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Post by lucid on Mar 31, 2017 6:23:46 GMT -5
I did post one. Like everything else I do, it was completely overlooked and ignored.
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Post by mandene on Apr 4, 2017 2:46:10 GMT -5
I have one for you.
We all know the "Hitchhiker's Guide"'s universal answer - 42.
Who of you knows what it means? (Yes, there is an answer to it).
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Post by appleseedy on Apr 4, 2017 3:26:46 GMT -5
how many roads must a man cross
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Post by malclave on Apr 4, 2017 4:07:45 GMT -5
I have one for you. We all know the "Hitchhiker's Guide"'s universal answer - 42. Who of you knows what it means? (Yes, there is an answer to it). It means the universe should be operating in base 13.
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Apr 4, 2017 4:17:17 GMT -5
how many roads must a man cross The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
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Post by smacrasmacrasmacra on Apr 4, 2017 5:09:49 GMT -5
I have one for you. We all know the "Hitchhiker's Guide"'s universal answer - 42. Who of you knows what it means? (Yes, there is an answer to it). Want the crappy false ones, the really neat false one, or what Doug Adams said? "The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do' I typed it out. End of story. Best, Douglas Adams"
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Post by smacrasmacrasmacra on Apr 4, 2017 5:15:19 GMT -5
Surgery Also: R3 Dead and bound, what once lived free What made no sound, now sings with glee A gourd turned to maracas? EDIT: bothers the snot outta me that there's not "binding" here...maybe the seeds of a maraca, as it's bound in the rest of the gourd...i dunno.
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Post by mandene on Apr 4, 2017 5:31:47 GMT -5
I have one for you. We all know the "Hitchhiker's Guide"'s universal answer - 42. Who of you knows what it means? (Yes, there is an answer to it). Want the crappy false ones, the really neat false one, or what Doug Adams said? "The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do' I typed it out. End of story. Best, Douglas Adams" There are a few "false ones", and it depends which you consider crappy and which you consider neat Being an engineer I have a favorit false one
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Post by Viridian Knight on Apr 4, 2017 5:55:21 GMT -5
Surgery Also: R3 Dead and bound, what once lived free What made no sound, now sings with glee A gourd turned to maracas? EDIT: bothers the snot outta me that there's not "binding" here...maybe the seeds of a maraca, as it's bound in the rest of the gourd...i dunno. I'd of said one of those wooden music boxes myself or maybe an instrument. VK.
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Post by smacrasmacrasmacra on Apr 4, 2017 5:59:14 GMT -5
Drum head made from hide?
Skin was alive, dead. bound, tied and lashed around the drum body. Skin's kinda quiet and now makes noise. Doesn't sing, though. Music...just doesn't sing.
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Post by smacrasmacrasmacra on Apr 4, 2017 6:04:33 GMT -5
String instrument...gut stretched and bound and the strings 'sing'. Final answer.
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Post by lucid on Apr 4, 2017 6:31:08 GMT -5
String instrument...gut stretched and bound and the strings 'sing'. Final answer. A winner is you
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Post by smacrasmacrasmacra on Apr 4, 2017 8:05:19 GMT -5
String instrument...gut stretched and bound and the strings 'sing'. Final answer. A winner is you Take THAT! Eat pile-driver number 44, Great Puma!
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Riddles
Apr 4, 2017 10:26:03 GMT -5
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Post by baogur on Apr 4, 2017 10:26:03 GMT -5
I have one for you. We all know the "Hitchhiker's Guide"'s universal answer - 42. Who of you knows what it means? (Yes, there is an answer to it). 42 4. 2. In Japanese, it's "shi" "ni." "Shini" To die. That's how my friend interpreted it. But maybe that's too edgy.
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Post by lucid on Apr 5, 2017 10:11:54 GMT -5
I took my dog out hunting A horde of this beast to find Those we failed to catch, we brought home Those we caught, we left behind
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Post by Fluffy the Mad on Apr 5, 2017 10:19:23 GMT -5
Fleas and/or ticks would be the answer to that one.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 10:21:37 GMT -5
Certain Bolton would have said ladies.
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Post by Duerbloodhammer on Apr 7, 2017 14:09:47 GMT -5
I have one for you. We all know the "Hitchhiker's Guide"'s universal answer - 42. Who of you knows what it means? (Yes, there is an answer to it). Want the crappy false ones, the really neat false one, or what Doug Adams said? "The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do' I typed it out. End of story. Best, Douglas Adams" I love this because it is a great representation of what authors actually do versus what we think they do. Sometimes the curtains are just blue, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
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Apr 16, 2017 4:58:47 GMT -5
Post by nemusator on Apr 16, 2017 4:58:47 GMT -5
So many cool riddles! Here is one from me. * A man weighs 50kg. He went to a market and bought 3 coconuts. Each coconut weighs 3kg. In order to get home, man has to cross the bridge. Bridge can sustain up to 56kg. Our man crossed the bridge with all three coconuts, without the bridge collapsing... How!?
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Apr 16, 2017 5:30:58 GMT -5
Post by gathera on Apr 16, 2017 5:30:58 GMT -5
So many cool riddles! Here is one from me. * A man weighs 50kg. He went to a market and bought 3 coconuts. Each coconut weighs 3kg. In order to get home, man has to cross the bridge. Bridge can sustain up to 56kg. Our man crossed the bridge with all three coconuts, without the bridge collapsing... How!? A juggler *chuckling*
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Apr 16, 2017 7:24:20 GMT -5
Post by malclave on Apr 16, 2017 7:24:20 GMT -5
So many cool riddles! Here is one from me. * A man weighs 50kg. He went to a market and bought 3 coconuts. Each coconut weighs 3kg. In order to get home, man has to cross the bridge. Bridge can sustain up to 56kg. Our man crossed the bridge with all three coconuts, without the bridge collapsing... How!? A juggler *chuckling* And I was thinking it had something to do with swallows. But as to the riddle, do you mean he crossed with all three simultaneously, or could he have carried them one at a time?
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Apr 16, 2017 7:40:31 GMT -5
Post by appleseedy on Apr 16, 2017 7:40:31 GMT -5
he threw them?
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Apr 17, 2017 11:43:31 GMT -5
Post by nemusator on Apr 17, 2017 11:43:31 GMT -5
And Gathera sets the speed record in riddle solving! -Yes, he crossed with all three at the same time, juggling.
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Post by maeglhachel on Apr 17, 2017 11:47:11 GMT -5
I would be curious to hear from a physicist, if that would actually work. Or if the thrust you have to give the coconuts upwards actually adds to your weight in that moment (and possibly more than the coconut itself.) But oh well
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Post by gathera on Apr 17, 2017 12:17:43 GMT -5
I would be curious to hear from a physicist, if that would actually work. Or if the thrust you have to give the coconuts upwards actually adds to your weight in that moment (and possibly more than the coconut itself.) But oh well It likely would lol Not only the extra force to throw one up the bit of extra force from catching it. The best way would be simply to increase the size of your feet to exert less pressure on the bridge so it doesn't fail. The same amount of weight but distributed if you will over a larger area. Floppy clown shoes to the rescue lol
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Apr 17, 2017 12:20:15 GMT -5
Post by gathera on Apr 17, 2017 12:20:15 GMT -5
I give up! *Throws the riddle book onto ceiling and it stays there...* You guys can solve anything! ...Well, congratulations! *grouses something and frowns...* As for your reward, Frubo recorded a special trance version of his Doom song. Simply put on the headphones, turn the volume to maximum (otherwise it wont work) and click on the song text below). You wont be able to hear anything else ever again after it, but Frubo says its worth it! *Dooom... Dadadooomdooooom..Dooomydididdoooooooooooooooooooom, da da dooooooooooooooooooooom!* Or this one lol
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Apr 17, 2017 12:35:58 GMT -5
Post by maeglhachel on Apr 17, 2017 12:35:58 GMT -5
I would be curious to hear from a physicist, if that would actually work. Or if the thrust you have to give the coconuts upwards actually adds to your weight in that moment (and possibly more than the coconut itself.) But oh well It likely would lol Not only the extra force to throw one up the bit of extra force from catching it. The best way would be simply to increase the size of your feet to exert less pressure on the bridge so it doesn't fail. The same amount of weight but distributed if you will over a larger area. Floppy clown shoes to the rescue lol Jar-Jar Binks feet FTW!!!!
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Apr 19, 2017 7:13:02 GMT -5
Post by appleseedy on Apr 19, 2017 7:13:02 GMT -5
I would be curious to hear from a physicist, if that would actually work. Or if the thrust you have to give the coconuts upwards actually adds to your weight in that moment (and possibly more than the coconut itself.) But oh well In exactly the same way as jumping off a falling object the moment before it touched the ground wouldn't negate momentum.... juggling coconuts doesn't negate their weight. I think
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Post by lucid on Apr 19, 2017 14:44:48 GMT -5
I would be curious to hear from a physicist, if that would actually work. Or if the thrust you have to give the coconuts upwards actually adds to your weight in that moment (and possibly more than the coconut itself.) But oh well It likely would lol Not only the extra force to throw one up the bit of extra force from catching it. The best way would be simply to increase the size of your feet to exert less pressure on the bridge so it doesn't fail. The same amount of weight but distributed if you will over a larger area. Floppy clown shoes to the rescue lol If you chucked it high enough, and caught it on the other side, you'd be ok. Otherwise no, the average weight of the system of Guy And Three Nuts is the same...meaning yes there's a moment in the cycle when it's only his weight, but then there's a time when it's more, as he presses down with his feet to push the coconuts upward. If you do the math on it you'll see you end up worse off, as you lose some energy to friction. The weight in any given moment will fall upon a sine wave, but you have to pay for what you got, or else cross the bridge before one cycle of the system is complete (i.e. chuck it so hard it doesn't come down until you're across). The wave need not be pretty, you can toss with a sharp jab or a long mushy push, but either way, you weigh more when throwing than when holding. In fact...if you and your 3 balls were -just- under the limit...juggling would create conditions that would collapse the bridge, as the high point of the cycle would have you pressing down harder than you would at rest. Yes, for a brief shining moment, you will weigh less...but unfortunately there's an earlier brief shining moment when you weigh more, and it all comes crashing down. Sorry...juggling is not the answer. Snow shoes is not the answer either. The bridge itself is a giant snow shoe holding your weight. If the problem is putting your foot through the rotten wood, then yes, snow shoes help. But if the bridge is having its weight limit exceeded, you're going down in a hideous cacophony of snapping lines and groaning wood. Did a search and found this amusing take on it as well: I am reminded of the notion of an airplane trying to take off from a conveyor belt. If the conveyor belt is moving backwards at 30 mph (scary ass equipment needed for this experiment but there you go), how is the airplane affected when it tries to take off, compared to taking off with the conveyor belt at rest (the ground)?
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Apr 23, 2017 8:41:34 GMT -5
Post by nemusator on Apr 23, 2017 8:41:34 GMT -5
* What is mutual to a lighter and a combine harvester?
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