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March 22nd, 2004, 12:37 PM
Stalemate

Question 93 - RESOLVED

How will an optimist and a pessimist read (translate) this rebus?

FAR CLOSE AWAY NEAR

__________
Optimist: Near at last.
Pessimist: The end is near.
March 22nd, 2004, 12:37 PM
Commander Klarg

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

What has rivers but no water, cities but no buildings, forests but no trees, deserts but no sand, and mountains but no rocks?

a map.
March 22nd, 2004, 12:38 PM
edball

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

What has rivers but no water, cities but no buildings, forests but no trees, deserts but no sand, and mountains but no rocks?

An Atlas or a map.
March 22nd, 2004, 12:38 PM
Stalemate

Quote:

Originally Posted by Commander Klarg

7UP can

"Can" should be plural, I'll have to deduct 35 gallons of bloodwine from those 3 points.
March 22nd, 2004, 12:39 PM
Stalemate

Quote:

Originally Posted by Commander Klarg

a map.

3 more.

Must be those forehead ridges channeling all that raw, animalistic brain power. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
March 22nd, 2004, 12:39 PM
DocPC

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

What has rivers but no water, cities but no buildings, forests but no trees, deserts but no sand, and mountains but no rocks?

The moon.
March 22nd, 2004, 12:42 PM
Commander Klarg

woot! http://home.world-online.no/roland-h/Images/b/hb.gif
March 22nd, 2004, 01:04 PM
Commander Klarg

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

How will an optimist and a pessimist read (translate) this rebus?

FAR CLOSE AWAY NEAR

Optimist: Near at last.

Pessimist: The end is near.
March 22nd, 2004, 01:12 PM
Stalemate

Quote:

Originally Posted by Commander Klarg

Optimist: Near at last.

Pessimist: The end is near.

+3
March 22nd, 2004, 01:42 PM
Stalemate

Question 94

Submitted by NooNoo (for which she has been bonused 1 point):

Continue the series:

1 and 1 is 1
March 22nd, 2004, 02:06 PM
NooNoo

only one? should I tell them you didn't get it? :D
March 22nd, 2004, 02:10 PM
Spork

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

Submitted by NooNoo (for which she has been bonused 1 point):

Continue the series:

1 and 1 is 1

2 and 2 is 2.
3 and 3 is 3.

Taking a guess on this one because I don't get it... :confused:
March 22nd, 2004, 02:11 PM
Deity

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

Continue the series:

1 and 1 is 1

...is DocPC's score?
March 22nd, 2004, 02:16 PM
Camaro80z

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

Submitted by NooNoo (for which she has been bonused 1 point):

Continue the series:

1 and 1 is 1

2 and 2 is 4
3 and 3 is 9
4 and 4 is 16
March 22nd, 2004, 02:21 PM
Stalemate

Quote:

Originally Posted by NooNoo

only one? should I tell them you didn't get it? :D

Naaah.

Let's keep that little piece of information just to ourselve, OK?

https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Actually, let me check how many points I've given others for their suggestions, just in case I erred.
March 22nd, 2004, 02:55 PM
Stalemate

Confirmed: 1 point it was.

As a proposal, I'd like to bring that up to at least 2, or even perhaps work on a merit system where for each wrong answer and/or hour that has gone by another point is added on to the first. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Comments on that requested.
March 22nd, 2004, 03:01 PM
Deity

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

Submitted by NooNoo (for which she has been bonused 1 point):

Continue the series:

1 and 1 is 1

Binary logic

1 and 1 is 1
1 and 0 is 0
0 and 1 is 0
0 and 0 is 0
March 22nd, 2004, 03:08 PM
edball

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deity

Binary logic

1 and 1 is 1
1 and 0 is 0
0 and 1 is 0
0 and 0 is 0

That's binary logic ? :confused:
March 22nd, 2004, 03:11 PM
Deity

Quote:

Originally Posted by edball

That's binary logic ? :confused:

It equates to this:

True AND True is True
True and False is False
False and True is False
False and False is False

Very common in any programming language.
March 22nd, 2004, 03:12 PM
edball

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deity

Binary logic

1 and 1 is 1
1 and 0 is 0
0 and 1 is 0
0 and 0 is 0

Is it like a logical "AND" curcuit then ?
1 is true and the result will only be true if "1 AND 1" are true ?
I think I get it now.
March 22nd, 2004, 03:15 PM
Deity

Quote:

Originally Posted by edball

Is it like a logical "AND" curcuit then ?
1 is true and the result will only be true if "1 AND 1" are true ?
I think I get it now.

Exactly.
March 22nd, 2004, 03:21 PM
Stalemate

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deity

Binary logic

1 and 1 is 1
1 and 0 is 0
0 and 1 is 0
0 and 0 is 0

But...?

How....?

Wha.....?

3 points to the greyskin, again. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Thanks Noo, that was a great one. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif
March 22nd, 2004, 03:26 PM
Deity

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

But...?

How....?

Wha.....?

3 points to the greyskin, again. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Thanks Noo, that was a great one. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif

I spend a good portion of my time at work programming. Besides, NooNoo's back in school studying programming. :D If you can't understand the question, try to understand the person asking.
March 22nd, 2004, 03:44 PM
edball

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deity

I spend a good portion of my time at work programming. Besides, NooNoo's back in school studying programming. :D If you can't understand the question, try to understand the person asking.

That's easy for a "God" to say ! :rolleyes:
March 22nd, 2004, 04:11 PM
Spork

Yeah... I almost got that one. :rolleyes:
March 22nd, 2004, 04:20 PM
Stalemate

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spork

Yeah... I almost got that one. :rolleyes:

Like you're "almost" a fork and "almost" a spoon? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
March 22nd, 2004, 04:25 PM
Spork

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

Like you're "almost" a fork and "almost" a spoon? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

I've taken the difficulty out of life in deciding whether to use a fork or spoon. JUST USE A SPORK! :D
March 22nd, 2004, 04:31 PM
Stalemate

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spork

I've taken the difficulty out of life in deciding whether to use a fork or spoon. JUST USE A SPORK! :D

I'm going to give you an extra point, just because you're making life easier for us all. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif
March 22nd, 2004, 04:36 PM
Spork

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

I'm going to give you an extra point, just because you're making life easier for us all. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif

Yay for me!

:mult:
March 22nd, 2004, 04:41 PM
NooNoo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deity

I spend a good portion of my time at work programming. Besides, NooNoo's back in school studying programming. :D If you can't understand the question, try to understand the person asking.

Programming is the easier bit, this was born from the 2^5 exercises we had to do in subnetting - answers in denary, hex, octal and binary, required network, ip range, broadcast address and of course the subnet mask. :sad: I got em all though... eventually :thumbs2:
March 23rd, 2004, 12:47 PM
Stalemate

Question 95 - RESOLVED

A man was found dead in his library.

His forehead was resting on the keys of his tape recorder, a pool of blood on the desk beside him.

From the door, the detective could see that the victim's right hand covered the gun and that a bullet had entered his right temple.

The detective removed the tape player from under the victim's head and pressed the play button. A voice said, "This is John Smith speaking. I am not going to go on with a long-winded farewell. I am tired of life and its anguish. I'll see you all on the other side, wherever that may be." There wa a gunshot and the sound of the man's head hitting the tape recorder keys before a click indicated the recorder had been shut off.

The detective was convinced someone had imitated the victim's voice and made the recording to sound like a suicide.

Why?

__________
The tape had obviously been rewound - something the deceased could not have done himself.
March 23rd, 2004, 12:52 PM
edball

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

A man was found dead in his library.

His forehead was resting on the keys of his tape recorder, a pool of blood on the desk beside him.

From the door, the detective could see that the victim's right hand covered the gun and that a bullet had entered his right temple.

The detective removed the tape player from under the victim's head and pressed the play button. A voice said, "This is John Smith speaking. I am not going to go on with a long-winded farewell. I am tired of life and its anguish. I'll see you all on the other side, wherever that may be." There wa a gunshot and the sound of the man's head hitting the tape recorder keys before a click indicated the recorder had been shut off.

The detective was convinced someone had imitated the victim's voice and made the recording to sound like a suicide.

Why?

Because the tape was already rewound.
March 23rd, 2004, 12:54 PM
Camaro80z

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

A man was found dead in his library.

His forehead was resting on the keys of his tape recorder, a pool of blood on the desk beside him.

From the door, the detective could see that the victim's right hand covered the gun and that a bullet had entered his right temple.

The detective removed the tape player from under the victim's head and pressed the play button. A voice said, "This is John Smith speaking. I am not going to go on with a long-winded farewell. I am tired of life and its anguish. I'll see you all on the other side, wherever that may be." There wa a gunshot and the sound of the man's head hitting the tape recorder keys before a click indicated the recorder had been shut off.

The detective was convinced someone had imitated the victim's voice and made the recording to sound like a suicide.

Why?

You push the keys down to start the recording, and you have to press again and let it all the way up to stop recording. With his head resting on the keys, it would not have come up enough to release and stop the tape.
March 23rd, 2004, 12:56 PM
Stalemate

Quote:

Originally Posted by edball

Because the tape was already rewound.

All right!

Ed's back with 3 points.
March 23rd, 2004, 01:00 PM
Stalemate

Question 96 - RESOLVED

If a 2-foot long plastic toy boat carrying metallic nuts and bolts is tipped over in a bathtub, will the water level of the tub rise, fall or stay the same as it was when the nuts and bolts were in the boat?

__________
Due to the weight and construction of the metal nuts and bolts, in this case, the water level will go down.
A floating object displaces its weight and a submerged object displaces its volume.
March 23rd, 2004, 01:02 PM
edball

Quote:

Originally Posted by a d e p t

If a 2-foot long plastic toy boat carrying metallic nuts and bolts is tipped over in a bathtub, will the water level of the tub rise, fall or stay the same as it was when the nuts and bolts were in the boat?

It will lower because the boat displaced more water than the nuts and bolts.
March 23rd, 2004, 01:24 PM
Camaro80z

Quote:

Originally Posted by edball

Because the tape was already rewound.

Nice call! :thumbs:
March 23rd, 2004, 01:25 PM
Stalemate

Quote:

Originally Posted by edball

It will lower because the boat displaced more water than the nuts and bolts.

Yes. But if you can elaborate as the "why" part, that would give you another point. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
March 23rd, 2004, 02:14 PM
cisco2

Not my bonus question but something I thought about and I'm gonna post my solution anyway.

The nuts and bolts are responsible for some additional displacement of air to keep them afloat. Once you dump the nuts and bolts in the water, that air is no longer being displaced. So the water level goes down.
March 23rd, 2004, 02:30 PM
Camaro80z

Also, there is more suface area of the bottom of the boat displacing the water than the area of the nut and bolt, so less water is displaced.

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