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I have a puzzle for you! :D
There is a rule that determines if a square belongs in the right side or left side - your job is to work out the rule and determine which squares at the bottom go in left and which in right.
If you want to guess the answer please say which sides the bottom squares go in. Since giving the answer doesn't really help determine the rules, please do not give the rules if you work them out so others can still play.
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/anarres/200312513134_puzzle2.gif
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Clues can be given if no-one gets it...
Example answer...
Left: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Right: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
(btw, this is wrong [:p])
smalltalk
05-12-2003, 19:07
[scratch] [ponder] [no] [sad] [cry] [xx(]
I guess I suck at puzzles. Embarassing for a pro. ;)
BTW, Anarres, I found out from one of your recent posts at the CDG-UN, that we share the same profession. But this puzzle makes me feel like I won my diploma at the lottery.
I cant figure out the rule either ---- yet
quote:BTW, Anarres, I found out from one of your recent posts at the CDG-UN, that we share the same profession. But this puzzle makes me feel like I won my diploma at the lottery.You're a whore too! [:o][:o][:o]
hehe. I can't even remember what I said at the UN, but my job involves so many things I could have said anything to do with software, or could you be refering to my Maths degree?
Regarding the puzzle - a mate of mine gave it to several people at work to solve because he had it for 3 days and couldn't work it out. I was lost on it for a very long time - coming back to it several times over the last couple of days, and eventually had an epiphany and 'saw' the answer.
If you want I can give a clue - the answer has something to do with one or more of the following:
Position, direction and length.
Like thats a useful hint. I'd have been worried if the answer was nothing to do with position length and direction!
I'll have to come up with a code to represent the position and then check out all the combinations....
OK, it's a better hint to tell you the rule is based on just one of those three conditions.
Kingreno
06-12-2003, 08:34
quote:Position, direction and length.
It is a sexual thing right?[lol]
But honnestly...only one of the three?
Left: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10
Right: 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 12
Sir Eric
06-12-2003, 13:59
I've got NFI!!!
I saw the link for this in the cracker thread and thought that it would be a nice easy little bit of fun..... AARRRGGHHH!!!!!! My Brain is hurting!!!!!!![aargh][dunno][help][mad3][scratch][wallbash][bomb]
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Stapel - if two of your numbers were swapped you would have the answer! :D
Email me or come on MSM and tell me what you think the rule is, or alternatively check your answer to see if you wrote down the numbers wrong...
What I did:
I didn't take a look at the pics on the top, just at the bottom ones.
I added te vectors.....
And just checked wether the result vectors were pointing left ot right.....
That was too easy to be correct...
It isn't the right answer Stapel, but it's a good attempt.
And it certainly wasn't too easy to be correct. In fact, the rule is much simpler!
smalltalk
07-12-2003, 13:49
Darn. Sometimes the simple things seem to be the most difficult ones.
About the whore thang: well, I both suck at and suck for certain things, but money is usually not involved. In that regard I'm just an enthusiast amateur.
Oh, and I was refering to your math degree.
Keep working on it. I also posted this in the Advanced Maths Problem thread at CFC and someone got it after hints. If you really want to know the answer go look there (but don't post it here, I want to see if someoen can get it).
This is driving me nuts.[eek][eek]
Just a question: suppose there is a square in the bottom and it is exactly the same as a square left (lets say). Would that mean that it automatically goes left because of the rule?
If it is *exactly* the same then yes, it would go in the same side. But that's really looking for a 'trick' question, and it isn't a trick.
Left : 1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12
Right: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
[thumbsup] Congrats PP!
[band]
Isn't it such an annoyingly simple rule? [groucho]
quote:Originally posted by anarres
[thumbsup] Congrats PP!
[band]
Isn't it such an annoyingly simple rule? [groucho]
Thanks and yes, it's annoyingly simple. No maths degree required, as I dont have one. Q.E.D.
smalltalk
08-12-2003, 22:27
Q.E.D.
Yes, sometimes people are blind, ignorant fools, even if they got any degree.
(Talking of myself here.:( )
Do people want the answer or are they still trying?
smalltalk
10-12-2003, 22:53
I was bitching. [:o] Did have a look at the solution at CFC.
Xoxxing simple - but only after I saw the solution. [saiyan]
quote:Originally posted by anarres
Do people want the answer or are they still trying?
I'd like to know, yeah!
Draw a line from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of each square. The squares on the left all have the arrowheads in the top right triangle. :D
Oh my God! And I did check the heads only on position, but still didn't notice.......
[eek][wallbash][wallbash]
Heh, took me a while to get this one too. The problem for me was that I am used to thinking of vectors in terms of magnitude and direction. This would be an easy problem if you removed the arrows associated with the positions.
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