7.983 Million words .51% chance one of them is a real word. Bill -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Inge Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 2:20 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] NTC: Beginning of the week quiz! Ed, too easy? hm...this one then on less than one minute (calculator allowed). If you do that, you are not a scientific but an engineer. 1. How many 5 letter words (letter combinations) can be created with the English alphabet? 2. The English language has 40,000 words with 5 letters. From the result in 1 above, what is the probability of creating real word.s? This is for Ed Inge PS. If this is also too easy, I've another funny one. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 6:16 PM Subject: [TN] End of the week quiz! > http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_number_comes_next_in_the_sequence_1_2_6_42_18 > 06 > > That was too easy. > > Regards, > > Ed Popielarski > > Love 'till it hurts, > Live 'till you die, > Ride like you might. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 > for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------