully not)Originally Posted by davis_greatestLooks like you are up to 66. I had a look earlier and counted up to 64. (I looked them by looking at whether each of the outside edges of the rectangle were used or not used, rather than counting the triangles as doubles, triples etc)
So I must have missed 2. Found any more yet?
I could try to prepare a list (numbering all the pieces of the puzzle)
didn't do more counting, due to trivial stuff like cooking, dinner etc.Comment
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Actually, I just noticed I had missed two. So I suspect that 66 is the answer. Could probably write a computer program to look for them all, but I don't have the patienceOriginally Posted by snookersfunor I counted some twice (hopefully not)
I could try to prepare a list (numbering all the pieces of the puzzle)
didn't do more counting, due to trivial stuff like cooking, dinner etc. 
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Round 58 Big Ape Break scoring - Congratulations snookersfun and Vidas!
Although I set the deadline for this round as this coming Friday evening, which hasn't yet arrived, I am now satisfied that Vidas's bid of 194 below cannot be beaten. I finally got round to making my computer calculate the optimal solution and it came up with the same solution as Vidas (alternatively you can pot the final yellow in the brown pocket, but that makes no difference). The computer showed that 194 is the highest break possible.
Originally Posted by Vidas
So I am awarding the points now. In accordance with the rules,
1 point to snookersfun for bid of 192
1 point to Vidas for bid of 194
2nd point to Vidas for having the highest bid
SO HERE IS THE SCOREBOARD AFTER ROUND 59 BUT BEFORE SNOOKERSFUN'S ROUND 60* AND BEFORE ROUND 61 (TRIANGLE MAD)
snookersfun……………………….…..24
Vidas……………………………………….12½
abextra……………………………..…...11
davis_greatest…………………..……9½
robert602…………………………………6
elvaago...............................5
The Statman……………………..……3
Semih_Sayginer.....................2½
(some rounds may be worth more than one point)
(especially ones won by davis_greatest)
* snookersfun has set a deadline of 12 noon today, which is about 97 minutes away"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Originally Posted by davis_greatest
is a 193 possible (how many different ways) and how many ways of a 192 are there?
The deadline is now over. I only really have the one serious attempt. (Elvaago gets an honorable mention for 'guessing' one factor rightOriginally Posted by davis_greatest). Can I therefore ask d_g to put up his explanation and take another point.
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