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Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:07 pm
by BjornEdstrom
Hi,
As problem 221 was published 1 pm GMT, shouldn't 222 be published 5 pm GMT?
Cheers,
Bjorn
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:32 pm
by daniel.is.fischer
Problem 221 was published on Saturday, problem 222 will be published on Friday. That's our usual schedule, Sat 1pm -> Fri 1pm.
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:58 pm
by quilan
daniel.is.fischer wrote:Problem 221 was published on Saturday, problem 222 will be published on Friday. That's our usual schedule, Sat 1pm -> Fri 1pm.
I'm personally a big fan of the current cycling schedule, as it means that only every few weeks will a problem come out at 4 AM for me & everyone gets times whre it "fits" with their daily schedule... Good thinking on that one.
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:43 pm
by jaap
quilan wrote:daniel.is.fischer wrote:Problem 221 was published on Saturday, problem 222 will be published on Friday. That's our usual schedule, Sat 1pm -> Fri 1pm.
I'm personally a big fan of the current cycling schedule, as it means that only every few weeks will a problem come out at 4 AM for me & everyone gets times whre it "fits" with their daily schedule... Good thinking on that one.
That's true, but a 1pm release happens twice (on different weekdays) in a cycle while other times occur only once each.
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:19 pm
by ed_r
222's not such a hard problem, so we decided to ratchet up the difficulty by picking a confusing publication time.
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:13 am
by karlo
I was expecting for 222 to be a very hard, even devilish problem, since 222=666/3
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:23 am
by stijn263
ed_r wrote:222's not such a hard problem, so we decided to ratchet up the difficulty by picking a confusing publication time.
You're saving the really difficult ones for problems 248 up to 250 ? And then summerbreak after problem 250
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:20 pm
by LarryC
Somewhat related... Can we expect problems to continue as normal over Christmas?
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:23 pm
by hk
Not quite as normal. As you guys have plenty of time then, the load is doubled.
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:30 pm
by LarryC
I don't; I have to prepare for January exams.
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:00 pm
by daniel.is.fischer
But is there a better preparation than sharpening your wits with a couple of PE problems?
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:39 pm
by LarryC
True for a lot of maths but I haven't seen any differential equations problems or generally that much calculus.
Although problem 190 was very nice... I would like to see some more calculus problems...
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:49 pm
by btilly
lster wrote:True for a lot of maths but I haven't seen any differential equations problems or generally that much calculus.
Although problem 190 was very nice... I would like to see some more calculus problems...
You could try
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1171 without looking at the spoilers. Admittedly not a differential equation, but it is calculus.
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:07 pm
by karlo
hk wrote:Not quite as normal. As you guys have plenty of time then, the load is doubled.
Two problems will be released this Friday?
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:08 pm
by hk
When I posted that I thought it would be 2.
Actually it will be 3.
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:11 pm
by karlo
hk wrote:When I posted that I thought it would be 2.
Actually it will be 3.
That probably means a busy weekend for us.
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:08 pm
by hk
Nice to help you filling those gloomy days between Christmas and the end of the year.
Re: Problem 222 four hours early?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:10 pm
by Tommy137
karlo wrote:hk wrote:When I posted that I thought it would be 2.
Actually it will be 3.
That probably means a busy weekend for us.
More likely a whole busy week