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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 14, 2005, 05:25:46 PM »_
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That is correct.
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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 14, 2005, 05:08:32 PM »Quote
H meaning 5 in the swangalian dialect of the hundu atu.
Yep, that's exactly right.
Oh, wait. No it isn't. It's completely and utterly wrong.
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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 14, 2005, 05:02:34 PM »
Yeah, moving one of the toothpicks in the \/ just isn't going to work, because 1/1 is probably the only thing that makes sense from moving one of those toothpicks, and that means you can't make a change to to the 11 on the other side of the equation.
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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 14, 2005, 04:37:12 PM »
No variables. Mathematical operators or functions are allowed, though.
And the result must make sense in base 10 math. Other than Roman numerals, there's nothing funky going on in that way.
Yes.
And the result must make sense in base 10 math. Other than Roman numerals, there's nothing funky going on in that way.
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in other words, neither of the toothpicks in the "equals" sign are the ones that will be moved, and we won't be changing it either. focus on the other 5
Yes.
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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 14, 2005, 02:41:41 PM »
You actually got pretty close with that "absolute value of 11" guess.
Not numerically close, but close in terms of the type of thinking that you need to do to solve it.
Not numerically close, but close in terms of the type of thinking that you need to do to solve it.
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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 14, 2005, 12:25:05 PM »
It doesn't have to be Roman numerals, but you can't have crooked numbers.
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Rants and Stuff / Re: Shameless plug for my book signing
« on: September 14, 2005, 12:22:26 PM »
Oh. That's not for sale at any price. You can have my John Hancock when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 14, 2005, 10:59:15 AM »
A good try. I forgot to specify that both sides of the equation must be in the same numeric system.
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Rants and Stuff / Re: Shameless plug for my book signing
« on: September 14, 2005, 10:57:32 AM »
Movie and TV stars can get away with charging for signatures. Not us lowly authors, though.
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Rants and Stuff / Re: Shameless plug for my book signing
« on: September 14, 2005, 04:28:09 AM »
Far be it from me to stand in the way of dancing -- or to dance in the way of standing, for that matter.
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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 14, 2005, 02:54:52 AM »
Hmm. I've used up all my good brain teasers.
OK, for this one you have to imagine that the lines below are seven toothpicks.
By moving only one toothpick, change the following into a true equation.
\/| = ||
You may not break any of the toothpicks, nor may you use one toothpick to move another. The final equation should have equal values on both sides of the equals sign, so putting one toothpick diagonally across the two that form the equals sign in order to change it into a "not equals" is not allowed.
OK, for this one you have to imagine that the lines below are seven toothpicks.
By moving only one toothpick, change the following into a true equation.
\/| = ||
You may not break any of the toothpicks, nor may you use one toothpick to move another. The final equation should have equal values on both sides of the equals sign, so putting one toothpick diagonally across the two that form the equals sign in order to change it into a "not equals" is not allowed.
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Rants and Stuff / Shameless plug for my book signing
« on: September 13, 2005, 07:16:41 PM »
I'll be doing a book signing for Writers of the Future, Vol. XXI, in which I have a short story. The signing is on Friday, September 16, from 6-8pm at the Waldenbooks in the Provo Towne Centre Mall.
But don't just go because of this shameless plug. Go because EUOL said to.
But don't just go because of this shameless plug. Go because EUOL said to.
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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 13, 2005, 04:08:34 PM »
I would go first and place a plate in the center of the table. From then on, I would place my plates exactly opposite his (i.e., 180 degrees around the table and at the same distance from the center.)
That would mean any place he picked to put a plate would have to have an equivalent spot still open across the table. If he successfully places a plate, then I will be able to do so. So he must run out of spots to put a plate before I do. Therefore, I will win.
That's a pretty neat puzzle, Firemeboy. I haven't seen it before, and I had to play around with drawing circles withing circles for a while before the flash of insight came.
That would mean any place he picked to put a plate would have to have an equivalent spot still open across the table. If he successfully places a plate, then I will be able to do so. So he must run out of spots to put a plate before I do. Therefore, I will win.
That's a pretty neat puzzle, Firemeboy. I haven't seen it before, and I had to play around with drawing circles withing circles for a while before the flash of insight came.
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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 13, 2005, 12:46:23 PM »
The keys to this puzzle are the first and last sentences.