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- From: grabiner@math.harvard.edu (David Grabiner)
- Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
- Subject: Re: Mini-FAQ
- Message-ID: <GRABINER.92Nov21221810@birkhoff.harvard.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 03:18:10 GMT
- References: <62246@mimsy.umd.edu>
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- In-reply-to: sjsmith@cs.umd.edu's message of 22 Nov 92 01:09:15 GMT
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- In article <62246@mimsy.umd.edu>, Stephen Joseph Smith writes:
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- > The rec.puzzles FAQ is incredible. It covers an enormous range of puzzles.
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- > The only problem is... it's *too* big. Few first-time posters to the
- > newsgroup are going to read it all.
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- > I propose that somebody creates a mini-FAQ containing the *really*
- > frequently asked questions... Proposed entries:
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- > "What is the next term in this sequence? 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221,
- > 312211..."
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- > Monty Haul
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- > 26 = L. of the A.
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- > Does anybody know where any more of these [situation puzzles] can be found?"
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- I also think this is a good idea. If the VFAQ list is posted to
- rec.puzzles and news.answers frequently, new posters will be likely to
- see it, and thus less likely to repost the Very Frequently Asked
- Questions.
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