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SnowFire
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New York City, NY
Jan 1970
time: 00:35
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I'm sure you know modulo, although probably in Finnish. All modulo arithmatic is, is normal arithmatic that "loops." You can think of it as dividing by the number, and then taking the remainder. You can also imagine it as taking the number line as some really long ruler, chopping it off at n, and then bending it so that n connected to the beginning. That way, when you keep on adding 1 to some number, after it hits n, it "loops" back to 0.
As an example-
code:
Normal Mod 3 Mod 4
0 0 0
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 0 3
4 1 0
5 2 1
6 0 2
7 1 3
8 2 0
9 0 1
So, basically, you can take any number and turn it into a number from 1 to n (or 0 to n-1, as I've done above).
Example:
Adagio is 1
Whoha is 2
Joncha is 3
The next topic in the Apolyton OT is "Dinosaur Vampires: Did they have Rabies?" Goo
gling it gives 59 matches. 59/3= 19.666, or in other words, 19 with a remainder of 2. So Whoha would die. If there had been 60 matches, you can clearly see that's exactly divisible by 3, so it would give a modulo result of 3 or 0, meaning Joncha would die.
Since Google doesn't update THAT often, it's easily checked to see it really was a random number generated by searching on the string yourself (unless, of course, the poster was Kassipoeia.). If you want to be paranoid, then Kass can post which personality is which number in a sealed ZIP file, so no one can influence it by posting a topic themselves.
Skanky: The problem with n-sided dice is that Kass could be evil and roll the dice until he came up with the solution he wanted.
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Kassiopeia
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Jyväskylä, Finland
Jul 2001
time: 07:35
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Chapter II
July 30th 2004
Well, the personas decided to expel the Norse god Thor. I am rather disappointed because he was one of the few personas I actually liked. No wonder, being the god of all things cool.
The Captain Kirk persona is now gone. I am extremely relieved, because the way he spoke in was most irritating. Now he and Picard won't be arguing for hours about Starfleet regulations either.
The personas are in panic now though. A huge storm inside my head. I did not lose consciousness last night like I did with Darth Vader, so that means that there's probably a second force at work here - but with what manner, that I can not discern. Not that I can complain, I can almost feel a ring around my head loosening up as they disappear.
code:
mafia
| Name
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Position
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Status
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| 1. Skanky Burns
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Starfleet
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Still around
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2. Theben
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Captain James T. Kirk, Starfleet |
Disappeared - R2 |
| 3. Adagio
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Still around |
| 4. Chaunk
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Winston Churchill |
Still around |
| 5. duke o' york
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Albert Einstein
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Still around |
| 6. Ljube-ljcvetko
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Gaius Julius Caesar
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Still around |
| 7. gjramsey
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Colonel Jack O'Neill, USAF
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Still around |
| 8. DrSpike
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Doctor Who (#4)
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Still around |
| 9. Spaced Cowboy
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Sigmund Freud
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Still around |
| 10. loinburger
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Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon
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Still around |
| 11. rah
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Ra, Egyptian god of the sun
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Still around |
12. Whoha
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Thor, Norse god of thunder (and coolness) |
Expelled - R1 |
| 13. alva
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Thor, Supreme Commander of the Asgard fleet
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Still around |
| 14. Jonny
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Dirk Gently, holistic detective
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Still around |
| 15. Jon Miller
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Henry VIII |
Still around |
| 16. Method
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William Shakespeare
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Still around |
| 17. Gamecube64
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Captain John Sheridan, Earthforce |
Still around |
| 18. Nuclear Master
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Apophis, Egyptian god of the night |
Still around |
19. Kuciwalker
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Darth Vader
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Vanished - R1 |
| 20. SnowFire
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Kosh Naranek |
Still around |
| 21. Sparrowhawk
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Angus MacGyver |
Still around |
| 22. joncha
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Still around |
| 23. Boshko
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Admiral Horatio Nelson
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Still around |
| 24. FlameFlash
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Markos Giannopoulos
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Still around |
I just  this. So easy and free-form to write. You don't even have to write dialogue! How cool is that.
Btw, the table looks like an ass. Any ideas on how to fix it?
Last edited by Kassiopeia on 01-08-2004 at 00:36
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31-07-2004 07:57
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But he only has two votes now.
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