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Originally Posted by i3li
I'm not even going to bother looking back to find this one, i3li - it's already been answered some time ago. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
Perhaps you'd like to try your hand at the latest one?
Once they are answered and points have been given out, the answers are now posted under the question.
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Originally Posted by Ya_know
You know what's funny?
3 things:
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- Stopping this thread will not end your addiction to it. You must face the challenge, embrace, be one with it and conquer it.
- That answer is exactly identical to the one given on the website where I found the original question in the first place. Line for line.
- Your postcount spells "GOOG" right now in l337. Coincidence?
Maybe if you changed the wording of the post so that searches become impossible, you would make it harder for people to score without actually solving the riddle. Oh, and one more thing...3 points please. :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
I will grant them to you, although I'm strongly doubting the use of your good friend Google here, as I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt whenever I can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ya_know
Plus, I can't prove anything. Your last post is almost an admission, but not close enough. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
Can you say "three points"? That's very good. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
It's called the "honor system", I figured a Marine would understand that. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ya_know
Of course he does.Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
Are you insinuating that... that he could have... Surely not!
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Insinuating what? I could have what?Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Used a search engine to assist you in answering the last question, thereby invalidating all your points so far and kicking you out of the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ya_know
You wouldn't - you couldn't have! https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
Only Ya_Know knows if his points are solid or hollow........ ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Have you ever been in the Marines, what honor system do you mean here? Then what about my honor as a Marine, and my participation in an Internet forum riddle game, what is the corelation?Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
I would say "none", but that won't get your goat as well as implying the opposite, will it? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Ya_know
You all couldn't even touch my goat let alone get it. Bunch of perverts you are!Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
You have a goat?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ya_know
It was just an expression - a figure of speech!
Why do you have a goat? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
Excuse me, all your goats are belong to ferrit.
ROTFL!!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
Alright, if I have to spell it out for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ya_know
No, I haven't been in the Marines. I did have a very good friend that was in the Marines in Vietnam. He was a man of honor and gave me the impression that Marines were honorable.
The honor system I was refering to was in this game. There is really no way to know if anyone is cheating, but if they are then that is their problem, a stain on their honor, it's on them.
I actually wasn't accusing you of cheating, I thought it was a joke, I was making one of my own.
All in good fun until someone loses an eye. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
A stain on their honor.... :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
Oh wait...
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You've got to be kidding!!!
Don't make me revoke your video game privileges, boys! :mad:
Really, I don't care if you cheat, you'll never catch me anyway... :butt:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ya_know
Because you cover your tracks so well... :eek2:Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
With my dust.... :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ya_know
Pad
Pete Polyester decided to get into the used boat sales business.
After buying two boats, he realised he'd spent all his money and had no cash flow. Pete opted for a couple of quick sales. By the end of the day he had sold both boats for 6000 pounds each.
On one boat he realized a profit of 20% and on the other boat he lost 20%.
Did Pete make money, lose money, or break even?
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He made a profit of 1000 on one sale, but lost 1500 on the other. He lost 500.
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
He lost 500 dollars!
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Originally Posted by Camaro80z
3 points, and my respect for seeing a WOTPP disciple enthusiastically participate firstly with an answer today.
Duncan Drivel had a collection of rare bird calling records which he wished to sell.
He sold half of his records plus a half record more to Professor Bumble. Then he sold half of what was left and a half record more to Whislin Willy. At this point Duncan had one record left.
How many records did Duncan have originally?
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7 records.
Working backwards:
1 + .5 = 1.5
1.5 * 2 = 3
3 + .5 = 3.5
3.5* 2 = 7
7 records.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Working backwards:
1 + .5 = 1.5
1.5 * 2 = 3
3 + .5 = 3.5
3.5* 2 = 7
You were due for 3 points, so there they are. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Deity
Miss Goodbody, a travel agent, sold Sid Shady some tickets to fly to the Swiss Alps, where he and his wife could do some mountain climbing.
About a week later, Miss Goodbody was watching the local news when a story came on explaining that the vacationing Mrs. Shady had plunged to her death while scaling a cliff. Mr. Shady, the only witness, tearfully explained that his wife had failed to secure her safety line, and when she slipped, she fell to her death.
Miss Goodbody didn't know Mr. or Mrs. Shady, but after watching the story, she was certain Mrs. Shady was murdered.
How could Miss Goodbody be so sure of foul play?
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Mr. Shady had purchased a two-way ticket for himself, but only a one-way ticket for his wife from Miss Goodbody.
She knew by the tickets he bought. Really it's not known because it's not said in the statement but the only logical assumption you can make is that he only bought her a one way ticket. This would be the only piece of evidence that could be provided to her but not mentioned in the news story.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
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Originally Posted by Guntz
Excellent deduction worth 3 points.
Under what conditions would a rope be most likely to break?
- 20 men of equal strength with 10 pulling on each end.
- 10 of the same men pulling on one end and the other end being fastened to a tree.
- It makes no difference.
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C. The maximum tension on a rope is equal to the pull exerted at one of its ends.
The 10 men pulling against the tree. The men pulling against each other would fall or lose their grip if the pressure was too much, but the tree will never bunch.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Nope.
It is the 20 men pulling against each other, since there would be force from both sides on the center of the rope.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
I don't think it would matter because wouldnt the tensile stress in the center or tearning point be the same under either method?
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Originally Posted by Guntz
You wenr't supposed to anser until after i was rejected again, so I could use all of the options! D'oh! :thumbs:
"Intuitive leaps of logic" as edball likes to put it. :grin:
Correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntz
3 points. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
"Intuitive" - riiiiiight. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif