Re: Jokes and Riddles Centre
 

noo, its much simplier. the battlecruiser had no suplies.

Or the transport had better ECM http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
Or the BC was a boarding ship and the transport had Security Stations http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I dunno! lol

[ August 01, 2003, 06:32: Message edited by: Taera ]

Re: Jokes and Riddles Centre
 

Ok, here's neat little puzzle...

You have 2 egg timer sand-type "hour" glasses. One measures exactly 4 minutes, the other measures exactly 7 minutes. You are making a recipe requiring exactly 9 minutes. How do you time it.

Answers to all the weasel questions:
no you can't estimate times
no you can't lay one down on its side
no fancy stuff, this is not that hard.

Slick.

Re: Jokes and Riddles Centre
 

measure the four minute one half-way. that only works, though, if it's marked or a regular cylinder shape. if the 7 one is marked, you don't even need to do that.

or, just use a clock.

[ August 01, 2003, 07:12: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Can't put one sideways to pause it? Pity. No matter....

1) Start both timers.
2) When the four-minute timer finishes (three left in 7), flip 4.
3) When 7 finishes (three minutes later; one left in 4), flip 7.
4) When 4 finishes (one minute later; six left in 7) flip 4.
5) When 4 finishes (four minutes later; two left in 7) start recepie
6) When 7 finishes (2 minutes later), flip 7
7) When 7 finishes, (7 minutes later; 9 since started recepie), stop recepie.

This may be slightly more complex than is necessary, but should get the job done.

Re: Jokes and Riddles Centre
 

The simple answer to my Last puzzle:

The Jreanar and Norak were allied, against some other race.
Both the Transport and Battlecruiser were on the winning side.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Can't put one sideways to pause it? Pity. No matter....

1) Start both timers.
2) When the four-minute timer finishes (three left in 7), flip 4.
3) When 7 finishes (three minutes later; one left in 4), flip 7.
4) When 4 finishes (one minute later; six left in 7) flip 4.
5) When 4 finishes (four minutes later; two left in 7) start recepie
6) When 7 finishes (2 minutes later), flip 7
7) When 7 finishes, (7 minutes later; 9 since started recepie), stop recepie.

This may be slightly more complex than is necessary, but should get the job done.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, this is a correct answer. Good job. There is another, shorter method that does not require setup: If you change step 4) to read: "When 4 finishes (one minute later; six left in 7) flip 7.", it works. (8 minutes have gone by at this point, and there is one minute of sand in the bottom of the 7 minute timer, so you can dump it back out to get to time the Last minute for a total of 9 minutes).

Slick.

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Seven Crows are in the farmer crops.

He shoots one.

How many crows are left in the crops?

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counting dead crows, 7.
not counting dead crows, 6.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">One, the one he shot. The other six fly away when the gun goes off.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">One, the one he shot. The other six fly away when the gun goes off.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">BINGO. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif