GAME: MindTrap

Ah, good.

The gang's all here.

In a room measuring 15 metres by 15 metres by 15 metres is - or rather was - displayed a famous diamond. The room is made of concrete blocks and the floor is covered with a thick carpet.

The only thing in the room is the diamond, housed under a glass cube. Said cube stands on a 1 metre pedestal located in the middle of the room.

Alarm wires spaced 8 centimetres apart and running parallel to each other run under the carpet. The alarm will trigger if more than 4 kilograms of pressure is applied to any individual wire.





Our thief, a lad of 74 kilograms, was able to obtain the diamond by using the following equipment:

• 5 metre long 2x4 board
• 4 leather straps (each 2 metres long and 5 centimetres wide)
• 1 hammer
• 1 saw

If you can tell us how he pulled off the heist, you'll join our crew as tactician for our next job.



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Our thief first cuts the 5 meter long 2x4 in half with his saw. He then uses the leather straps to lash the boards to his feet.

He is then able to walk across the room on the boards, because his weight is distributed across the now 2.5m long 2x4s. With his 74kg of weight distributed across 2.5 meters, the total weight on each wire is less than 4kg thereby not setting off the alarm.

He is then able to walk directly up to the glass and break it with the hammer, taking the diamond.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Ah, good.

The gang's all here.

In a room measuring 15 metres by 15 metres by 15 metres is - or rather was - displayed a famous diamond. The room is made of concrete blocks and the floor is covered with a thick carpet.

The only thing in the room is the diamond, housed under a glass cube. Said cube stands on a 1 metre pedestal located in the middle of the room.

Alarm wires spaced 8 centimetres apart and running parallel to each other run under the carpet. The alarm will trigger if more than 4 kilograms of pressure is applied to any individual wire.



Our thief, a lad of 74 kilograms, was able to obtain the diamond by using the following equipment:

• 5 metre long 2x4 board
• 4 leather straps (each 2 metres long and 5 centimetres wide)
• 1 hammer
• 1 saw

If you can tell us how he pulled off the heist, you'll join our crew as tactician for our next job.

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He walked in between 2 wires right up to the pedestal and broke the glass with his hammer took the diamond and left the same way he came in.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Ah, good.

The gang's all here.

In a room measuring 15 metres by 15 metres by 15 metres is - or rather was - displayed a famous diamond. The room is made of concrete blocks and the floor is covered with a thick carpet.

The only thing in the room is the diamond, housed under a glass cube. Said cube stands on a 1 metre pedestal located in the middle of the room.

Alarm wires spaced 8 centimetres apart and running parallel to each other run under the carpet. The alarm will trigger if more than 4 kilograms of pressure is applied to any individual wire.



Our thief, a lad of 74 kilograms, was able to obtain the diamond by using the following equipment:

• 5 metre long 2x4 board
• 4 leather straps (each 2 metres long and 5 centimetres wide)
• 1 hammer
• 1 saw

If you can tell us how he pulled off the heist, you'll join our crew as tactician for our next job.

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Our theif first cuts the 5 meter long 2x4 in half with his saw. He then uses the leather straps to lash the boards to his feet. He is then able to walk across the room on the boards, because his weight is distributed across the now 2.5m long 2x4s. With his 74kg of weight distributed across 2.5 meters, the total weight on each wire is less than 4kg thereby not setting off the alarm. He is then able to walk directly up to the glass and break it with the hammer, taking the diamond.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Ah, good.

The gang's all here.

In a room measuring 15 metres by 15 metres by 15 metres is - or rather was - displayed a famous diamond. The room is made of concrete blocks and the floor is covered with a thick carpet.

The only thing in the room is the diamond, housed under a glass cube. Said cube stands on a 1 metre pedestal located in the middle of the room.

Alarm wires spaced 8 centimetres apart and running parallel to each other run under the carpet. The alarm will trigger if more than 4 kilograms of pressure is applied to any individual wire.



Our thief, a lad of 74 kilograms, was able to obtain the diamond by using the following equipment:

• 5 metre long 2x4 board
• 4 leather straps (each 2 metres long and 5 centimetres wide)
• 1 hammer
• 1 saw

If you can tell us how he pulled off the heist, you'll join our crew as tactician for our next job.

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Another way would be to cut the 2x4 in half, tie his straps each half and use them as makeshift shoes to walk between the wires, then use the hammer to break the glass and get the diamond.

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Originally Posted by edball

He walked in between 2 wires right up to the pedestal and broke the glass with his hammer took the diamond and left the same way he came in.

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Close...

...but the thief had no way of knowing where the wires started or ended, being underneath the rug and all. Placing his feet properly in that 3.15" gap would have been next to impossible.


Maybe you could be our errand boy, instead. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by Deity

Our theif first cuts the 5 meter long 2x4 in half with his saw. He then uses the leather straps to lash the boards to his feet. He is then able to walk across the room on the boards, because his weight is distributed across the now 2.5m long 2x4s. With his 74kg of weight distributed across 2.5 meters, the total weight on each wire is less than 4kg thereby not setting off the alarm. He is then able to walk directly up to the glass and break it with the hammer, taking the diamond.

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That's it.

3 points.

You now get to boss the errand boy around. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

That's it.

3 points.

You now get to boss the errand boy around. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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He's already ahead of me, don't give him a big head. :devil:

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Originally Posted by edball

He's already ahead of me, don't give him a big head. :devil:

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Quiet down errand boy! :devil:

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Originally Posted by edball

He's already ahead of me, don't give him a big head. :devil:

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"Big head" - funny!

Just look at that noggin'! https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif


By changing the third letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word. You have to change each word such that the third letters will reveal a ten letter word when read downwards. Therefore, what now reads KRZSAPROKD will be a real word.



BAKE
CURE
MAZE
PEST
NEAT
ROPE
PORT
FOOD
POKE
SODA


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Strawberry

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

"Big head" - funny!

Just look at that noggin'! https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif


By changing the third letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word. You have to change each word such that the third letters will reveal a ten letter word when read downwards. Therefore, what now reads KRZSAPROKD will be a real word.

BAKE
CURE
MAZE
PEST
NEAT
ROPE
PORT
FOOD
POKE
SODA

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BASE
CUTE
MARE
PEAT
NEWT
ROBE
POET
FORD
PORE
SOYA

Strawberry

And leave my noggin out of it. :eek2:

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Originally Posted by Deity

BASE
CUTE
MARE
PEAT
NEWT
ROBE
POET
FORD
PORE
SOYA

Strawberry

And leave my noggin out of it. :eek2:

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You're ruining it for those who don't have a melon-head, but that's still another 3 points for you. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

You're ruining it for those who don't have a melon-head

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That's what all the other demi-gods used to say to me when I was growing up. :sad:

Last one today.




Using only two 2's and any combination of mathematical signs, symbols and functions can you make 5?


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SQRT(.2 ^ -2)

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Last one today.


Using only two 2's and any combination of mathematical signs, symbols and functions can you make 5?

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Yeah. 2+2+1=5. There's only two 2s there. :D

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

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Originally Posted by Deity

Our theif first cuts the 5 meter long 2x4 in half with his saw. He then uses the leather straps to lash the boards to his feet. He is then able to walk across the room on the boards, because his weight is distributed across the now 2.5m long 2x4s. With his 74kg of weight distributed across 2.5 meters, the total weight on each wire is less than 4kg thereby not setting off the alarm. He is then able to walk directly up to the glass and break it with the hammer, taking the diamond.

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That's it.

3 points.

You now get to boss the errand boy around. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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That's BS. I don't see how someone that weighs 74kg's can distribute his weight on a 2.5 meter board (remember he has to lift one foot, applying pressure completely on one board) so that less than 4kg is on each wire. You tell me how that works out, and I will believe it then...otherwise, you're just making these things up!