[extropy-chat] GOOGLE: innovative recruiting technique

Giu1i0 Pri5c0 pgptag at gmail.com
Thu Sep 16 16:24:23 UTC 2004


Fun. I am sure there must be a simpler and smarter way, for example
using a list of .com domain names and looking for a consecutive string
of 10 numbers (ten characters excluding a-z and dash). If the list is
sorted alphabetically the check could even be done by eyes.
G.

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:52:52 -0700 (PDT), Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3916173
> 
> A billboard in Boston says "{the first 10 digit prime found in
> consecutive digits of e}.com" The answer to the problem is an IP
> address to a site that asks another problem, and so on until the smart
> problem solver is asked for his or her resume....
> 
> Apparently we don't have to show our work on these problems. Anybody
> want to collaborate? ;)
> 
> To figure out this problem, you first need a list of all 10 digit
> primes. Then you take e and make 10 digit chunks of it, incremented one
> digit at a time, then compare.
> 
> =====
> Mike Lorrey



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