Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2
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vetrof said:
Trabi601 said:
Go and stand in the dunce's corner with my wife.
Both are digital enhancements added by the broadcaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxTrax
Sorry, didn´t realise you were on the course. Foolish of me to assume you were watching via some sort of broadcaster, possibly using digital technology.Both are digital enhancements added by the broadcaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxTrax
we just came back from holiday and when Mrs 2CV was packing she managed to somehow change the 3-digit numerical code on her case, and didn't know what she'd changed it to. Whilst slightly confusing/frustrating, this isn't the classic bit. It was stuck open, basically. She then told me that effectively this meant the lock was broken and she'll just leave it open from now. I said why not just cycle through the numbers until she gets to the right one. She said that this was a ridiculous as there were millions of combinations. She took a vast amount of persuading (which did become a point of principle thing, and we were on a relatively long road trip at this point) that there were only 1000 combinations, and that it would only take a few minutes to determine the right code. As she isn't in work at the moment she did eventually agree to try it when we got home, and within about 10 mins had 'cracked' the code... she was still at that point amazed!
Someone phoned Simon Mayo's radio show a few years ago to ask how many different combinations of 11 digit mobile phone numbers there could be, as they were worried about them running out; and they actually put it to their listeners. It's arithmetic not rocket science FFS!
OK, there is a bit of logic involved, like "do they all have to begin with 07 ?".
I missed the end so unfortunately didn't hear what the Great British Public came up with.
OK, there is a bit of logic involved, like "do they all have to begin with 07 ?".
I missed the end so unfortunately didn't hear what the Great British Public came up with.
CanAm said:
Someone phoned Simon Mayo's radio show a few years ago to ask how many different combinations of 11 digit mobile phone numbers there could be, as they were worried about them running out; and they actually put it to their listeners. It's arithmetic not rocket science FFS!
OK, there is a bit of logic involved, like "do they all have to begin with 07 ?".
I missed the end so unfortunately didn't hear what the Great British Public came up with.
Normally when some sort of mathematical puzzle gets into the media half the country think the answer is eleventy billion, and the other half think its three OK, there is a bit of logic involved, like "do they all have to begin with 07 ?".
I missed the end so unfortunately didn't hear what the Great British Public came up with.
98elise said:
CanAm said:
Someone phoned Simon Mayo's radio show a few years ago to ask how many different combinations of 11 digit mobile phone numbers there could be, as they were worried about them running out; and they actually put it to their listeners. It's arithmetic not rocket science FFS!
OK, there is a bit of logic involved, like "do they all have to begin with 07 ?".
I missed the end so unfortunately didn't hear what the Great British Public came up with.
Normally when some sort of mathematical puzzle gets into the media half the country think the answer is eleventy billion, and the other half think its three OK, there is a bit of logic involved, like "do they all have to begin with 07 ?".
I missed the end so unfortunately didn't hear what the Great British Public came up with.
Evangelion said:
Well if they all have to start with 07 that effectively reduces the digit count to 9, so logically the number of combinations is 999,999,999. Am I being logical or talking scribble and miles off?
Assuming 07xxx xx xx xx as a model9 digits. 10 possible numbers (0-9). Assuming you allow 07000 00 00 00
1,000,000,000 combinations
I think.
CanAm said:
Exactly. Not rocket science
Technically there may be some combinations not allowed but 1,000,000,000 is near enough and plenty for the 65,000,000 odd UK citizens
I dunno. In my life I've probably had 20ish mobile phone numbers - I have no idea if any of the old ones have been reissued; I assume they must reissue at some point, but I don't know the time span. I currently have two phones, personal and work, and there will be plenty of others with multiples. I've no doubt some people burn through PAYG sims. I've had O2 and Orange sending me free sims in the past.Technically there may be some combinations not allowed but 1,000,000,000 is near enough and plenty for the 65,000,000 odd UK citizens
Also, it's not just people now, devices have numbers, just like they have IPs. Do data-only sims still have a number attached to them?
1bn possibilities is about 15 numbers each for 65m people. Not many with current tech. (See also "we'll never run out of IPv5 addresses", "there'll only ever be a need for 500 computers in the world at any one time" and "640kb of memory will be enough for any task."
xRIEx said:
CanAm said:
Exactly. Not rocket science
Technically there may be some combinations not allowed but 1,000,000,000 is near enough and plenty for the 65,000,000 odd UK citizens
I dunno. In my life I've probably had 20ish mobile phone numbers - I have no idea if any of the old ones have been reissued; I assume they must reissue at some point, but I don't know the time span. I currently have two phones, personal and work, and there will be plenty of others with multiples. I've no doubt some people burn through PAYG sims. I've had O2 and Orange sending me free sims in the past.Technically there may be some combinations not allowed but 1,000,000,000 is near enough and plenty for the 65,000,000 odd UK citizens
Also, it's not just people now, devices have numbers, just like they have IPs. Do data-only sims still have a number attached to them?
1bn possibilities is about 15 numbers each for 65m people. Not many with current tech. (See also "we'll never run out of IPv5 addresses", "there'll only ever be a need for 500 computers in the world at any one time" and "640kb of memory will be enough for any task."
At some point of course, we might move away from the 07xxx prefix as well, as we could start to use 06xxx or 04xxx as I don't believe that has any current assignments? (whilst 01/02/03/05/08/09 all have assignments)
RammyMP said:
vx220 said:
Possibly not uncommon (according to Google) so I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt...
"They're not real cherries, you know..."
Pointing to the pot of glacé cherries on the worktop
I watched how they are made on "How it's made" they are actually cherries!"They're not real cherries, you know..."
Pointing to the pot of glacé cherries on the worktop
vx220 said:
RammyMP said:
vx220 said:
Possibly not uncommon (according to Google) so I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt...
"They're not real cherries, you know..."
Pointing to the pot of glacé cherries on the worktop
I watched how they are made on "How it's made" they are actually cherries!"They're not real cherries, you know..."
Pointing to the pot of glacé cherries on the worktop
RammyMP said:
vx220 said:
Possibly not uncommon (according to Google) so I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt...
"They're not real cherries, you know..."
Pointing to the pot of glacé cherries on the worktop
I watched how they are made on "How it's made" they are actually cherries!"They're not real cherries, you know..."
Pointing to the pot of glacé cherries on the worktop
The Crack Fox said:
Johnny said:
Me 'Have you done shooting before? Clay pigeon shooting'
Her 'No'
Me 'You fancy it when we're away? It's good fun'
Her 'No'
Me 'Oh, why not!?'
Her 'I don't want to shoot a living thing'
Me 'It's a clay pigeon'
Her 'I don't care, I don't want to shoot any kind of pigeon'
My soon-to-be ex said almost exactly the same thing. Daft cow.Her 'No'
Me 'You fancy it when we're away? It's good fun'
Her 'No'
Me 'Oh, why not!?'
Her 'I don't want to shoot a living thing'
Me 'It's a clay pigeon'
Her 'I don't care, I don't want to shoot any kind of pigeon'
watching the Keirin cycling last night - mrs looks up form her tablet and shouts
"there is a man form the crowd on the track!!!! Are they chasing him to catch him - do security have bikes as well...."
me - AFPMSL
colleagues mentioned he was watching it last night with his wife - hope he won't mind - "he's cheating!!!!"
"there is a man form the crowd on the track!!!! Are they chasing him to catch him - do security have bikes as well...."
me - AFPMSL
colleagues mentioned he was watching it last night with his wife - hope he won't mind - "he's cheating!!!!"
Mansells Tash said:
The Crack Fox said:
Johnny said:
Me 'Have you done shooting before? Clay pigeon shooting'
Her 'No'
Me 'You fancy it when we're away? It's good fun'
Her 'No'
Me 'Oh, why not!?'
Her 'I don't want to shoot a living thing'
Me 'It's a clay pigeon'
Her 'I don't care, I don't want to shoot any kind of pigeon'
My soon-to-be ex said almost exactly the same thing. Daft cow.Her 'No'
Me 'You fancy it when we're away? It's good fun'
Her 'No'
Me 'Oh, why not!?'
Her 'I don't want to shoot a living thing'
Me 'It's a clay pigeon'
Her 'I don't care, I don't want to shoot any kind of pigeon'
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