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In the codebox where that question is, there is a variety of 'starting numbers' which are followed by sequences. I'm asking what sequence would follow 42 ie, the sequence starting from 100 is: 100, 14, 9, 6, 5, 5, 5, ... the question is, what is the sequence if you start with 42?

There's no right answer for the story part I just take the common consensus and make the next one based off of that Any attempts on the actual sequence part of the riddle? ;D

newest Mafia VIII. I made some wording changes as well as key changes (highlighted in red), as well as some quest changes (which I'm not going to show of course )

After buying groceries for his mom, who turned out to be an undercover Government agent, Quaddy was kidnapped by a group of rebels posing as the Axion Police, who attempted to question Quaddy about the number sequences his mother was passing on to the Government via a contact at the grocery store. But Quaddy wasn't so cooperative... [if you want just the puzzle, skip down to the bottom of this post ] "Look!" he shouted, pointing wildly. "An uncommon denominator!" The rebel wasn't fooled nor amused. Another person stepped into the warehouse and suggested, "Take him to the Perfect Cube." The other rebel nodded and the two pulled out scissors, undoing Quaddy's bonds and manhandling him across the warehouse, down a flight of rusting metal stairs and through a solid titanium door... into a perfect cube. "You'll soon be talking!" they laughed, slamming the door shut. The door merged so seamlessly with the smooth titanium walls of the cube that Quaddy was suddenly discombobulated and claustrophobic. After a few sweaty seconds of turning and mumbling, he had no idea where the door was. Then the Cube began to spin. It whirled in all directions, tossing Quaddy around like a rag doll, blood whooshing to one side of his brain and then the other, his bones cracking with the continual impact of slamming into walls. When the Cube finally stopped spinning, Quaddy was surrounded in blood and vomit. He was so dizzy that he didn't notice the door opening and men dragging him out, dragging him down the hall, dragging him into another room where he was hefted into a big chair, an IV drip put into his arm and strange glasses placed over his eyes. A surge of chemicals rejuvenated him, and he stared at his metallic surroundings. "That was some Perfect Cube," he muttered, conscious of a bloody, bruised abrasion on his leg. The rebels laughed. "That? That wasn't the Perfect Cube. Its dimensions weren't even exact. This is the Perfect Cube." A small cube, exact perfect dimensions of a couple inches on each side, was placed on a stand in front of Quaddy. "What is it?" "More like, who is it," someone said. "They are our leader. A visionary. The greatest mathemitician ever. The Perfect Cube." A light glowed suddenly on the cube's face and shone into Quaddy's eyes. He squinted, feeling it probe into his mind. Yes... yes... you should be easy to crack, mused a voice that was inside of his brain. It was an unsettling feeling, as if numerical tentacles were probing his mind. "Wha - what do you want?" Quaddy stammered. Solve the following sequences, the Perfect Cube demanded. Quaddy could feel himself eager to solve them. The thing was taking over his mind! (1) Two strands, entangled together: Ones Strand: 0-1-1-1-2-2-1-3-3-2-5-4-2-? Zeroes Strand: 1-0-0-1-0-1-3-1-2-4-1-3-6-? (2) Each part of the sequence contains multiple numbers: [0/1] [1/0] [1/1] [2/0] [1/2] [1/1/1] [3/0] [1/3] [1/2/1] [1/1/3] [2/2] [?] (3) The following sequences each follow the same rule to generate the next number: 12, 7, 7, 7, ... 16, 8, 6, 5, 5, 5, ... 70, 14, 9, 6, 5, 5, 5, ... 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, ... 100, 14, 9, 6, 5, 5, 5, ... 360, 17, 17, 17, ... 512, 18, 8, 6, 5, 5, 5, ... What will follow the number 42, and why? (4) What is next in the sequence? 138 777 795 1995 ? Quaddy gave the answers, gasping in pain. Good, good the Perfect Cube hissed contentedly. I have raided your brain for all of the information we wanted earlier, and more. You are of no further use to us. Goodbye, Quadrangle. Uh-oh. Quaddy looked desperately to either side. Behind him, a door, guarded by rebels. In front, the vent to a mysterious vertical shaft... What are the answers to the sequences? And how should Quaddy escape?

Hmmm... I guess the consensus seems to be 'don't cooperate' - I gtg, but when I get back I'll make the next installment

see, I agree with you 100% SomeGuy yet a lot of people seem to like hints, which means they need to be prepared for when there are hints regarding them. Perhaps next game I host, I will PM people asking if they want hints. If they wanted hints, then they will be on a list of people that are going to be hinted about, but there will only be hints if the list exceeds a certain large-majority size that requires almost all to be 'yes', so that if you say 'no' selfishly to get hints while others don't get hints about you, there is a much greater possibility that there will be no hints at all. Say, three 'no's minimum, after that no hints at all. That seems fair. I'll think about this ;D

I need a verdict Two more people need to input on the decision ;D

Blade has it down good Although bocinki raises a good point too - which is why, as Blade suggested, someone else should be involved in the decision

this poll has given a lot of great insight ;D Thanks to everyone that voted & posted as well as future voters/posters

SPLIT is a command from VNA. I originally had two more commands called 'SPLIT' and 'MERGE' which allow the creation and destruction of multiple pointers running simultaneously but alternating, like multi-core processors, but I figured it was too complicated for VNA 2.0 (as I was trying to make 2.0 more attractive to non-programmers), so I took them out I didn't really like the concept of that anyway, so it was okay Mostly, yeah. I was inspired by an old game for old computers about assembly code, but VNA differs by a lot... although the basic concept is essentially the same, the VNA Code was designed by me and has a lot of different elements (like functions) and looks way different than 'redcode' (which is what the other one was). And thanks It wasn't that hard... ~~~ Bocinki has joined!! Yippee Hehe. I need a program from him as well as still Mekal. I have everything else I need

3 uncoop, 2 coop ;D

3 votes for uncooperation, 1 vote for cooperation anyone else?

Hmm... so tell the truth, or lie? The decision is all yours

this video is awesome:

Okay, I PMed Mekal and FOTH again today, the tournament is starting sometime soon in the next week, with or without them, hopefully with them

I did use the occasional picture in Jumper Mafia, just at the beginning usually to show where the post was taking place (since people teleported all over the world ) edit: btw one of the reasons I'm making this is because, for the Jumper Mafia intro, I think I made it a bit too long ;D hehe. But this poll applies for normal day/night posts

haha sorry

If your choice is different depending on WHO is hosting, assume I, unreality, am hosting, because I'm gathering this data mainly for myself edit: added another option to the end ;D

Continued in The Axiom Police ;D

Quaddy's mother's cooking was amazing, with all the right ingredients, so he had no problem hopping on his pentacycle the next day and heading back to the Numeraland Grocery Store. His mom had given him two separate grocery lists, and needed all the ingredients. This time, Quaddy knew better and looked at them beforehand: First List: 0, 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 28, 38, 49, 62, 70, 77, 91, 101, 103, ___ Second List: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 0, 3, 3, 1, 4, 0, 4, 4, 3, 2, 0, 2, 2, ___ "That's a lot of ingredients," he mused, checking to make sure he had enough fractals to pay for it. "And both series are missing their last number! Both are smudged out! I'm beginning to think Mom does that on purpose to give me some mental exercise." Still, Quaddy was an intelligent Numeralandian, and soon uncovered both of the final numbers. Happily, he started to pedal toward the Grocery Store. He was only in front of Poly Hedron's Jewelry Shop.... ... when someone hit him like a runaway theorem! "Ahhhh!" Quaddy yelled as his pentacycle spilled him onto the street. He struggled to get up but a heavy boot cracked sideways into his skull, and he collapsed to the street again, his vision hazy and Incomplete (Gödel was right). Weird numbers floated in his mind (70 and 836 were the first he saw) and he hardly noticed as his attackers (there was more than one) lifted him up and dragged him into some sort of vehicle. Then there was the sensation of moving (perhaps a cosine wave) that sent Quaddy drifting into unconsciousness. When he woke, he was in an industrial warehouse of some sort. Yawning, he squinted open his eyes, conscious of the dried blood on his forehead. Probability tape (also known as Luck Tape, or even Duct Tape in some cultures) fastened his hands to a cold, hard metal chair. He kicked in an effort to move, but the chair was bolted rigorously to the floor. "Awake, are you?" chuckled a voice, and Quaddy realized that a cyan-colored light had been emanating from a crack in the warehouse in front of him, but it was blocked now... by the silhouette of a tall, imposing man. "Do you know where we are?" "Uh... a warehouse?" "So ignorant," murmured the man, stepping closer. With surprise, Quaddy saw the logo of the Axiom Police on the man's shirt. What was law enforcement doing kidnapping people? "You are too young to understand, too young to remember." "Remember what?" Ignoring him, the man ranted on. "Too young to know, too young to see the truth! This, boy, is where numbers used to be made!" He finished his sentence with the air of sad wonder, as if looking through the past at a thing that was once beautiful but was now deformed and sick. "There are many of us rebels," the officer explained. "Planted all over Numeraland, planning, waiting. One of the things we need is military codes." He seemed to remember Quaddy was there. "Your mother works for the Government, boy! She codes her messages in her grocery lists and sends them with you to the store, where her contact sees what you buy and sends the code on to the Government. What were you going to buy for her today???" "What - uh - my mother - she - no!" Quaddy snapped. "What are you talking about? Let me go! Let me go! My mother's not an agent! She-" "Then why does she blur out the last number in every series?" the Axiom Police rebel snarled, snatching away the grocery list from Quaddy's hand, which had just retrieved it from his pocket. The rebel pointed to the missing spaces. "In case you get captured, that's why! She relies on your intellect to fill in the missing piece at the store. So tell me... what are the last numbers of these series?" The rebel showed Quaddy the list again: First List: 0, 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 28, 38, 49, 62, 70, 77, 91, 101, 103, ___ Second List: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 0, 3, 3, 1, 4, 0, 4, 4, 3, 2, 0, 2, 2, ___ "Um... uh..." Quaddy knew what they were, of course. But what to say? What are the missing numbers? And what should Quaddy tell the rebel? (It will determine future installments of the story ) [edit - grammar]

Thanks And you betcha ;D

yep Good job

The "no-suicide" rule in religions was only constructed to prevent fervent followers from killing themselves to go to heaven. Without that little clause, all members of the religion would die and the religion as a whole would die out Thus it's kind of a slippery slope about what is considered "suicide". You would have to go to the heart of the matter and find out why your religion is against it (which I already explained in the first sentence but I don't think religious people would accept that reason ;D) and then from there see what would count as suicide or not

No, your pattern works for the first couple but after that you're lost