Solve Enjoyable Enigmas with Mr.E's Challenge

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The forum thread invites puzzle enthusiasts to share various types of puzzles, including cryptograms and whodunnits, while emphasizing that participants should know the answers without resorting to online searches. A code message is presented, which participants attempt to decode, leading to discussions about its meaning and possible interpretations. Participants also engage in solving additional puzzles, such as cutting a cake into pieces with minimal cuts and a physics challenge involving water and matchsticks. The conversation highlights the enjoyment of problem-solving and the creative thinking required to tackle these enigmas. Overall, the thread fosters a collaborative atmosphere for sharing and solving intriguing puzzles.
  • #61
Enigman said:
You've already got it...
And you get the other prize money after you spend the year there...send me some photos...
I'm not going to Venus. And I haven't gotten my $100.00. You should also probably PayPal Collinsmark about $10.00 for all the fruit and matches for his experiments.
 
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  • #62
The question clearly states that the waiter (you) has walked off with the money and the question was what did you do, ergo you have got it. As for Collinsmark since you owe him for the correct answer you should recompense him from your prize money. $90 for a tip is quite generous (considering your attitude inasmuch you refuse to go to Venus.) now, don't be a scrooge, zoobie.
 
  • #63
Enigman said:
The question clearly states that the waiter (you) has walked off with the money and the question was what did you do, ergo you have got it.
You may say I walked away with it all you want, but I haven't walked away yet. I'm standing here waiting.

As for Collinsmark since you owe him for the correct answer...
Whoah! I owe him for the correct explanation, that's all. I published the correct answer before him, and that's all that counts.
 
  • #64
zoobyshoe said:
You may say I walked away with it all you want, but I haven't walked away yet. I'm standing here waiting.
You PF while standing? Zoobie Brush Shelter sure has got some queer ways...well, wait ON! (preferably on me...)
Whoah! I owe him for the correct explanation, that's all. I published the correct answer before him, and that's all that counts.
Sir Newt would say the same thing about his corpuscular theory and Einstein's photons...
Doesn't change the fact that both of you were wrong.

:devil:
Now let me think/google up the next one...
 
  • #65
Doesn't change the fact that both of you were wrong.
Oh, now we're wrong?!?

What's the right answer, then? Collinsmark is eager to test it experimentally.
 
  • #66
I need to make a clarification. In a previous post I claimed:

collinsmark said:
If we take the sun's North pole as "up" (using the right hand rule -- this is how astronomers define a celestial body's North and South, by using the right hand rule on the body's rotation)

It turns out it's not quite so simple, at least as defined by the IAU anyway. For a more detailed definition, this might be a good place to start.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poles_of_astronomical_bodies
 
  • #67
zoobyshoe said:
Oh, now we're wrong?!?

What's the right answer, then? Collinsmark is eager to test it experimentally.

You and Newt (on), mes enfants...Collinsmark was right.
BTW Collinsmark, I did not know about the poles...Thanks for the information and the really detailed explanations and saving me the pains...:biggrin:
 
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  • #68
Well the next one then, you've been given a barrel of beer and I've removed some quantity from it (Hic!).
You are to determine whether the quantity removed was more than half, half or less than it...without using any instruments whatsoever except your 'selves'. Be advised that you are not to drink it, or dunk your hand, legs, head or anything else in it. After solving the puzzle you may drink this hypothetical beer up or dump it on my head. (preferably the later)
Good Luck!
And no googling ZBS (or anyone else)...
Use those (P)Fing brains of yours.
 
  • #69
... Look inside the barrel?
 
  • #70
You are allowed to do that -however you have to be accurate; there has to be absolute certainty and even a small amount would make a difference.
 
  • #71
Enigman said:
You and Newt (on), mes enfants...Collinsmark was right.
So, I was right before when you thought you could make me think I already had my $100.00, but since I didn't fall for that you're now redefining me as wrong.

This contest is rigged. You're all about scamming the winners out of their prizes. I bet collinsmark never sees a penny of his million.
 
  • #72
Lol Zshoe!
 
  • #73
Gad said:
Lol Zshoe!

And don't bother figuring out the beer barrel. You'll never see a drop of that hypothetical beer.
 
  • #74
:smile:
 
  • #75
By Einstein's mythical socks! I haven't laughed so hard in ages...
zoobyshoe said:
So, I was right before when you thought you could make me think I already had my $100.00, but since I didn't fall for that you're now redefining me as wrong.
I am not redefining any zoobies, Collinsmark proved your reasoning to be wrong... Also you answered the question as to what you had done to get the prize money after you had got it.

This contest is rigged. You're all about scamming the winners out of their prizes.
*no comments*- :blushing:
I bet collinsmark never sees a penny of his million.
After he spends his year in Venus, he would... Reaching there is his responsibility, but I promise to send required supplies there...

As for the beer, well solve it and see...:wink:
 
  • #76
... I'm pretty sure I can accurately tell beer level in the barrel, just show me the thing. :biggrin:
 
  • #77
10750665-beer-barrel.jpg

Through that hole?
 
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  • #78
Enigman said:
I am not redefining any zoobies,
This is a logical fallacy called a "straw man". I never said you were redefining any zoobies. I said you were redefining Archimedes.
Collinsmark proved your reasoning to be wrong...
Yes, the reasoning, not the answer. There's no prohibition against accidentally correct answers. Besides, collinsmark was baffled by the fruit and wanted to feed it to Gad.
Also you answered the question as to what you had done to get the prize money after you had got it.
No, you questioned the response to my interrogative about the pre-post prize money award, before I had even answered your after-the-fact, and subtended denial prior to collinsmark having told Omcheeto about the cork in the bottom of the beer barrel.
*no comments*- :blushing:
Fifth ammendment. I figured.
After he spends his year in Venus, he would... Reaching there is his responsibility, but I promise to send required supplies there...
He'll be incinerated and dissolved. Great way to get out of paying him.
As for the beer, well solve it and see...:wink:
This is a tough one, but I think the solution hinges on one's ability to tell whether the barrel is exactly half empty or exactly half full.
 
  • #79
Enigman said:
10750665-beer-barrel.jpg

Through that hole?

AAAHaaahaahaahaha. I was thinking a standing open barrel. OK. :biggrin:
 
  • #80
You can stand it up, stand on it, roll it, tilt it, carry it over your head, as far as I am concerned...Just don't break it or spill any beer...
that was a hint
 
  • #81
zoobyshoe said:
... you're now redefining me as wrong

zoobyshoe said:
This is a logical fallacy called a "straw man". I never said you were redefining any zoobies. I said you were redefining Archimedes.
Did you just claim to be Archimedes? I WANT AN AUTOGRAPH!


He'll be incinerated and dissolved. Great way to get out of paying him.
:devil:

This is a tough one, but I think the solution hinges on one's ability to tell whether the barrel is exactly half empty or exactly half full.
Nope, its about symmetry l yrtemmys
 
  • #82
Is there an inclined ground of a certain angle to get this barrel with no force applied go down like a rolling stone?...:biggrin:
 
  • #83
It's easy if it's a lot more or less than half. I can't think of a way to tell the difference between half or merely close to half without instruments.
 
  • #84
A huge hint: the hole is big enough so that you can see the top edge of the bottom of the barrel and the bottom edge of the top of the barrel, check the picture...
 
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  • #85
Enigman said:
A huge hint: the hole is big enough so that you can see the top edge of the bottom of the barrel and the bottom edge of the top of the barrel, check the picture...
That is a huge hint. I got it now. I'll let Gad consider that hint for a while.
 
  • #86
*blank stare*.. Next one please.
 
  • #87
Gad said:
*blank stare*.. Next one please.
Another clue: you can take a rectangle and draw a line from one corner to the opposite corner making two triangles that are exactly equal in all ways, congruent triangles.
 
  • #88
Next puzzle, I don't drink beer. :biggrin:
 
  • #89
Gad said:
Next puzzle, I don't drink beer. :biggrin:

I drink beer, and I have not a clue how to solve this puzzle.

How do you tell if there is +/- one molecules worth of grog in that flask?

I'm 99.9999% sure that this is not something that one can solve with science.

This is a word game.
 
  • #90
OmCheeto said:
How do you tell if there is +/- one molecules worth of grog in that flask?
It's obvious the tolerance isn't that tight. The tolerance is more like a half pitcher either way.
 

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