# Bulls and Cows **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 8, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561 "2020-08-08T05:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/101 "2020-08-11T16:36:30Z")
Alright! Now I’m on a bit of a different schedule from you guys so I’m not sure how this will go, but I’m thinking of a four digit number that’s meaningful to me … 🟣 🟣 🟣 🟣 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/102 "2020-08-11T16:38:07Z")
3210? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/103 "2020-08-11T17:04:40Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Now I’m on a bit of a different schedule from you guys so I’m not sure how this will go It really doesn’t matter. We can submit our guesses, and you will process them when you want. 🙂 My guess is 7654. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/104 "2020-08-11T17:18:29Z")
7654 - 1 bull How do you do the table thing? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/105 "2020-08-11T17:26:16Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > 7654 - 1 bull You forgot about Prof.Pepperwinkle’s 3210. You can inform us traditionally, if you don’t know how to build a table. I will look for the source now. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/106 "2020-08-11T17:34:16Z")
This thread: > [@We're All Here. Now What? (Basic Tutorial)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-here-now-what-basic-tutorial/911081#heading--tables): > > Table of Contents Note: this post was made before the transition. Any or all of it may already be wrong, outdated, or muddleheaded. I’ll try to update as necessary. I have a bunch of pretty pictures to go along with it, but images take forever to upload tonight Important: Discourse is always infinite scroll. There is currently no (good) way to add pagination or a nested view. Sorry. Basic Tutorial (Took it out. Ran out of characters.) [Setting the Default View](#heading--defaultview)[Setting Up Notifications](#heading--settingupnotifications)[T…](#heading--themeandtextsize) In the section about tables, you should use the part after this line: > [@We're All Here. Now What? (Basic Tutorial)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-here-now-what-basic-tutorial/911081/1): > > To make a table with HTML (I haven’t found a way to center using this method): ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/107 "2020-08-11T17:34:31Z")
3210 - 1 bull 2 cows. This may be a quick one! ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/108 "2020-08-11T17:39:20Z")
| guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | | 3210 | 1 | 2 | | 7654 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/109 "2020-08-11T17:44:31Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > This may be a quick one! Not necessarily. My guess now is 3219. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/110 "2020-08-11T19:10:51Z")
8012? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/111 "2020-08-11T20:27:44Z")
Although there are are still something like 30 numbers that are logically consistent with the evidence we have, I suspect I know the answer. If I’m right then 3219 will yield 1 bull and 2 cows and 8012 will yield 0 bulls and 2 cows. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/112 "2020-08-11T23:24:14Z")
| guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | | 3210 | 1 | 2 | | 7654 | 1 | 0 | | 3219 | 1 | 1 | | 8012 | 2 | 0 | 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/113 "2020-08-11T23:28:59Z")
3712? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/114 "2020-08-11T23:49:56Z")
The number I was thinking of obviously wasn’t right. I think there are two possibilities remaining and I have no basis for picking between them, so I’ll wait until after the results from Prof.Pepperwinkle’s latest guess. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/115 "2020-08-12T01:25:23Z")
| guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | | 3210 | 1 | 2 | | 7654 | 1 | 0 | | 3219 | 1 | 1 | | 8012 | 2 | 0 | | 3712 | 2 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/116 "2020-08-12T01:58:10Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/117 "2020-08-12T03:02:45Z")
That is indeed the one! It’s the postcode of the suburb of [Parkville](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Parkville+VIC+3052/@-37.7861511,144.9332635,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ad644d33d347eff:0x1c045678462e3460!8m2!3d-37.7862363!4d144.9474178) where I formerly lived and currently work 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/118 "2020-08-12T03:25:26Z")
OK, I’m thinking of a four-digit number. You may begin guessing. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/119 "2020-08-12T03:30:28Z")
I will submit the first guess: 9753. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/120 "2020-08-12T03:33:06Z")
An inspired guess. 9753 has two bulls and one cow. | # | guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 9753 | 2 | 1 | [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561.md?page=7)