Any maths geeks who can explain this me?
I have several OCDs. They’re not life threatening or life impairing. Foibles really.
The first is I need things organised alphabetically by First word or Surname. So my DVDs are all organised in alphabetical order with the exception of “The …” which is second word… yet “A …” comes under A. Numbers go at the start and my CDs are organised in alphabetical by band name, artist, or title for various compilations.
I was trying to explain to my flatmate last night that I need this to happen otherwise I get peeved off. A few freinds joked a while ago that they would disorganise everything for me… until they realised that I wouldn’t hate them for it, they’d just have to wait for me to reorganise them back into order.
Something that does actually irk me is I bought a multipack. It has “The Bourne Identity”, “The Jackal”, “The Game”, “Assault on Precinct 13″, and “Spy Game”. This box set irks me because the only logical place for it is at the start of the collection and these are out of order. The other thing that irks me is I have the other two Bourne movies yet “The Bourne Identity” is not “completeing the set” so to speak. I almost bought it on DVD just to correct this.
There are some exceptions to this. For example, alphabetically it should go “Fellowship…”, “Return…”, and then “The Two…” but that makes no sense. Series have to be in chronological order. The most notable in my collection being “El Mariachi”, “Desperado”, “Once Upon A Time in Mexico” are all together under E. The Dark Knight is under B but comes after Batman Begins or the fact that Stars Wars goes IV, V, VI, I, II, III.
It’s like when you buy a box set DVD from the store and you open it up and the first disc isn’t disc 1. To make matters worse, disc 2 is not disc 2, and it’s only really disc 4 that is in it’s correct place. If this doesn’t annoy you then I envy you. I really do.
The other OCD I appear to have developed since living with my flatmate of female persuasion is I no longer have sugar in my tea. In fact, I find it disgusting now. Yet, I still have to stir it after applying the milk.
And now for the question for the maths geek.
When I went to bed ages ago, and I’m talking about 11 or so years, I noticed the time was 12:34. This made me giggle. I then noticed that 1+2+3+4 = 10… and then it started. I also noted that 1+23+4 = 28 = 2+8 = 10 and also 12+34 = 46 = 4 + 6 = 10. I then came across awful situations where I couldn’t sleep until I had seen the time was equal to 10 or 5. It’s core number so to speak. However, it would be 10:00 which must be one right? Well, no. 1+0+0+0 = 1. Yeah, 10 = 1+0 = 1 but as long as all the combination can stop at 10 and not 1, it became “valid”. So I had to wait another 4 minutes before I could go to sleep.
… but the thing for the maths geeks or anyone else with better google skillz than me is I’m wondering if there is a term for this?
Take a larger number for example, 1,346,879.
1+3+4+6+8+7+9 = 38 = 3+8 = 11 = 1+1 = 2
1+346+879 = 1226 = 12+26 = 38 = 8+3 = 11 = 1+1 = 2
13+46+87+9 = 155 = 1+5+5 = 11 = 1+1 = 2
Hopefully you get the idea. It works with any number.
So yeah, I have some OCDs but as I said, they don’t have a huge effect on my day to day living. Mostly my sleep patterns and seeing as I suffer from a mild case of insomnia ever since I left Christchurch (I thnk it’s got to do with anxiety, meh) I don’t think it’s going to make much difference if I mentally remove myself from this.
In more sane news, Stargate: Atlantis was well worth the dollars spent. Eventually I will get SG-1 after the overseas muppets sorted out the postal issues and then the plan from here is to get West Wing and Battlestar: Gallactica. I might even tempt myself with Lost eventually too.
Speaking of Lost, Fringe at the moment… holy crap. Dollhouse at the moment… holy crap (but it won’t survive).
Dear NZ,
Get good shows. I don’t want to see too Bride Wars or any of that other reality crap… unless it’s Hells Kitchen and America’s Next Top Model… and Survivor cause then the flatmate’s happy.
kkthanxbai
PS Yes, it is all about me.
I don’t know the answer, but NHS calls it water retention.
Also, this: 1+2+3+N = (1+N)*(N/2)
You get the same result because you’re adding the same numbers, just in a different order. The result is the remainder after dividing the number by nine, or the number mod nine. The process is called casting out nines.
Thanks David. I asked my eccentric boss this same question, the sort of older person who seems to have an abundance of knowledge about random things.
His answer was “Arithomania” which to an extent is also true.