Competition - How Many Biccies In My Bowl?

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kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 760935 - Posted: 30 May 2008, 23:28:11 UTC - in response to Message 760932. Last modified: 30 May 2008, 23:29:45 UTC There is NO WAY that bowl contains more than 5 times the number of visible biccies in that mound! ;) (If it weren't just for fun, I'd already be calling my lawyer.) My lawyers are standing right here........ Squirrel, Tigger II, Bandit, and Purrball.......... They just want the biccies...... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 760935 ·

Johnney Guinness Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0	Message 760940 - Posted: 30 May 2008, 23:31:22 UTC - in response to Message 760925. How Many Biccies In My Bowl: Answer: RAR Passwords: First password: (.RAR) 3dog2bytes1~comp2008_05a Second Password: (RAR/EXE - Executable.) crunchy The answer is in a *.gif image file... The same as above. Winners announced soon... So who are the winners?...i could not spot any guess of 271! ID: 760940 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 760946 - Posted: 30 May 2008, 23:35:14 UTC - in response to Message 760940. How Many Biccies In My Bowl: Answer: RAR Passwords: First password: (.RAR) 3dog2bytes1~comp2008_05a Second Password: (RAR/EXE - Executable.) crunchy The answer is in a *.gif image file... The same as above. Winners announced soon... So who are the winners?...i could not spot any guess of 271! The kitties had 218......guess we'll have to sort thru the posts and find a winner... BTW...thank you for the game, Crunchy!!! "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 760946 ·

Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12	Message 760947 - Posted: 30 May 2008, 23:35:16 UTC I win...oops this isn't the LPTPWs thread. ID: 760947 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 760949 - Posted: 30 May 2008, 23:36:25 UTC - in response to Message 760947. I win...oops this isn't the LPTPWs thread. No.....this is the LPTPL thread....... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 760949 ·

Johnney Guinness Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0	Message 760951 - Posted: 30 May 2008, 23:38:23 UTC Last modified: 30 May 2008, 23:39:00 UTC The closest here was; popandbob with 275; Profile; http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=8078302 This post; http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=47220&nowrap=true#760300 ID: 760951 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 760957 - Posted: 30 May 2008, 23:49:07 UTC Last modified: 30 May 2008, 23:53:36 UTC Winners: With an answer of 275 "popandbob" from team 'Westjet' (here on SETI) AND With an answer of 274 "huntster1701" from team 'TFFE' (on the TFFE boards.) Winners: huntster1701 & popandbob Your doggies will be coming soon. PM's are on the way... . ID: 760957 ·

Johnney Guinness Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0	Message 760960 - Posted: 30 May 2008, 23:53:10 UTC - in response to Message 757404. Last modified: 30 May 2008, 23:54:05 UTC There are two of these lovely doggies up for grabs: Mechanical USB Dogs (Love Your USB Ports!!!) (Who said computing should be dignified :o)~ ) . Doohhhh..... Lovely USB doggie for grabs. "Dog-gone-it!" I will just have to fork out and buy one :) Thanks for a great fun competition Crunchy! ID: 760960 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 760966 - Posted: 30 May 2008, 23:59:33 UTC Congrats to the puppy winners!!!!! My....but that's a lot more biccies than I thought were in the bowl.....bet the puppies were glad!!! "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 760966 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 760968 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 0:02:01 UTC Last modified: 31 May 2008, 0:02:55 UTC I'd also like to give an honourable mention to "Johnney Guinness" who gave us the most crazy but thoughtfull and fun answer down at 'message 757747'. You made us giggle. PM on it's way to you too. . ID: 760968 ·

Johnney Guinness Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0	Message 760971 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 0:06:32 UTC - in response to Message 757747. I enlarged the picture of the bowl for a better look! - Hope this is OK for the rules!...LOL. Its the same picture! So using some maths and physics!: There appears to be approximately 53 visible biccies. And the Biccies vary in size. The bone shaped biscuits will be economical in the way they fit, but will need a larger space due to the fact that they are the largest biccies!; On the other hand, the heart shaped biscuits should take less space and the biscuits will compact around there curvy shape; Now the square shaped biccies will not fit very well unless the dog handler actually gave the bowl an extensive "Shake" to compact the biscuits. Here is a sample square one; . I apologise for the poor quality of the square biscuit image! - It was a side shot! Now these oval shaped biccies will be the real clincher in this competition. There shape is ultra economical as the biccies actually fall into the bowl!; . This will be down to the "Rate of Deceleration" as the oval biscuits hit the sides of the bowl and the ability of the shape to quickly find their final position as the biccies settle! *************** Now lets not forget that the size of that bowl is very deceptive to the human eye. In your calculation, you must take into account the inner curvature of the bowl. Here is a shot of a bowl that might be manufactured in a similar plastic injection moulding machine; The inner surface area of the bowl might well be 2.5 times the visible biscuit surface area we see in the original image! (Approximately 53 biscuits). But the inner bowl is in-fact much smaller than what you see on the exterior! Difficult to estimate the actual volume! ********** We have also not been told if these two lads where allowed to ravage the biccies before the image was taken! Suspect No.1; Suspect No.2; Both animals appear quite hungary and may have eaten or "Nosed" the biscuits before the image was taken!!! ************* So we must allow for the inner area of the plastic bowl, friction against the sides of the bowl when filling and for the 53 approximate visible biscuits. And also allowing for varying size, mass, density and rate of acceleration while filling the bowl. But also for the two hungry animals which might well have nuzzled or eaten some of the biscuits. And also the unknown factor of "Did the dog handler shake the bowl to achieve a compacting effect". Plus the outer circumference of the visible biscuits in relation to the space actually taken by them!!!(Total volume of biscuits, visible or not!) ******** My Guess is; 207** John. Yep, this was the post. It was a fun competition for everyone. Baaa Humbug......My science was flawed! LOL Thanks Crunchy! John. ID: 760971 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 760974 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 0:12:38 UTC - in response to Message 760971. Last modified: 31 May 2008, 0:12:56 UTC Yep, this was the post. It was a fun competition for everyone. Baaa Humbug......My science was flawed! LOL Thanks Crunchy! John. Fear thee not......there is a place in our upcoming government for flawed science........LOL "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 760974 ·

Johnney Guinness Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0	Message 760978 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 0:15:40 UTC - in response to Message 760974. Yep, this was the post. It was a fun competition for everyone. Baaa Humbug......My science was flawed! LOL Thanks Crunchy! John. Fear thee not......there is a place in our upcoming government for flawed science........LOL Mark, i fit into the category "Bad Scientists", there must be a home for me somewhere. In the lunie asylum maybe! ID: 760978 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 760979 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 0:16:54 UTC - in response to Message 760978. Yep, this was the post. It was a fun competition for everyone. Baaa Humbug......My science was flawed! LOL Thanks Crunchy! John. Fear thee not......there is a place in our upcoming government for flawed science........LOL Mark, i fit into the category "Bad Scientists", there must be a home for me somewhere. In the lunie asylum maybe! Naw.....you fit right in here with us Seti crunchers.....LOL.... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 760979 ·

Johnney Guinness Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0	Message 760985 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 0:25:00 UTC - in response to Message 760979. Last modified: 31 May 2008, 0:25:24 UTC Yep, this was the post. It was a fun competition for everyone. Baaa Humbug......My science was flawed! LOL Thanks Crunchy! John. Fear thee not......there is a place in our upcoming government for flawed science........LOL Mark, i fit into the category "Bad Scientists", there must be a home for me somewhere. In the lunie asylum maybe! Naw.....you fit right in here with us Seti crunchers.....LOL.... Was your guess close Mark? ID: 760985 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 760991 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 0:30:24 UTC - in response to Message 760985. Yep, this was the post. It was a fun competition for everyone. Baaa Humbug......My science was flawed! LOL Thanks Crunchy! John. Fear thee not......there is a place in our upcoming government for flawed science........LOL Mark, i fit into the category "Bad Scientists", there must be a home for me somewhere. In the lunie asylum maybe! Naw.....you fit right in here with us Seti crunchers.....LOL.... Was your guess close Mark? I was the 3rd post in the thread at 218.......I suppose that's not too far off the mark for a wild hair kitty guess......... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 760991 ·

popandbob Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Mar 05 Posts: 551 Credit: 4,673,015 RAC: 0	Message 761122 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 4:00:22 UTC WHAT?!?!?! ME??!?!?!! crazy... I just picked a number in an area no-one else was guessing in..... ~BoB Do you Good Search for Seti@Home? http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=888957 Or Good Shop? http://www.goodshop.com/?charityid=888957 ID: 761122 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 761125 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 4:04:19 UTC - in response to Message 761122. WHAT?!?!?! ME??!?!?!! crazy... I just picked a number in an area no-one else was guessing in..... ~BoB Ya done good, Bob......the luck of the draw.......enjoy the USB doggy..... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 761125 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 761198 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 7:04:40 UTC - in response to Message 761122. Last modified: 31 May 2008, 7:12:18 UTC WHAT?!?!?! ME??!?!?!! crazy... I just picked a number in an area no-one else was guessing in..... ~BoB Yes you Bob. It's such a nice thing that you won this. Well done. The doggie will go out soon. Let us know when it arrives safe. ID: 761198 ·

Dune_Finkleberry Send message Joined: 25 Feb 06 Posts: 6454 Credit: 198,656 RAC: 0	Message 761485 - Posted: 31 May 2008, 22:41:36 UTC - in response to Message 761122. WHAT?!?!?! ME??!?!?!! crazy... I just picked a number in an area no-one else was guessing in..... ~BoB Yes P&B. I came back from vacation, & this is the first place I came to to claim my winnings! Congratulations on your doggie humper! I'm still calling my lawyer to see if I have a case! Account frozen... ID: 761485 ·

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