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| 25 new of 1000 responses total. |
chelsea
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response 625 of 1000:
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Sep 1 12:10 UTC 1993 |
ninth
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rcurl
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response 626 of 1000:
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Sep 1 13:13 UTC 1993 |
troth 0 srw
organ 1 remmers
ninth 1 chelsea
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rcurl
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response 627 of 1000:
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Sep 1 13:20 UTC 1993 |
Further to #622. I have now calculated the 99% confidence interval for
the estimated mean guesses to the first "hit". The mean is 3.67 and the
99% CI is [1.85, 5.49]. Therefore the mean differs significantly from
the expected value of 5.62, for totally random targets and guesses.
This now makes sense, since the targets and guesses are not random letter
sequences from the alphabet: spelling considerably constrains the choices.
I therefore calculated *what size alphabet* would give the observed mean,
if target and guesses were totally random sequences. To the nearest
integer, it is 16. I see now way to refine this analysis further, since
spelling rules (and language) have large arbitrary components.
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chelsea
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response 628 of 1000:
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Sep 1 23:36 UTC 1993 |
canal
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katie
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response 629 of 1000:
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Sep 2 00:51 UTC 1993 |
north
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rcurl
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response 630 of 1000:
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Sep 2 02:39 UTC 1993 |
Everyone sure is single minded. I can't distract them at all.....
canal * chelsea
north 0 katie
canal 2 chelsea
* A player may not make two guesses in a row.
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katie
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response 631 of 1000:
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Sep 2 03:28 UTC 1993 |
monad
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rcurl
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response 632 of 1000:
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Sep 2 04:27 UTC 1993 |
monad 1 katie
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srw
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response 633 of 1000:
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Sep 2 04:34 UTC 1993 |
sever
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rcurl
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response 634 of 1000:
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Sep 2 04:37 UTC 1993 |
sever 0 srw
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aa8ij
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response 635 of 1000:
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Sep 2 04:58 UTC 1993 |
modem
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remmers
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response 636 of 1000:
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Sep 2 10:55 UTC 1993 |
(Mary made two guesses in a row? Nah.)
('modem' has already been guessed (0))
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chelsea
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response 637 of 1000:
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Sep 2 12:10 UTC 1993 |
Yep, fraid I didn't wait between ninth and canal. Sometimes I just
get too excited for my own good.
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chelsea
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response 638 of 1000:
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Sep 2 12:28 UTC 1993 |
fanon
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rcurl
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response 639 of 1000:
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Sep 2 12:53 UTC 1993 |
fanon 5 chelsea
I picked fanon up from a crossword clue, which was "manicle". How
did you pick up fanon, chelsea? There were still a lot of other
possibilities (like...uh...er...can anyone think of any?).
Your turn!
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chelsea
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response 640 of 1000:
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Sep 2 18:47 UTC 1993 |
It was all I could come up with. Karma intervened.
One of these games someone really should start a new item as this one
takes one mighty long time to ld and life is short, afterall.
I'm thinking of a five letter word.
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aa8ij
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response 641 of 1000:
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Sep 2 20:26 UTC 1993 |
nurse
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chelsea
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response 642 of 1000:
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Sep 2 21:22 UTC 1993 |
I've noticed that the earlier guesses appear to be linked by a
form of free association. So be very careful here.
nurse 0
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katie
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response 643 of 1000:
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Sep 2 21:42 UTC 1993 |
cramp
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chelsea
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response 644 of 1000:
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Sep 3 02:33 UTC 1993 |
cramp 0
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rcurl
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response 645 of 1000:
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Sep 3 02:58 UTC 1993 |
bleed
(What is "ld"? Since I am a player, I know where each new game starts.
What problem does the length of this item have for anyone else? A new
person need only ctrl-C, and look back from the end. I have also been
posting each new game to announcements. Also, I was hoping to hit
1000, before restarting ;->.)
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remmers
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response 646 of 1000:
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Sep 3 05:33 UTC 1993 |
kitty
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srw
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response 647 of 1000:
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Sep 3 06:28 UTC 1993 |
tails
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chelsea
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response 648 of 1000:
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Sep 3 10:47 UTC 1993 |
(ld is really load in disguise)
bleed 0
kitty 0
tails 0
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remmers
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response 649 of 1000:
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Sep 3 14:53 UTC 1993 |
force
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