>>> sender: "Matthew Smillie" date: "Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 01:30:49AM +0900" <<<EOQ > On Jun 23, 2006, at 17:20, Cliff Cyphers wrote: > > >On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 12:45:21AM +0900, darren kirby wrote: > >>quoth the Alexandru E. Ungur > >>> > >>>question: > >>> > >>> Does this triangle: > >>> 1 > >>> 1 1 > >>> 1 2 1 > >>> 1 3 3 1 > >>> 1 4 6 4 1 > >>> 1 5 10 10 5 1 > >>> 1 6 15 20 15 6 1 > >>> 1 7 21 35 35 21 7 1 > >>> 1 8 28 56 70 56 28 8 1 > >>>1 9 36 84 126 126 84 36 9 1 > >>> > >>>conform with the 'proper triangle' definition? > >> > >>Wikipedia* says: "a polygon with three vertices and three sides > >>which are > >>straight line segments" so I guess the above is a 'proper' > >>triangle by > >>anyone's definition. > >> > > > >Look at the last row. It looks off. Seems that the 1's on the > >outer ends > >are off by a space so that it's not a straight line. But I'm sure > >we all get > >the point. > > It's not the last row, but each row where the length of the longest > entry changes - row 5 is off as well. > > What's the policy on hints before the waiting period is up? I'm also curious what is the policy in asking for clarifications, and also if :clarifications == :hints or not... I did not ask for hints, I just wanted to understand completely the request. My problem was that, indeed, the triangle I obtained has some lines not perfectly straight. I agree. However, the triangle shown as an example in the quiz description *also* has lines that are not straight, just look careful enough, and you will notice them. So, there's where my confusion comes from... and that's what I wanted to get this clarified, if possible/allowed, of course. Thanks, Alex