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Author Topic: Puzzle of the Week 4  (Read 2055 times)

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Puzzle of the Week 4
« on: February 05, 2011, 10:01:00 AM »
PM me the answer.  Do not post it here.


Puzzle #4 (2/5/11)

It's a word puzzle this week.  Send the answer by next Friday.
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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2011, 07:10:25 PM »
I cheated. I'm out.

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xolik: WHERE IS OBAMA'S GIFT CERTIFICATE?
Demosthenes: Is that from the gifters movement?

Detta: Crappy old shorts and a tank top.  This is how I dress for work. Because my job is to get puked on.
Demosthenes: So is mine.  I work in IT.

bananaskittles: The world is 4chan and God is a troll.

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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2011, 10:10:18 PM »
What do you mean, you cheated??  You gave up and looked it up?  How did you cheat?


Anyway, Jaepheth gets 25 puzzle points.  Novice also gets 25 puzzle points.
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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2011, 05:29:18 AM »
HeavyJay gets 25 puzzle points!



And what am I doing up at 5:30 am on a Sunday?  I don't know, ask my daughter.  She just went back to bed.
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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2011, 06:08:12 AM »
Quote from: Detta on February 06, 2011, 05:29:18 AM
up at 5:30 am on a Sunday?
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Quote from: Detta on February 06, 2011, 05:29:18 AM
my daughter.  She just went back to bed.
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 Peace?  lol
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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2011, 06:21:19 PM »
Quote from: Detta on February 05, 2011, 10:10:18 PM
What do you mean, you cheated??  You gave up and looked it up?  How did you cheat?

I misunderstood the instructions, stared at the puzzle fruitlessly for too long, gave up and ran one of them through an anagram generator because I had work to do and I needed to stop thinking about the damn thing.
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Detta: Crappy old shorts and a tank top.  This is how I dress for work. Because my job is to get puked on.
Demosthenes: So is mine.  I work in IT.

bananaskittles: The world is 4chan and God is a troll.

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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2011, 07:41:59 PM »
reimero gets 20 puzzle points!
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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2011, 07:42:21 PM »
ivan, I know you're just trying to let others catch up to you.
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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2011, 08:43:14 PM »
No, I was actually dumb enough to misunderstand the instructions and as a result get frustrated, which inevitably gets me in trouble.

I don't handle frustration in an easy-going, civilized manner.

I become an animalistic brute.

An animalistic brute who cheats.


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xolik: WHERE IS OBAMA'S GIFT CERTIFICATE?
Demosthenes: Is that from the gifters movement?

Detta: Crappy old shorts and a tank top.  This is how I dress for work. Because my job is to get puked on.
Demosthenes: So is mine.  I work in IT.

bananaskittles: The world is 4chan and God is a troll.

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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2011, 07:48:28 PM »
How does one cheat when there are no rules?
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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2011, 10:46:21 PM »
Quote from: Jaepheth on February 08, 2011, 07:48:28 PM
How does one cheat when there are no rules?

Instead of these zen koans, how about answering my question?

Quote from: ivan on February 02, 2011, 05:35:12 PM

So, about that Schwarz Inequality... how does it work?

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xolik: WHERE IS OBAMA'S GIFT CERTIFICATE?
Demosthenes: Is that from the gifters movement?

Detta: Crappy old shorts and a tank top.  This is how I dress for work. Because my job is to get puked on.
Demosthenes: So is mine.  I work in IT.

bananaskittles: The world is 4chan and God is a troll.

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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2011, 09:01:28 AM »
ivan has 75 puzzle points.

Jaepheth has 75 puzzle points.

Novice has 60 puzzle points.

TheJudge has 30 puzzle points.

Banshee has 30 puzzle points.

p5ych0t3ch has 25 puzzle points.

HeavyJay has 25 puzzle points.

Demo has 20 puzzle points.

reimero has 20 enriching puzzle points.

Fraggles has 5 puzzle points.


Did I get everyone?
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Re: Puzzle of the Week 4
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2011, 09:08:23 AM »
The answer was:

Esoteric
Bacteria
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