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Re 'The Test'
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:22:54 +0000, Sacha wrote
(in article ) : On 13/2/07 18:12, in article , "Mike Lyle" wrote: snip He will, by the way, of course delete all emails collected after the experiment: that and other data protection matters should have been mentioned in the introduction. Mike I can never do these things because once I get to the number questions, I'm a goner! But when I tried, I couldn't get it to load past (I think) page 11. Is that a Mac user problem, perhaps? No, it isn't :-) -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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Re 'The Test'
On 13/2/07 23:33, in article
, "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:22:54 +0000, Sacha wrote (in article ) : On 13/2/07 18:12, in article , "Mike Lyle" wrote: snip He will, by the way, of course delete all emails collected after the experiment: that and other data protection matters should have been mentioned in the introduction. Mike I can never do these things because once I get to the number questions, I'm a goner! But when I tried, I couldn't get it to load past (I think) page 11. Is that a Mac user problem, perhaps? No, it isn't :-) Well, I tried again tonight and no dice. ;-( -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Re 'The Test'
"Mike Lyle" wrote ((snip)) Funny how some people are naturally less at home with numbers: one of my daughters and one of my nieces have the same gonerness, though way above average at language and other things. Quite, my wife won't attempt Sudoku, which I love, because it's numbers but I'm certain if I replaced the numbers with letters ie, a to i (it would work just as well) she would not be put off at all. I wonder what it is about numbers that puts people off? -- Regards Bob H |
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Re 'The Test'
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Mike Lyle" wrote ((snip)) Funny how some people are naturally less at home with numbers: one of my daughters and one of my nieces have the same gonerness, though way above average at language and other things. Quite, my wife won't attempt Sudoku, which I love, because it's numbers but I'm certain if I replaced the numbers with letters ie, a to i (it would work just as well) she would not be put off at all. I wonder what it is about numbers that puts people off? Bob H I wish I knew that too ! They just don't 'speak' to me at all. I blame my math teachers halitosis. I never wanted to ask when I didn't understand because he'd come and lean over to explain .....! Jenny |
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Re 'The Test'
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:47:59 +0000, Sacha wrote
(in article ) : On 13/2/07 23:33, in article , "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:22:54 +0000, Sacha wrote (in article ) : On 13/2/07 18:12, in article , "Mike Lyle" wrote: snip He will, by the way, of course delete all emails collected after the experiment: that and other data protection matters should have been mentioned in the introduction. Mike I can never do these things because once I get to the number questions, I'm a goner! But when I tried, I couldn't get it to load past (I think) page 11. Is that a Mac user problem, perhaps? No, it isn't :-) Well, I tried again tonight and no dice. ;-( What browser were you using? Try with another browser perhaps? I was using Firefox (on a Mac as you know), no problems loading any page at all. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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Re 'The Test'
In article , Sacha
writes On 13/2/07 18:12, in article , "Mike Lyle" wrote: snip He will, by the way, of course delete all emails collected after the experiment: that and other data protection matters should have been mentioned in the introduction. Mike I can never do these things because once I get to the number questions, I'm a goner! But when I tried, I couldn't get it to load past (I think) page 11. Is that a Mac user problem, perhaps? I once did a quiz which was interesting because it gave a string of numbers or initials and you had to figure out the series. So SSMTWT would have F for Friday, next or 31, 28, 31, 30, 31 would have 30 for days in June next. I enjoyed those, found myself waking up in the middle of the night with a solution to the next question -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Re 'The Test'
In article , Sacha
writes Well, I tried again tonight and no dice. ;-( Some of the pages were extremely slow to load Sacha so maybe you just times out? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Re 'The Test'
On 13/2/07 23:53, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote: "Mike Lyle" wrote ((snip)) Funny how some people are naturally less at home with numbers: one of my daughters and one of my nieces have the same gonerness, though way above average at language and other things. Quite, my wife won't attempt Sudoku, which I love, because it's numbers but I'm certain if I replaced the numbers with letters ie, a to i (it would work just as well) she would not be put off at all. I wonder what it is about numbers that puts people off? In my case, partly bad teaching and partly not natural aptitude. I cannot fathom out what Sudoku is about, let alone do it! But I love doing - or at least, attempting - crosswords. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Re 'The Test'
On 14/2/07 09:32, in article
, "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:47:59 +0000, Sacha wrote (in article ) : On 13/2/07 23:33, in article , "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:22:54 +0000, Sacha wrote (in article ) : On 13/2/07 18:12, in article , "Mike Lyle" wrote: snip He will, by the way, of course delete all emails collected after the experiment: that and other data protection matters should have been mentioned in the introduction. Mike I can never do these things because once I get to the number questions, I'm a goner! But when I tried, I couldn't get it to load past (I think) page 11. Is that a Mac user problem, perhaps? No, it isn't :-) Well, I tried again tonight and no dice. ;-( What browser were you using? Try with another browser perhaps? I was using Firefox (on a Mac as you know), no problems loading any page at all. Er. You know how good I am at these things. I'm running Safari, using Entourage. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Re 'The Test'
On 14/2/07 12:11, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote: In article , Sacha writes Well, I tried again tonight and no dice. ;-( Some of the pages were extremely slow to load Sacha so maybe you just times out? Could be. The one my computer stuck on was the example of a name and address you were supposed to remember and then answer questions on. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Re 'The Test'
"Sacha" wrote after "Bob Hobden"wrote: Quite, my wife won't attempt Sudoku, which I love, because it's numbers but I'm certain if I replaced the numbers with letters ie, a to i (it would work just as well) she would not be put off at all. I wonder what it is about numbers that puts people off? In my case, partly bad teaching and partly not natural aptitude. I cannot fathom out what Sudoku is about, let alone do it! But I love doing - or at least, attempting - crosswords. If you can do a crossword you can do Sudoku, it's easier, you don't have to know anything to do it, it's just logic and reasoning that solves them. The numbers 1 to 9 are simply convenient symbols they have no mathematical significance in this context and could easily be nine different animals or nine different letters or nine different cars...... etc. http://www.sudoku.com/ -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
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Re 'The Test'
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 13/2/07 23:53, in article , "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Mike Lyle" wrote ((snip)) Funny how some people are naturally less at home with numbers: one of my daughters and one of my nieces have the same gonerness, though way above average at language and other things. Quite, my wife won't attempt Sudoku, which I love, because it's numbers but I'm certain if I replaced the numbers with letters ie, a to i (it would work just as well) she would not be put off at all. I wonder what it is about numbers that puts people off? In my case, partly bad teaching and partly not natural aptitude. I cannot fathom out what Sudoku is about, let alone do it! But I love doing - or at least, attempting - crosswords. I can't stand Sudoku either, but I'm hooked on Codewords. Alan |
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Re 'The Test'
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:19:33 +0000, Sacha wrote
(in article ) : On 14/2/07 09:32, in article , "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:47:59 +0000, Sacha wrote (in article ) : On 13/2/07 23:33, in article , "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:22:54 +0000, Sacha wrote (in article ) : snip I'm a goner! But when I tried, I couldn't get it to load past (I think) page 11. Is that a Mac user problem, perhaps? No, it isn't :-) Well, I tried again tonight and no dice. ;-( What browser were you using? Try with another browser perhaps? I was using Firefox (on a Mac as you know), no problems loading any page at all. Er. You know how good I am at these things. I'm running Safari, using Entourage. OK, well seriously OT for this group, but I find that if I have a problem with a particular site, it is sometimes helpful to try it in another browser. I happen to use Firefox as my default, but have several loaded for other reasons. You might like to try it (free download) - you may even like it enough to keep it! http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ (This is the link to the Mac download) -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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Re 'The Test'
On 14/2/07 15:39, in article
, "Sally Thompson" wrote: snip What browser were you using? Try with another browser perhaps? I was using Firefox (on a Mac as you know), no problems loading any page at all. Er. You know how good I am at these things. I'm running Safari, using Entourage. OK, well seriously OT for this group, but I find that if I have a problem with a particular site, it is sometimes helpful to try it in another browser. I happen to use Firefox as my default, but have several loaded for other reasons. You might like to try it (free download) - you may even like it enough to keep it! http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ (This is the link to the Mac download) Thanks, Sally. You're rapidly turning into my Mac guru! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |