Comments on: Got a few seconds? http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 00:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: arthur http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170351 arthur Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:52:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170351 Really, this isn't anything new. Magicians know about common random numbers and "forcing" certain numbers through wording of the question for quite a while already. Really, this isn’t anything new. Magicians know about common random numbers and “forcing” certain numbers through wording of the question for quite a while already.

]]> By: des von bladet http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170293 des von bladet Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:47:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170293 23 is the Most Random Number, of course. (But I saw it on reddit, also of course.) 23 is the Most Random Number, of course. (But I saw it on reddit, also of course.)

]]> By: boffo http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170255 boffo Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:18:15 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170255 My first choice for "random" number is usually 63 which, it turns out, is 100-37. Imagine that. My first choice for “random” number is usually 63 which, it turns out, is 100-37. Imagine that.

]]> By: bad Jim http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170212 bad Jim Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:15:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170212 Another 47. Evidently my unconscious interpreted "pick a random number between 1 and 100" as "select a prime near the midpoint." Perhaps 53 was too girlish. Another 47. Evidently my unconscious interpreted “pick a random number between 1 and 100” as “select a prime near the midpoint.” Perhaps 53 was too girlish.

]]> By: Moss Collum http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170186 Moss Collum Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:58:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170186 Another tangled up brain here: I also put 73. I'm reminded of the <a href="http://blog.outer-court.com/click/" rel="nofollow">Click Survey</a>, a similar sort of experiment with clicking on images. Another tangled up brain here: I also put 73.

I’m reminded of the Click Survey, a similar sort of experiment with clicking on images.

]]> By: Chris http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170175 Chris Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:59:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170175 Nifty. I entered 79. No good reason other than it was easy to type and sounded like a prime number. Nifty. I entered 79. No good reason other than it was easy to type and sounded like a prime number.

]]> By: Alden http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170169 Alden Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:42:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170169 Interesting. I picked "2" because that's the key my left hand landed on when I moved it from the mouse to the keyboard. The questionaire maybe should include handedness ;) Interesting. I picked “2” because that’s the key my left hand landed on when I moved it from the mouse to the keyboard.

The questionaire maybe should include handedness ;)

]]> By: Silly Bear http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170149 Silly Bear Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:01:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170149 75. Anyone that didn't think of 75 first has serious issues with personal happiness. 75. Anyone that didn’t think of 75 first has serious issues with personal happiness.

]]> By: Tim McG http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170142 Tim McG Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:57:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170142 They'll probably find out more about keyboard numpad usage than anything else. (Which I, for one, would be even more interested in!) They’ll probably find out more about keyboard numpad usage than anything else. (Which I, for one, would be even more interested in!)

]]> By: James Wimberley http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170102 James Wimberley Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:03:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170102 I chose 92 to counteract the expected tendency to pick numbers near the median. So random in a very odd way. I chose 92 to counteract the expected tendency to pick numbers near the median. So random in a very odd way.

]]> By: Z http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170094 Z Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:03:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170094 <i>Nobody ever guesses that number.</i> I do guess pi square over six a fair amount of the time. Also, my brain suggested me 27 and I put 33. Nobody ever guesses that number.

I do guess pi square over six a fair amount of the time. Also, my brain suggested me 27 and I put 33.

]]> By: MikeN http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170092 MikeN Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:47:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170092 37 37

]]> By: Matthew B. http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170085 Matthew B. Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:02:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170085 Yeah, dc, I thought of putting in a non-integer. But a truly random-ish real isn't the kind of thing you can type in on a number pad. Yeah, dc, I thought of putting in a non-integer. But a truly random-ish real isn’t the kind of thing you can type in on a number pad.

]]> By: Richard http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170075 Richard Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:40:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170075 Hmm, I picked '73', perhaps I've a tangled-up brain pathway somewhere... ;-) Hmm, I picked ‘73’, perhaps I’ve a tangled-up brain pathway somewhere… ;-)

]]> By: DC http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-170072 DC Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:33:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/27/got-a-few-seconds/#comment-170072 What you didn't enter 3 root pi? Nobody ever guesses that number. What you didn’t enter 3 root pi?

Nobody ever guesses that number.

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