The Sphinx's Lair

I was debating asking if anyone wanted to give ideas towards fun concepts and I'd be happy to incorporate them... makes drawing easier - I'm better doing stuff for people than thinking off the top of my head

@Forklift I didn't even get notified someone went and edited my puzzle... there was no point to what they did...

dcfyj

@n_palum same

n_palum

@dcfyj Well I mean for drawing specifically :P

dcfyj

I meant in general (although I suck at drawing)

Forklift

7:19 PM

@dcfyj inspiration? how about creating a puzzle that uses story traversal similar to a choose your own adventure story while also providing clues to its correct path within the story?

dcfyj

That would involve being creative enough to come up with a cohesive story. AKA, not me lol

Forklift

fair play. I've been mulling the idea around and I'm almost ready to punt :)

dcfyj

I've a puzzle in the making (it's been sitting around for months) I'm finally nearing completion on it

It probably won't be done tomorrow, but I think maybe early next week.

Forklift

don't you dare post it when I'm not at work

dcfyj

I very very very very very very (did I say very?) rarely get on when I'm not at work myself, so...

@Forklift Have you seen my other puzzles?

n_palum

7:23 PM

@dcfyj I'm on just not as active when off work... I wonder if that'll change when I I'm done here and go back to classes come last August

Forklift

I have not. I came here after your last posting

dcfyj

@Forklift I knew that much, I haven't posted anything since... (going to go look it up)

March

Mike Q

@n_palum Show me a dictionary with ffao in it!

n_palum

@MikeQ LET ME MAKE A JOKE

Mike Q

No jokes for you!

n_palum

7:25 PM

D: D: D:

@ffao for what it's worth LOADED is a notable word but I couldn't find a fun non notable to be its counter

Deusovi

@MikeQ ????

Mike Q

@Deusovi np made a thing, and I made fun of np

dcfyj

Shiro's not an english word :P

Mike Q

VIP is 3 words and New Jersey is 2

Sphinx

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Q: What is a Notable Word™?

In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles. If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Notable Word™. Use the examples below to find the rule. $$ % set Title text. (spaces around the text ARE important; do not rem...

Forklift

7:32 PM

it's a Notable Word if it's in the same column as Notable. QED

dcfyj

@Rubio Have any blackouts recently?

Man. I have got to do something about these blackouts I keep having. — Rubio ♦ Jan 11 at 15:33

Mike Q

@Forklift Words must be independent

n_palum

@Forklift Dang you're good at this

@dcfyj Like physical? Or loss of power?

7 mins ago, by n_palum

@MikeQ LET ME MAKE A JOKE

dcfyj

@n_palum Go look at it np

Forklift

I'll let someone else take the credit. You can post the answer, Mike. :)

dcfyj

7:33 PM

As I recall, it's something I posted long before you came to this site

n_palum

@dcfyj :O that's fun :P

dcfyj

Looking at older puzzles can be informative and/or fun :)

n_palum

I've done that but there are so many

dcfyj

most of mine are ciphers and/or steganography though

Sconibulus

Damn, I had an idea but LUNCH broke it

dcfyj

7:37 PM

The ones I like best are my desert wanderings though ^^

n_palum

My puzzles are like 50% bad, 25% attempts at learning something new, 25% me screwing up and 100% making Deus mad

dcfyj

@Sconibulus This is why you should write things down

@n_palum lol

Well, actually that spot might be taken by my minesweeper one, kind of a toss up

Minesweeper took a long time to make though...

n_palum

@Sconibulus you may be right... I refer to my I'm dumb statement

It's edited - Lunch is notable

Sconibulus

after Lunch broke it I saw that New Jersey also broke it

so I think I'm probably still wrong

n_palum

Agh you're right, that's why mississippi confused me.. I wrote those in backwards

Forklift

7:41 PM

lol.

Mike Q

Should it be Mornin' or Mornin?

dcfyj

I'll assume a puzzle

'

Sconibulus

...wait, I solved it?

n_palum

Probably

dcfyj

It's Mornin'

n_palum

7:42 PM

I make the same mistake of typing things in other locations and then transferring them wrong to here

@Sconibulus Depends what you think it is though

Yeah...... D:

Mike Q

Wow that was fast @scon

Sconibulus

Lion->Lioness+the title pointed me that direction almost instantly

n_palum

I wanted to start on an easy one to help, but didn't think it'd just give it away D:

Sconibulus

I didn't expect it to either :)

Forklift

I went "double letters" nope. "just double consonants then" nope... I'm stumped.

Sconibulus

7:44 PM

Mornin' would probably have been a big clue too

Mike Q

I started with numeric properties but then the apostrophe appeared and so that didn't work

n_palum

Those were surprisingly difficult to come up with...

Sconibulus

yeah, you don't get A or E

n_palum

@Sconibulus that was more of a panic, "oh goodness I am an idiot"

dcfyj

@n_palum It's ok, I don't get it even after seeing the answer

Mike Q

7:45 PM

@dcfyj Notable word = Contains at least 1 of ABCDEFG

n_palum

@dcfyj Musical Notes A-G, each one has at least one of those letters, not ones have none of them (which is the hard part)

dcfyj

ah

Sconibulus

incidentally, Notable is a Narcissistic word :)

dcfyj

lol

Rubio

8:23 PM

@dcfyj Not lately. :)

The best part is, I was slow to respond to you because I was seeking inspiration.

Mithrandir

@rubio the spammers never stop: puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/37624/ward-vs-kovalev and puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/37623/us-open-golf

Deusovi

@Mithrandir Got 'em both.

Great

FGITW :)

:P

8:36 PM

They keep recreating the accounts no matter how many times we destroy them. At least only one actually got around to posting the spam...

Deusovi

Oh, Gareth destroyed a ton of those accounts that just never posted the spam.

Rubio

userids will roll over 32bits soon at this rate :)

speaking of spammers, hey it's @n_palum

n_palum

D:

leaves

Mithrandir

I mean, I only see two spam accounts from these people on SO.

n_palum

@Rubio google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/…

Rubio

8:39 PM

It is weird they hit us so much

Mithrandir

I'll keep watching the new users list...:P

@n_palum ....no.

@n_palum O_O

leaves again

WORLD'S FATTEST ANIMAL

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^ Fattest Giraffe in the World

ffao

8:43 PM

@n_palum -1 Shiro is not notable

Rubio

but +1 ffao is, so it evens out?

I note that Rubio is Notable. *flex*

Mithrandir

Is '0' an even or an odd number?

Even.

@ffao shrugs

Wow he's really phat

8:47 PM

Evenness is defined as being twice an integer. 0 is twice an integer, therefore it is even.

n_palum

Abnormally Large Animals That Are Actually Real

►

There's a 50 pound rabbit

Rubio

That was one great Great Dane.

ffao

I should stick to making easy puzzles, I get too anxious when they're not solved in 2 hours

Rubio

Man. That Liger is ridiculous. It's, like, a pony!

n_palum

Mhmmm

@ffao Or just make bad easily solvable ones like me

ffao

9:06 PM

easy doesn't mean bad

there is such a thing as too easy, but I think you're far from that line

Sphinx

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Q: A Game Of Cat And Mouse: Part 3

Part 2 can be found here. The puzzle is contained entirely in the quoted section below - the rest is just fluff. Sorry it took so long. "The Field Museum?" repeats the superintendent. "What would El Gato want from there?" "Sir, I went there with my wife the other day," pipes up one of the oth...

visual story

ffao

9:58 PM

27 seconds :o

Sphinx

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Q: I'm Dashing and Sassy

When I'm by myself, I'm dashing and sassy: two in one. If you exchange my right for left, then your sticks and stones may hurt my skin. Remove one of my parts and I'll be dependent on you, but you won't mind. Changing my tail can change my appearance; that can be an extra benefit. If I...

riddle word wordplay

Rubio

ok Puzzlers - puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/46550/…

That look on-topic to any of you?

boboquack

No

Why isn't there an off-topic close reason for simply just being off-topic?

Rubio

Well. That one might benefit from close -> off-topic -> belongs elsewhere

boboquack

It's too old to migrate, and is already on reverse engineering though

Rubio

10:14 PM

As for simply being off-topic, "Other" with a note saying that (and why) is probably polite, so the asker knows why.

Sp3000

10:30 PM

Reverse engineering can technically be a puzzle, but since Synology did not create the algorithm for the purposes of being a puzzle there's a possibility that the answer is highly non-trivial (e.g. a fixed unknown string is added to the salt)

In puzzle terms, that would be saying that there's no real clues to the solution

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