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		ckuehne on May 28, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programming: Attitude Trumps Intelligence Just to clarify: "why are manhole covers round?" is not a test of intelligence in the narrower sense. "Add the next number in the following sequence 1,4,9,16" is.

arethuza on May 28, 2010 | [–]

Clearly the answer is "1", the sequence being defined as the numbers 1,4,9 and 16 repeated.

jacquesm on May 28, 2010 | | [–]

42?

jacabado on May 28, 2010 | [–]

18 ?

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