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(...) It certainly takes a lot of trial and error to come up with a word which sums to 100 exactly. So to find one word at 100 starting with each letter from the alphabet could easily take a few days if you're not using any computer tools. The (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Look for patterns or workarounds. Whenever something comes along that, like this, appears way too hard to be reasonable, I just assume it's a trick question. Which way the smoke blows depends on where the survivors were buried.(1) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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My son came home with a homework assignment today that I think is a bit tough. Here it is If you assign the letters of the alphabet numeric values with 1 == a and 26 == z, find a word starting with each letter that sums to exactly 100. Or at least (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) well, if you have access to the server logs, it's just a matter of counting the lines that requested the file counted. if you don't have access, you'll have to write a small CGI that will serve the file, after incementing a counter. HTH -- Dan (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I'm not even sure of the precise terminology to use, but I'm looking for something to register the number of times a file is downloaded. I've seen such things online at a number of places, but can anyone advise me where I might acquire one? Thanks a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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