Spring 2012 Nationals: Guess the attendance

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:57:11 GMT

Does anyone know where 'spectator' tickets to watch the Summer Nationals can be purchased?

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knelson — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:53:33 GMT

:doh: Couldn't have said it better myself.

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jaadams1 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:57:35 GMT

Now that the heat sheets are out ---- do we have a count?? :doh:

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orca1946 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:17:27 GMT

Now that the heat sheets are out ---- do we have a count??

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jroddin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:39:05 GMT

James just got lucky and quote me after I fixed it. :) Avogadro's number--as everyone knows--is the number of atoms or molecules in one mole of a substance. It's approximately 6.02x10^23. If you took chemistry in high school you should have learned this if you were paying attention. :bolt: We celebrated "Mole Day" in high school chemistry class on Oct 23 :)

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Rob Copeland — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:14:07 GMT

How about Avogadro's number?Or Mersenne prime?

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knelson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:19:40 GMT

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Rob Copeland — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:57:21 GMT

Hey, Rob, why aren't you #1864? :bitching:Cuz, if I can’t be #1, I ain’t going:cane: Unfortunately life sometimes gets in the way of swimming. Unconscionable, I know.

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Elaine Krugman — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:21:30 GMT

Is it just me or is 1863 somewhat symbolic. Hey, Rob, why aren't you #1864? :bitching:

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That Guy — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:27:58 GMT

Or Mersenne prime? Well that would depend on which one I pick. The little ones (3, 7, 31, and 127) aren't very interesting for Omaha purposes. The next Mersenne after 127 is 8191, which is still over 1000 times less than 8675309. (Side note: where else can you go for calculations involving those two numbers? Nowhere, baby!) The largest known Mersenne prime is 2^43112609 – 1, which is unfathomably huge and may therefore suit my needs. :)

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knelson — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:04:08 GMT

Psych sheets will be out at the start of April--- I think? Nope, they are out already: www.usms.org/.../

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orca1946 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:00:52 GMT

Psych sheets will be out at the start of April--- I think?

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jaadams1 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:54:28 GMT

Here, this should clear everything up en.wikipedia.org/.../Totally_indescribable_cardinal Oh, I got it now... :bolt: yeah right...all I understood was the first three words "In mathematics, a", and then it changed to a foreign language for the remainder of the page.

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knelson — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:51:40 GMT

Rosters and psych sheets are out! 1,863 swimmers entered. So who wins? No Lance Armstrong, by the way... edit: I think The Fortress wins with her guess of 1,799.

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That Guy — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:48:33 GMT

Not really. I honestly have no idea what these are...and I'm not going to search the internet to find the answer either. ....as far a knelson's typo, I got lucky, because all I did was copy/paste the name from his entry, minus the 's at the end. :) Here, this should clear everything up en.wikipedia.org/.../Totally_indescribable_cardinal

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jaadams1 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:45:22 GMT

You're not fooling anyone - you just corrected knelson's typo Not really. I honestly have no idea what these are...and I'm not going to search the internet to find the answer either. ....as far a knelson's typo, I got lucky, because all I did was copy/paste the name from his entry, minus the 's at the end. :)

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That Guy — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:30:50 GMT

I'm already lost in your talk of these strange numbers...what the :censor: is a Graham number, or an Avogadro number? And why does Pi never end?? You're not fooling anyone - you just corrected knelson's typo

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jaadams1 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:23:12 GMT

Good one. Graham's Number is another possibility. I'll know I'm on the right track when wookiee and jaadams1 complain about my use of up-arrow notation I'm already lost in your talk of these strange numbers...what the :censor: is a Graham number, or an Avogadro number? And why does Pi never end??

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That Guy — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:52:34 GMT

prancing you're doing it wrong.

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Chris Stevenson — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:42:12 GMT

Is that considered a sport in the south? More than an activity that involves prancing around in a speedo brief, I would say.

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That Guy — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:26:55 GMT

How about Avogradro's number? Good one. Graham's Number is another possibility. I'll know I'm on the right track when wookiee and jaadams1 complain about my use of up-arrow notation

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Rob Copeland — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:05:36 GMT

Rosters and psych sheets are out! 1,863 swimmers entered.Is it just me or is 1863 somewhat symbolic. April 1863 – American Civil War – The Battle of Washington ends in Beaufort County, North Carolina.

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knelson — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:03:00 GMT

I'm off to search for some large numbers :bliss: How about Avogadro's number?

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That Guy — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:55:39 GMT

Even the square root of my entry (2945.38) is still the worst guess. I am going to have to raise my game for Omaha. Yes, raise. I'm off to search for some large numbers :bliss:

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Elaine Krugman — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:49:01 GMT

Rosters and psych sheets are out! 1,863 swimmers entered. So who wins? No Lance Armstrong, by the way... edit: I think The Fortress wins with her guess of 1,799. No Lance? :cry: You are correct; Fortress wins. Congratulations for having the closest guess. :applaud: Here is a list of the entries from this thread, along with their guesses: Me- 2012 That Guy- 8675309 :lmao: Tjrpatt- 1953.3 :afraid: Donna 1980 Orca 2123 Knelson- 1650 Fortress- 1799 mrubacky- 1500 Karlene- 1578 pwb- 1771 beachfreak- 1950 Fortress, I owe you a :chug: at Nats. Patrick, would you like to join us? I still owe you a :chug: from last time. :)