Can you count all the F's in this text?

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The discussion revolves around counting the occurrences of the letter "F" in a provided text. Participants engage with the task in a light-hearted manner, exploring different interpretations of the question and the text itself.

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  • Some participants express confusion about the distinction between counting "F" and " F", suggesting that the presence of a space changes the count.
  • One participant initially counts 6 occurrences but revises their understanding after recognizing the significance of the space before "F".
  • Another participant humorously claims that counting all occurrences does not necessarily indicate genius, reflecting a playful tone in the discussion.
  • Several participants repeat the original text for clarity, indicating a shared focus on accurately counting the letters.
  • There are multiple mentions of a participant's cleverness in their approach to the question, suggesting varying levels of appreciation for different responses.

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The discussion features multiple competing views regarding the counting of "F" versus " F", and there is no consensus on the correct interpretation or count. Participants express differing opinions and interpretations without reaching a definitive agreement.

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Some participants note potential typos or misunderstandings in the phrasing of the question, which may affect the counting process. The discussion reflects varying levels of attention to detail in reading the text.

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This is cool

Count every " F" in the following text:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

How many?
 
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I see 6
 
The riddler said:
This is cool

Count every " F" in the following text:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

How many?

obviously not 3.Could it be 23?
 
Read it agin, SLOWLY
 
The riddler said:
Read it agin, SLOWLY

Whoops I can't count.I make it 21
 
The riddler said:
This is cool

Count every " F" in the following text:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

How many?


Count every " F" in the following text:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

How many?[/QUOTE]

I count 1. This may be the old school knowledge of html in me but you have written "SPACE F" which translates in html to: " F"

The only place I see " F", i.e. "SPACE F"/" F" (underline=space) is on the first line after the "D", i.e.:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
 
Sorry swatforlife but i have no idea what you talking about.

Just read the text and tell me how many F's you see.
 
The riddler said:
Sorry swatforlife but i have no idea what you talking about.

Just read the text and tell me how many F's you see.

I must admit I like swatforlife answer. And you have just changed the question. F and " F" are different things.
 
yeah, swat4lifes anwser is quite clever.
 
  • #10
Spoiler:
The point of the text is that when most people read this text they only count 3 F's and they miss out the "ofs", also if you count all 6 F's you are supposed to be a genius.
I only counted 3 :mad:
 
  • #11
Yes I only counted three separate Fs as well but I saw each letter E as being made of two Fs one being upside down and rotated.
 
  • #12
At first I counted 6 but then i noticed that you had put a space " F" in your OP so I thought that had somethign to do with it lol. now reading the answers I can see that the correct answer was 6
 
  • #13
The riddler said:
Spoiler:
The point of the text is that when most people read this text they only count 3 F's and they miss out the "ofs", also if you count all 6 F's you are supposed to be a genius.
I only counted 3 :mad:

The riddler said:
yeah, swat4lifes anwser is quite clever.

Haha - tx. I'm either a genius or a "5 under par" retard, lol.

Actually, to be cheeky, in terms of a "correct" answer, I guess it depends on what one is "reading" and a clear statement of the assumptions necessary for the answer to be deemed "correct".

Are you reading what's obvious (words) or more subtle - in this case binary code.

For instance, "F", " F" and "OF" are all different numerically/mathematically i.e binary code.

Specifically in terms of the binary code:

"F" - is 01000110
" F" -is 00100000 01000110
"OF" -is 01001111 01000110

so "OF" and " F" and "F" all mean something different. Actually, there's one more variation I've just noticed as well...

The question says:
Count every: " F"

and in binary code ' " F" ' [i.e. (quote)+(space)+(F)+(quote)] is:
00100010 00100000 01000110 00100010

So I guess it's all open to interpretation, huh? :smile:

fun binary code encoder --> www. theproblemsite. com/codes/binary.asp

quick edit/update:
In this last answer, I assumed that a space, was used to denote unique ideas/variables, so the command was to count everything that appeared after the phrase "count every". This is a reasonable assumption as we don't normally write something like

Iwanttogotothestore. We separate unique ideas/variables like:

I want to go to the store. So everything that appeared after "count every" was counted -", SPACE, F, "
In my first answer, I assumed that the variable(s) in question were defined by everything inside of the quotes i.e. "SPACE F"/" F"

I'm getting the feeling I'm spending far to much time around certain kinds of forums and tech related individuals, lol
 
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  • #14
You might be spending a bit to much time with that tech stuff, but at least it seems your not half bad at it.
 
  • #15
lol i originally thought 1 because you had a space before F, but then figured it was a typo

and if yoou count all 6, u arent a genius. i got them all, and I am not a genius
 
  • #16
[QUOTE

and if yoou count all 6, u arent a genius. i got them all, and I am not a genius[/QUOTE]

Don't say that ,you will upset Borek:biggrin:
 

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