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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 22 Aug 1996.
Re: <><><><>Can ANYONE do this Math Problem, Please?<><><><>

Re: <><><><>Can ANYONE do this Math Problem, Please?<><><><>

Rich Lagerstedt wrote:
> 
> Steve Ellis wrote:
> >
> > In article <Pin...@wknc3.sca.ncsu.edu> Cindy
> <aww...@wknc3.sca.ncsu.edu> writes:
> >
> > >Why am I even responding to this?  Oh well, the real answer is 2^20, it's
> > >2^20+1 if you include yourself...
> >
> > Actually, I think its 2^21 -1. Remember, at iteration 1, you tell 2 people, so
> > the total is (2 + 1) 3. Iteration 2,  the 2 new people from i1 each tell 2
> > people, so you have (4 + 2 + 1) 7. And so on.
> >
> > How on earth did you pick this list of newsgroups to post to?
> 
> If everyone who reads this post will send me $5, and each one
> of them will send me $5, and each one... and so on, I will be
> more than happy to actually COUNT the number of $5 bills I
> receive, and therefore be able to post the EXACT CORRECT
> NUMBER of readers.....
> 
> Then I can spam all the newsgroups and tell them that it
> REALLY DOES WORK!!!!!
> 
> So, please start sending those fins......

  $5 $10 $15 $20... $10000...$100000...Who the hell cares?! Money is 
money, but these are just a bunch of bullshit scams.
-- 
Your are just a shadow on the wall where the paint is peeling.
def...@lex.infi.net

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From: Cyber Denizen <def...@lex.infi.net>
Subject: Re: <><><><>Can ANYONE do this Math Problem, Please?<><><><>
Date: 1996/08/22
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