even kermit the frog has a bacon number ...

try ANY actor/actress in this form:

first last bacon number in google ... great trivia fun!

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James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> even kermit the frog has a bacon number ...

> try ANY actor/actress in this form:

> first last bacon number in google ... great trivia fun!

In the academic word the equivalent is the Erdos number.

Then there's the combination, the Erdos-Bacon number. Not many people
have one, but some do, including some celebrities (such as Natalie
Portman.)

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                                                          - Warp

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On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:56:57 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Then there's the combination, the Erdos-Bacon number. Not many people
> have one, but some do, including some celebrities (such as Natalie
> Portman.)

I would imagine that if a handful of celebrities do, then most would 
because of the transitive nature of the meme.

For example, I can connect to Neil DeGrasse Tyson:

1.  Jonathan Zittrain (Internet/technology-specialized lawyer)
2.  Stephen Colbert
3.  Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Jim

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On 14/09/2012 05:38 PM, James Holsenback wrote:
> even kermit the frog has a bacon number ...
>
> try ANY actor/actress in this form:
>
> first last bacon number in google ... great trivia fun!

Doesn't seem to work for any name I can think of - except this:

http://www.rosschurchley.com/brian-mays-erdos-bacon-number/

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On 14/09/2012 05:56 PM, Warp wrote:
> James Holsenback<nom### [at] nonecom>  wrote:
>> even kermit the frog has a bacon number ...
>
>> try ANY actor/actress in this form:
>
>> first last bacon number in google ... great trivia fun!
>
> In the academic word the equivalent is the Erdos number.

I believe Erdos number came first, and the Bacon number was defined as a 
humorous analogue (in reference to how ridiculously popular Mr Bacon is 
- there are T-shirts about him everywhere!)

> Then there's the combination, the Erdos-Bacon number. Not many people
> have one, but some do, including some celebrities (such as Natalie
> Portman.)

I believe _technically_ everybody has a defined number - it's just not 
finite...

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Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > Then there's the combination, the Erdos-Bacon number. Not many people
> > have one, but some do, including some celebrities (such as Natalie
> > Portman.)

> I believe _technically_ everybody has a defined number - it's just not 
> finite...

Given the humorous nature of these "numbers" it really doesn't matter how
you define it. But the simplest and most straightforward way of defining
someone who has no connection to said person(s) is that they don't have
a number.

I have no Bacon number because I have never acted in any movie. I have no
idea if I have an Erdos number, but it might be (I have contributed to some
minor publications of computing science, so there's a real possibility
of a chain of co-authors all the way to Erdos.)

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                                                          - Warp

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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> I have no Bacon number because I have never acted in any movie. I have no
> idea if I have an Erdos number, but it might be (I have contributed to some
> minor publications of computing science, so there's a real possibility
> of a chain of co-authors all the way to Erdos.)

Btw, I most probably have a Shusaku number, and it might not even be very
large, although I have no idea how large it might be (but I'd say there's
a real possibility of it being smaller than 10.)

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                                                          - Warp

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On 14/09/2012 7:59 PM, Warp wrote:
> I have no Bacon number because I have never acted in any movie.

My bacon number is 0.143 because I have a roll and bacon once a week.
Yes?

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Regards
     Stephen

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On 14/09/2012 08:02 PM, Warp wrote:
> Warp<war### [at] tagpovrayorg>  wrote:
>> I have no Bacon number because I have never acted in any movie. I have no
>> idea if I have an Erdos number, but it might be (I have contributed to some
>> minor publications of computing science, so there's a real possibility
>> of a chain of co-authors all the way to Erdos.)
>
> Btw, I most probably have a Shusaku number, and it might not even be very
> large, although I have no idea how large it might be (but I'd say there's
> a real possibility of it being smaller than 10.)

The interesting thing is, of all the people who have a defined Bacon 
number, it's hardly ever larger than about 8. Similarly for the Erdos 
number.

You would /think/ that what with Erdos being a great figure in 
mathematics, having a lower Erdos number would be a great achievement. 
But actually, it turns out that human networks are so densely connected 
that almost every person can be connected to almost every other person 
with a mere handful of links.

It's a bit like the Birthday Paradox - you'd think the distances would 
be far bigger than they actually are...

(I'm sure I must have mentioned here a dozen times the title of the 
rather interesting book I read on this subject...)

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On 14/09/2012 08:18 PM, Stephen wrote:
> My bacon number is 0.143 because I have a roll and bacon once a week.
> Yes?

Quoting Timon:

Aaaaaare ya achin'
Foooooor some bacon?

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