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Conference rusure::math

Title:	Mathematics at DEC

Moderator:	RUSURE::EDP

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2083
Total number of notes:	14613

262.0. "Omni Problem 24" by BEING::POSTPISCHIL () Wed Apr 17 1985 09:59

I don't know if this problem is mathematical or not; someone will have to
answer it before we find out.

Omni Problem 24:

What word best completes the analogy:

	60 : 59 :: NEO- : ???

For example, in hot : cold :: pyro- : ???, the answer is cryo-.

Some of the other Omni problems are non-mathematical, but I'd like to know
if they have answers.  Can anybody recommend a notes file to discuss them in?
If so, please reply, and we can discuss them there.  Otherwise, are there any
objections to discussing them here, since the rest of the test is being
discussed here?

				-- edp

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
262.1		METOO::YARBROUGH	`Fri Apr 19 1985 10:00`	2
	There's probably a more precise answer, but archeo-, primo-, and proto- each fit in some way.
262.2		BEING::POSTPISCHIL	`Fri Apr 19 1985 13:54`	6
	I thought of that too, so, for lack of anything else, I guessed Plio-. However, my dictionary (Webster's Collegiate, 197?) defines Neocene as rather large area. It may be somewhere around 60 million years ago, but I think that's just a coincidence. -- edp
262.3		SUPER::MATTHEWS	`Fri Apr 19 1985 17:33`	3
	If any of the problems are word games rather than number games, they'd be welcome in SUMMIT::SYS$NOTES:JOYOFLEX.
262.4		FIRQB::BARTON	`Sun Apr 21 1985 12:06`	3
	If you check a periodic table of the elements you'll find the answer. -Gary Barton
262.5		BEING::POSTPISCHIL	`Tue Apr 23 1985 11:59`	12
	Elements it is! The correct answer is praseo-,for praseodymium. I'm not sure I agree that this belongs in the verbal analogy category, because the relationship between 60 and 59 is not the same as the one between neo- and praseo-. Perhaps "Fill In the Blank" would be a better title. A number of the Omni questions seems to probe knowledge rather than intelligence (that is, they require you to know something already rather than having to do or solve something). I have been trying to get to SUMMIT""::SYS$NOTES:JOYOFLEX for several days, with no luck. Is it still there? -- edp
262.6		AURORA::HALLYB	`Tue Apr 23 1985 15:37`	5
	BEING has SUMMIT defined as node 24.24, an obsolete value. The correct value is (according to ANCHOR) 17.229. Perhaps your node database needs updating, or you can manually make the change via NCP. John
262.7		HARE::STAN	`Wed Apr 24 1985 16:15`	4
	Please try to avoid problems with no mathematical content. I leave the definition of mathematics up to you (it is very broad). If there is enough interest, you might want to start up a PUZZLES note file.
262.8		BEING::POSTPISCHIL	`Thu Apr 25 1985 18:16`	5
	Well, I'm something of a Platonist, so everything is mathematical, literally. But I have finally been able to get to SUMMIT::, so the verbal section of the Omni test is in SUMMIT""::SYS$NOTES:JOYOFLEX.NOT, note #67. -- edp (soon to be a note in WHOAREYOU)