Puzzles Etc.

Khale_Kitha

16:01

How random. Apparently my Amazon Music Player switched to my Wild Arms OST. Oh well - no complaints, here. =D

...I wish I could sort answers, to a question, in date order.

Trying to figure out what order things happened in on a puzzle like Jon's (puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/31337/…) is annoying.

Deusovi

got HM's puzzle

Matt

aaaah, nice one

Deusovi

I don't think the hint was necessary

Matt

after his edit, I was also thinking about a word, but I stopped after SING -> GSIN ...

Deusovi

that was my firat thought too

question_asker

16:09

god dammit

lol I look away for ten minutes and you get that puzzle

(agreed - I knew someone was going to get it quickly after he spelled it out like that)

Deusovi

(yeah, that hint was a bit too much)

I get puzzles fast though :P

question_asker

I beat you to one that specifically called you out as a fast-puzzler-doer

Deusovi

oh yeah! I remember that one

It was a word square IIRC

6x6 I think?

question_asker

yes

Deusovi

In my defense, I was asleep at the time

question_asker

16:13

excuses excuses

hahaha oh goodness, that "two is company" puzzle

Deusovi

hm?

question_asker

4

Q: Two is company, three's a crowd

Should the northern wall serve beer The first of me and the last of a beloved voice Dark and flat on high A popular Dino and hard metal senator The beginning of a life without meaning and a song of a nation Lloyd Banks and change minus one, with a Y chromosome All of the lines/clue...

Deusovi

heh

cute

I haven't played Half-Life (because I scream like a baby when anything remotely scary happens) but it seems cool

question_asker

hahaha yeah I'm similar. I managed to get though about 30 or so minutes of one of them, but gave up

Khale_Kitha

Deusovi

16:21

@kk I can't see that - my school blocks Deviantart and I'm technically supposed to be paying attention right now

question_asker

I know it's probably not considered a "horror game" but I can't do horror games, and long-form shooters tend to bore me after a while

Khale_Kitha

Deusovi

Yeah, same - I mostly do puzzle games

question_asker

@Khale_Kitha hahaa what is that!!!

Khale_Kitha

Half-life head crab =D

question_asker

16:24

oh, I guess I had never looked at their underside before

Khale_Kitha

Nom Nom!

question_asker

16:53

I followed a link from that one programming puzzle and I'm dying, just dying

Deusovi

hm?

question_asker

puzzle (probably won't last long): puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/31741/…

Deusovi

it was just reopened

question_asker

thing that was funny: twitter.com/stelian/status/720913927639560194/photo/1

that whole twitter thread

question_asker

17:05

oh boy a new hugh meyers puzzle I won't get

Hugh Meyers

Did it just to annoy you. :-)

question_asker

shakes fist hugh

Hugh Meyers

I have to find a way to annoy Deusovi as well.

question_asker

make a really broad puzzle

Hugh Meyers

He did a whole meta post complaining about my low-effort riddles.

I'm the king of low effort.

Will

17:17

I don't think that was about yours.

Hugh Meyers

Can't do broad. Goes against my nature.

question_asker

god, there's like six jokes I want to make in response to that, but none of them work in isolation

they won't work in this chatroom either

Khale_Kitha

Just call him a New Jersey Caveman. =D

Boston Caveman?

:P

Hugh...

Crossword Clues??

Wesley Situ

oh man a touhou puzzle

question_asker

OK so I just read a bunch of meta posts over on PPCG (to follow up on Deusovi's comments on the programming puzzle) and I'm now more confused than ever

Deusovi

17:29

@HughMeyers: My meta post was NOT about your riddles. Yours are great.

Khale_Kitha

6

Q: Slumdog millionaire (1)

My Indian friend Jamal recently participated in the well-known TV quiz show "Who wants to be a millionaire?" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire). You might have heard or read about Jamal's spectacular success; the media reported on it extensively. Here is what Jamal to...

knowledge trivia

Deusovi

@question_asker: yeah, I don't get it either

Khale_Kitha

Wow, that question had a LOT of sequels.

question_asker

@Khale_Kitha yeah, I like those a lot

@Deusovi I mean, I don't even understand why pop-con is controversial

there was one meta post with a link but it led to a deleted post

admittedly I haven't even looked at PPCG in a while

anyway for some reason I have the Better Call Saul theme music stuck in my head

Khale_Kitha

@HughMeyers He was referring to mine. :D

Deusovi

17:41

@Khale_Kitha: >:/

Khale_Kitha

=D

I knew it. I was right!

Deusovi

no, you weren't

Khale_Kitha

haha

Runs to go make a riddle about a cardboard box

Deusovi

all of the regulars in this room make generally good puzzles

(except q_a, whose username is a lie)

Khale_Kitha

haha

Okay, I apologize if it was anyone in this room, but...

1

Q: Please explain the solution to this?

I had hoped to attach an image but can't. So here goes: 1 set contains: 3,2,1 2nd set: 6,6,7 3rd set: 10, 9, ? What is ? Choose from: 7,8,11,12,13

math real

Too Broad? Really??? He's asking a MENSA question to get help.

I'll admit that the question seems odd because he's asking for an explanation for something that doesn't exist (in the question), but I wonder why it was voted that way.

Sigh - losing the ability to do anything on this site, anymore, is getting frustrating.

ffao

17:51

I can't woorry about too broad votes anymore because I can't see them in the first place

Zandar

This site does not, in general, have a high opinion of MENSA-style pattern-matching problems.

ffao

graduation is a liberating experience

and yes, most of these puzzles eventually get closed

Zandar

That vote might have been before the image was included, too.

question_asker

@Deusovi I'll have you know I've asked not one but TWO questions. On SO.

Deusovi

18:07

@kk I voted too broad since there are several different equally justifiable answers

@q_a Doesn't count. They have to be here.

Hugh Meyers

18:24

@Khale_Kitha I haven't made a riddle about a cardboard box but this comes close: puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/28169/…

Khale_Kitha

Hahaha - It's still no plastic bag, Hugh.

Hmm...I've been trying to figure out how I was going to do one of my puzzles....this may work...

I wonder if it'll be too broad...

(stops thinking out loud)

question_asker

puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/32010/the-hidden-truth oh my god somebody turned my joke riddle into a real riddle

Wesley Situ

@Khale_Kitha Can you make a puzzle like this one? phibrain.net/01/zai/chpzl15a.html , maybe with another layer added on top. It seems like it could be themed labyrinthy and catacombsish

Khale_Kitha

I don't appear to have my language translation addon on this machine. Huh

guess I never got around to it

Wesley Situ

pretty much, where the o's match up, you can pass through

and you have to rotate 2 blocks to get through

Khale_Kitha

18:33

I actually have something in mind that's roughly similar to this, in my current plans

I won't give any more away, though, for risk of revealing it.

question_asker

oh t i t e duolingo has added vietnamese

Khale_Kitha

(Btw, that webpage's puzzle is a simple pipe connection puzzle)

Will

Sigh. I really do want to post that TV-related puzzle here, but I feel it'd necessarily be low-quality due to the fact there's no one screencap that shows everything nicely.

Khale_Kitha

Btw, Wesley..

Is this correct?

Wesley Situ

yep

Khale_Kitha

18:46

Sheesh - Talk about the long way around.

Wesley Situ

the series had some more fun looking puzzles, but never really explained them, like this one abandonedfactory.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/phibrain-13-6.png

Khale_Kitha

That one looks mostly self-explanatory - though difficult

Unless there happens to be a trick

Wesley Situ

dont know. i think its a magic square kinda thing

Khale_Kitha

Yeah - it appears, at first glance, as though you need to input numbers into every field such that the operations are all true

And some of the numbers are partially filled (in LED format) to get you started.

The ideal place to start seems to be the lower-left quad

One of the numbers is definitely restricted to 2, 5, 8, 3, 6, or 9. Though that only helps a very small amount.

Another, in that quad, is restricted to 4, 5, 8, or 6 (on the far left)

Wesley Situ

from the other simpler version, the rules are, each expression evaluates to 10, and no digit can be used more than once per expression

Khale_Kitha

18:54

What's considered an expression in the simpler version?

Wesley Situ

a row / column

phibrain.net/01/zai/chpzl14a.html

Khale_Kitha

This one has too many fields in each "plus" to not re-use digits

Okay

Gordon Allocman

Just decided to check out this chat room, and noticed my most recent puzzle was linked here, did you guys enjoy it?

question_asker

puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/32010/the-hidden-truth this seems... engineered

@GordonAllocman I like your puzzles!

Khale_Kitha

It was solved before I got to it, Gordon, so I didn't look at it too in-depth - sorry!

question_asker

18:59

Totally stumped on the unsolved one though

Khale_Kitha

And by engineered you mean..

....uh, yeah, sure. Okay. Whatever you say, OP. =D

hehehe

Jon's?

question_asker

I mean that there's the question, which is a super vague riddle, and then the answer, from someone who has no other posts here and doesn't understand the markup convention, and which has been marked correct

Gordon Allocman

I agree, it does seem incredibly fishy to me

question_asker

"You, in the crowd! I've never seen you before, have I?" "No sir, never in your life" "Well come on up and try my invigorating tonic"

Khale_Kitha

Both of whom just signed up

Hah

That felt silly. Had to add more dots to the beginning and end of my comment so it fit the character limits.

question_asker

19:05

Simple

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, I just had to "smh" at that.

Gordon Allocman

The most puzzling thing about that question and answer is why they have an upvote

Khale_Kitha

I...just...

And the comment about the definition.

Had it, perhaps, been - even remotely - the definition of the word...

Closes puzzle and pretends it never existed.

question_asker

no no no,

the best part is

The one who falls below is a metaphor, meaning it's the least expected thing. Something you wouldn't guess. It Falls below other choices. — ImUniverseSE 47 secs ago

Khale_Kitha

"Something you wouldn't guess" (The answer to this puzzle?)

question_asker

19:10

naaaaturally

Khale_Kitha

Okay, actually closing it, this itme.

I don't mean to make fun, but it's just...well...I........i'm going over here, now.

Damn you, Gordon

I re-opened the puzzle to see his response to you

Now I'm dying laughing.

Gordon Allocman

I had to

Khale_Kitha

You're encouraging him... lol

Zandar

What if I tell you that Fate will happen on the day next week that you least expect it

Khale_Kitha

You mean...

...That FATEful day??

Nononono... We must not turn Fate into a plastic bag.

Zandar

19:15

The Unexpected Fate.

Khale_Kitha

Hah

Will

The plastic bag comment literally made me choke.

Gordon Allocman

Am I missing a reference about the plastic bag?

Khale_Kitha

lol, Will

One second, Gordon..

Two links:

1. chat.stackexchange.com/search?q=plastic&room=37632

2. puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/31480/a-simple-puzzle/…

Gordon Allocman

That is amazing

Khale_Kitha

19:22

hehehehe

Anyone have any ideas on Hugh's newest puzzle, btw?

I'm terrible with the synonym ones.

Though I am, now, craving Cinnamon.

shoopi

I still have an onsolved weighing problem

Gordon Allocman

I was able to get his last one, but I couldn't get even the title of this one

shoopi

unsolved*

Khale_Kitha

I'm terrible at that type of puzzle, shoopi, so I haven't looked too far into solving it.

Gordon Allocman

My thoughts on the title are phone number abbreviated => tel and heredity unit => gene but I can't connect them.

Khale_Kitha

19:32

It tends to take more time than I can dole out, at once.

shoopi

you know the find the lighter coin from 9 coins with 2 weighs problem?

Khale_Kitha

Honestly, I hadn't even looked into the title, yet, Gordon

No, shoopi. It looks like a puzzle with a mechanic, but not one I've ever dealt with, before.

Gordon Allocman

I personally avoid math problems since my intuition is usually way too basic

Khale_Kitha

I imagine it involves dividing the piles in half, several times.

Will

portion = ration, so the title ends with generation

shoopi

19:34

hmm, i'm bad at math myself

Khale_Kitha

Actually, iirc, that is how you solve it.

I believe it was an interview question I had, once. Heh.

Gordon Allocman

@Will nice catch

Khale_Kitha

Then I assume heredity unit must be Ra?

shoopi

the solution is simple. test 3 coins against each other (balance with 2 pans). if one is lighter, it contains the light coin. if equal, it is the last 3 coins. Then from the suspect group of 3, try 2 coins against each other

Khale_Kitha

Not familiar with the unit, if so

Will

19:35

I hadn't realized "heredity unit" was together before, so I was trying to think of gene*ration words/phrases... /facepalm

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, that's what I said :)

shoopi

what kind of puzzles do you like

Khale_Kitha

And yes - had it as an interview question, once. Didn't care for it then, though =D

I generally tend to work on the puzzles that I can solve, in pieces, as I have time to look at them, honestly.

Wesley Situ

the title is the next generation

Will

oooh

Khale_Kitha

19:36

So Gener is the heredity unit?

Wesley Situ

gene

Will

no, just gene

Wesley Situ

like dna gene

Gordon Allocman

oh dang ext. hadn't thought of that

Khale_Kitha

oh right - you said ration, earlier - sorry, was distracted

My guess on the "exclamation" has been "ah", but it could be a number of other things

or ow

But "Ah" lends itself to the beginning of a sentence, easier.

Wesley Situ

19:40

probably very off, but it could be open the window

o! pent hew in DOW (stock index)

Will

open is exactly what I was thinking

the rest is... plausible

Khale_Kitha

haha....seems legit.

Wesley Situ

i cant think of a good synonym for index

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, I could only think of "count" or "i"

That seems like an excellent answer, Wesley

For some reason, I was thinking backward on "enclosed by" and trying to use "around"

Gordon Allocman

I had thought enclosed was one and by index was another, but your's seems much more plausible

Wesley Situ

19:44

I'll post it and see. the last bit just seems weird because theres so many stock indices

Khale_Kitha

True, but the Dow-Jones index is one of the most well-known

It fits the Knowledge tag (though weakly)

Wesley Situ

then maybe the entire phrase would be

Open the window, Jones!

2

Khale_Kitha

hahah, it could be.... =D

Gordon Allocman

Speaking of the knowledge tag, I have a question tagged music since it requires knowledge of music, should I also tag it knowledge or does the music tag suffice?

I'm mostly asking since someone earlier in chat suggested the knowledge tag be added

Khale_Kitha

I would tag it music if it requires knowledge of musicians, music history, or composition theory. I would tag it music if it requires knowledge of songs, lyrics, artists, or music notes, in general.

Wesley Situ

19:47

i feel like knowledge is more trivia based, while music is more conceptual

Khale_Kitha

(Note that musicians and artists overlap, somewhat)

Gordon Allocman

alright, based of your description I believe it is appropriately tagged

Khale_Kitha

Mind you, that's an arbitrary ruleset, from my head. =D

Gordon Allocman

That's what I interpreted the tag description to be as well, just wanted to double check

Khale_Kitha

...I should read the tag descriptions, before spouting off - sorry

Yeah - so slightly different from what I suggested, but similar

Honestly, if it was about a composer, I'd want to use both music and knowledge

Wesley Situ

19:51

is it possible to post audio files on SE?

Gordon Allocman

If anyone is inclined, regarding my question sqlnoob figured out the answer but hasn't been able to get all the clues

Khale_Kitha

Would you mind linking?

Gordon Allocman

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Q: One of the biggest of some boats, some trees, and pasta

When the final buffalo sings I'll most likely happen. I'm known to happen when you displace your faith. If you have a few minutes to rhyme under the boiling point, you might find me within myself I'm unwanted by those who have sought prime retribution What am I? Hint #1: Hint #2: ...

riddle wordplay music

Khale_Kitha

ty

Gordon Allocman

Also if I'm not mistaken, I recall a question that had an audio file a little while back, but I don't know for sure

Khale_Kitha

19:52

Oh, when you asked about a puzzle, earlier..

I thought you meant puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/31923/…

Yes, there's been two that I know of - one being mine.

Gordon Allocman

I did mean that puzzle earlier

Khale_Kitha

There's not a good method to post them, though, sadly.

Ah, okay

Gordon Allocman

Yeah after I posted that I noticed my other one was linked as well

Khale_Kitha

This one's out of my wheelhouse, I think

Though it does, likely, need the knowledge tag.

For the same reason that it's out of my wheelhouse. I'm going to have to do a bunch of research to solve those clues.

Gordon Allocman

actually now that I think about it, it has a small piece of non-musical knowledge so I will add the tag

as of right now, the only clues no accounted for are the last two

Khale_Kitha

19:57

For the second clue, I assume you're looking for "losing"?

What are you actually looking for, regarding the clues?

How they relate to the answer?

Gordon Allocman

What they mean, and how it relates to my answer, but mostly what they mean since how it relates should be fairly obvious

Khale_Kitha

Ah - I know absolutely nothing about Fleetwood Mac other than being forced to listen to one of their music videos over and over for 4 hours.

Gordon Allocman

None of the clues are super closely related in terms of music, but if you aren't into music it would probably be hard to figure out (the third line especially, is a bit of a stretch)

Khale_Kitha

The answer and comments are a bit confusing.

The words "Hint" and "Line" are used, interchangeably, so I'm not sure what's being referenced.

I could simply be misreading somehting.

ffao

it's probably confusing because not all of the hints have been found yet

all of the lines found so far are of the form (synonyms for band name) - song name relates to dreams, or synonym for song name - band name relates to dreams

unfortunately I'm completely musically illiterate outside of video game osts, so I'm staying out of the music tag

Khale_Kitha

20:13

Hehe

I've been meaning to ask you who your avatar picture is.

She seems familiar, but I don't know her - I'm pretty sure.

ffao

it's angel from angel beats!

the ! is part of the title

four months have passed since Christmas and I still haven't gotten around to changing it :P

Khale_Kitha

I was right, I haven't seen it yet (and it's not on Funimation, so I haven't noticed it, yet)

It is, however, on my Windows 8 AnimeTube app, so I'll check it out, soon :)

@WesleySitu Good job. Your answer was correct =D

And your first idea "Dow" was actually intended, hehe

@GordonAllocman I've got no other ideas on yours, just yet. :(

Rand al'Thor

@Khale_Kitha Hey, whaddaya mean "depths"?

:-)

Khale_Kitha

Haha

I'd have to see exactly what I said, yesterday, but I was probably referring to the "depths" of being gone. =D

Rand al'Thor

yesterday, by Khale_Kitha

The new site design dug Rand out of the depths, and into the Sphinx chat room.

Khale_Kitha

20:25

Haha, yeah =D

It was amusing to see your name appear up there, when I'd only seen it in older posts.

Rand al'Thor

I'm not really gone - still keep an eye on things.

Khale_Kitha

I noticed you hid puzzling from your profile so I can't remember what you said your rep was, but (iirc) in August, you'll still probably be one of the only 3 people who can delete things, due to the new requirements.

Rand al'Thor

@Khale_Kitha Huh? What do you mean, hid puzzling?

Khale_Kitha

When I checked, earlier, Puzzling wasn't accessible from your profile (checks again)

Gordon Allocman

@Khale_Kitha Lines refers to the lines of the riddle itself, hints refer to the numbered hints

Khale_Kitha

20:28

Yeah, nevermind - it was just scrolled off the list

Yeah, I figured, Gordon - I think that I mis-read one of the comments.

@Randal'Thor So yeah - my comment stands - I think there's only 2 others with high enough.

My hands aren't cooperating with me, right now.

(Cold in the office)

Gordon Allocman

What does promotional content mean in his ban reason?

Rand al'Thor

@Khale_Kitha That's part of the reason I don't have accounts on many sites: too much clutter on my accounts list.

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, likewise - that combined with not having had a reason to really respond on many of them, yet.

I was on the site for 6 years before signing up a few months ago, finally. Haha

Rand al'Thor

@Khale_Kitha Fixed that for you :-)

Khale_Kitha

Fixed what? =D

Rand al'Thor

20:33

@Khale_Kitha The typo you tried to fix when your hands weren't cooperating.

Khale_Kitha

lol

I've become irritated with my IM client, lately....

...due to my inability to press the Up arrow and fix typos. Hahaha

-1

Q: Try to figure out what is it

If you don't have one You wish to not have one. But if you have one, You wish to not lose it. What is it?

riddle

@Deusovi Found one for you - A perfect example of "Multiple Valid Answers" =D

I've not seen a clearer one (Though I do find the result answer amusing)

43

Q: I got an email threatening to DDOS me if I don't pay a ransom. What should I do?

I received the following email, addressed to me at an email address on my personal domain (for which I run my own mail server on a VPS): FORWARD THIS MAIL TO WHOEVER IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR COMPANY AND CAN MAKE DECISION! We are Armada Collective. lmgtfy URL here Your network will be ...

ddos threat-mitigation

The comment about "accelerating" actually made me laugh out loud. Hah!!

....tablespoon! Hahah

Deusovi

21:01

wow, the "lawsuit" one and the "fate" one are pretty funny

plastic bag pt ii and iii

Khale_Kitha

lol

See Star #4 on the right side. :P

Deusovi

on mobile, can't see it

Khale_Kitha

2 hours ago, by Khale_Kitha

Nononono... We must not turn Fate into a plastic bag.

hahaha

Deusovi

yeah, both of those riddles seem weirde

*weird

yeah, both of those riddles seem weirde

Khale_Kitha

Yay cell phones..

Deusovi

21:04

that lawsuit one looks like badly executed rep farming

(yeah, I'll move to some other device soon)

Khale_Kitha

Her other questions have been mostly that broad, too

(Depending on your POV of the flag ones)

Deusovi

yeah, those are both pretty bad

i don't see why they get so many upvotes

Khale_Kitha

I have a mixed opinion on the flag ones.

Pattern matching makes it a little less broad, imo - but they're still broad.

Deusovi

the flag one could be great if executed well

Khale_Kitha

True

Deusovi

21:09

problem is, it's usually not

and given her other puzzles...

Khale_Kitha

6

Q: A quick cutesy riddle

I'm thinking of a word. It's money earned that you can't use Do this in a fight, you'll have a bruise Say it long or keep your shoes The death of poor old Moose...

riddle word wordplay rhyme

Trying to figure out this one

Wesley Situ

21:44

anyone here good with anagrams?

like with 32 characters lol

Zandar

Sorry, I only specialise in 36-character anagrams.

Wesley Situ

can i add spaces for the extra 4 characters

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