I think I went through about 6 pages of scrap paper, making sure that the numbers would work out, make at least somewhat nice Castle Wall Puzzles, and then my 3D visualisation confidence plummeted as I tried to work out what red symbols to put on each puzzle
"Three hours ago, we received a urgent message from one of our exploration agents. I'm just going to play it for you in full."
"I'm on Planet 193843. I've found a large stone block, 2.64 meters high, covered in strange runes... Yes, I know it's supposed to be uninhabited; that's why I sent a urg...
I think someone's trying to send me a secret message...
I just watched the "unread" twitter message count, on trillian, jump from 160, to 162, to 159, to 161, to 157 (where it now sits) in under 3 seconds. lol
@Khale_Kitha Well, not quite. The Rosetta stone had inscriptions in multiple languages, one of which was already known. This thing has inscriptions in one language, which is not known, but fortunately it's possible to deduce what the meanings are.
Alright, so the question isn't PSE-worthy. I still think it could be useful to archive deleted bad questions, maybe with a brief explanation of why it is bad, in case a puzzle designer is unsure of how well their question would be received.
Among the older unsolved questions, sometimes it's hard to differentiate between "unsolved because the puzzle is very difficult" and "unsolved because the puzzle is badly designed".
Unfortunately the nature of puzzling being on a stack exchange site makes that difficult.
I feel bad for requesting an edit to add a spoiler to someone's question, but that was annoying. Ran into a question on Arqade. Mind you it's labeled with "potential spoilers" (at the end of the title), but the first few words in the post reveal the spoiler, causing it to show up in the question list. That was an annoying spoil.
Consider a typical private parking garage for a condominium or apartment building.
There is currently a typical garage gate that opens and closes (slowly) to allow vehicles to pass safely through the gate.
What is the optimal method for preventing access into this garage by pedestrians/foot tra...
How much is 0bABCDEFGH?
(A or B or C) and (D or E or F) and (G or H or I)
(C and D and F) or (A and I and G) or (B and E and H)
(B <=> C) and (A <=> F) and (I <=> B)
(I xor F) and (C xor D) and (E xor G)
A => F => I => B
(please also provide feedback how hard it was to sol...
@Khale_Kitha lol just a bit, although I think Neko as a cat name is better than Kuroshiro or Shirokuro as a pet name when the animal is black and white...
What is the longest word in the dictionary?
It is chemical name for Titin in the human body.
Consider a typical private parking garage for a condominium or apartment building.
There is currently a typical garage gate that opens and closes (slowly) to allow vehicles to pass safely through the gate.
What is the optimal method for preventing access into this garage by pedestrians/foot tra...
How much is 0bABCDEFGH?
(A or B or C) and (D or E or F) and (G or H or I)
(C and D and F) or (A and I and G) or (B and E and H)
(B <=> C) and (A <=> F) and (I <=> B)
(I xor F) and (C xor D) and (E xor G)
A => F => I => B
(please also provide feedback how hard it was to sol...
