D'oh. I see it now. I'm going to assume I found it since I'm on windows and my newline is entirely different from your newline.

Eww..it sure is different! Cygwin gets it right, but even that probably depends on using the 'UNIX-style line endings' option in the installer.

gws is correct, your turn.

This might be really old and well-known because I read it in a fortune file. Nevertheless, here goes:

cares

That one mostly works, but it's definitely plural, so doesn't fit the "doubtful number" part.

...I just realized that the answer I had in mind doesn't fit all the clues either.

I have consulted the all-knowing Google and result #1 confirms that awesomeguy has the correct answer.

I have no doubt that awesomeguy also consulted the all-knowing google.

Well, no. I consulted the all-knowing colleague

I don't find much difference.

POST SOME @#$%ING CATS

I mean... next puzzle, please!

Ok.

or


PROBLEM 1 ANSWER: Programmed it, and then primefactorized it.

Answer: 3¹⁷⁵¹⁹ cats.

For the second question, a quick test using my word list gives 7358 words.

grep -E '(c.*(a.*t|t.*a)|a.*(c.*t|t.*c)|t.*(a.*c|c.*a))' /usr/share/dict/words

The complete word list cannot fit here, it gets cut off right after plutocracy.

Oh my god. I just realized the insanity of this problem.

It's trivial to show that the upper bound is slightly less than 2¹⁷⁵³².

It's been to long since my last math course. I know what I'd need to do to solve that problem I just don't remember how to actually do it.

I tried Wolfram Alpha, just to see if it would work. IT didn't.

(35040-(2*0)*2^0)+(35040-(2*1)*2^1)+(35040-(2*2)*2^2)+...+(35040-(2*17520)*2^17520)=number of LOLcats born
EDIT: I forgot cats died.
Each LOLcat Gives birth to 672 other LOLcats in its lifetime.

Another hint: The number of new LOLcats born each iteration (30 minutes) follows the series 1,2,6,18,54,162... I think you see the pattern.
If N=the number of cats born on the 17,520th iteration,
So the answer is 672 x (1+2+6+18+54........+(n/3^672))+671(n/3^671)+670(n/3^670)+......
Right?

Can all of the LOLcats die so we can get a new puzzle?

^Haha, I was thinking the same thing. I really don't understand it, and I HAD a great puzzle…I just need to find it again. ._.

Prove xⁿ+yⁿ=zⁿ for whole numbers only when n=2.

Counterexample: x=y=z=0.

LOLOLOL Fermat's Last Theorem.
I don't think it's true, because 1+4 is not equal to 9 (x=1,y=2,z=3)
o_O

There are 3 dice. Roll them. What is the chance that the 3 dotted side will all be in the same orientation?

and

What's 10% of 10% of 10% of 10% of 10% of 10% of 10% of 10% of 10% of 10?