# Game: Guess the number

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 7, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875 "2002-06-07T19:06:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/1 "2002-06-07T19:06:56Z")

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Now that looks funny. What happened to the OP?

42?

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/2 "2002-06-07T19:13:25Z")

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I can’t think of a number right now…I’ll just go with 42, too.  
stv

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/3 "2002-06-07T19:23:10Z")

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3?

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/4 "2002-06-07T19:37:24Z")

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752,945?

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**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/5 "2002-06-07T20:45:30Z")

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There really must be something wrong with my computer. What did happen to my OP? I have able to open the board for a while either.

The OP was guess a number between 1 an 10.

So from 3 higher.

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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/6 "2002-06-07T20:58:22Z")

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4.2?

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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/7 "2002-06-07T21:10:19Z")

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Guess a number between 1 and 10, but higher than 3?

Interesting phraseology.

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/8 "2002-06-07T23:46:30Z")

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The cube root of 137.

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/9 "2002-06-07T23:57:40Z")

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1.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/10 "2002-06-08T04:17:04Z")

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9.87

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**Author:** ![Com2Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Com2Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Com2Kid)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/11 "2002-06-08T04:24:36Z")

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-Inf =\< Num =\< +Inf

There, I win.

now hand over the cash.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-guess-the-number/112875/12 "2002-06-08T07:17:51Z")

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> [@](#):
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> _Originally posted by **BZ00000** _
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> What did happen to my OP?

It’s [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=119205) . . . I’ll close this one.

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**Cajun Man** - SDMB Moderator