Geek Puzzle

Irene · Post by **Irene** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:58 pm

Derek wrote:
Irene wrote:Thomas has 20 pearls, but his friend Mike has 43 pearls. Lisa has 70% less pearls than Mike. How many percent does Mike have more pearls than Thomas and Lisa together?
Is it just me or does anyone else read that as Lisa having 70% less than 43 = ~13, for Lisa to have 30 shouldn't it read Lisa has 70% of 43 ?

Oops my fault! Ooh I should have paid more attention on the puzzle than the answer... so embarrassing ~_~

# killall Derek
Derek: no process killed

Damn! ^_^

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:04 pm

Irene wrote:
# killall Derek
Derek: no process killed
Damn! ^_^

Irene · Post by **Irene** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:05 pm

Derek wrote:
Irene wrote:
# killall Derek
Derek: no process killed
Damn! ^_^
:shock: :shock: :shock:

Oh, I understand you come from the world called Windows... well if it's like that then Warp over to GNU/Linux so you could understand my fruitless Bash humor ^_^

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:06 pm

I understood the humour, it's just the KILL part that is worrying!!

Irene · Post by **Irene** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:23 pm

Derek wrote:I understood the humour, it's just the KILL part that is worrying!! :wink:

Oh don't be so afraid my Derek ^_^

To make you laugh again here's a joke:

The Window Cleaners Inc. wrote:Story Teller: John and Mike are window cleaners and have had a boring time.. John comes up with an idea though.

John: Hey Mike we haven't had any customers in a while..

Mike: A long while you mean... There has to be something we could do..

John: I know, let's throw some eggs on people's windows!

Mike: Yeah, then we ask them afterwards if we should clean their windows!

John: Yeah a great idea! Let's go, there's our first victim!

Story Teller: John and Mike went to throw an egg on a window of a nearby house. Mike goes to knock on the door of that house. Mrs. Thomson opens the door.

Mrs. Thomson: How can I help you, young man?

Mike: Hello lady! We are from the Window Cleaners Inc. and think your windows need cleaning!

Mrs. Thomson: Oh my dear they are very filthy indeed. Please young man name your price for the cleaning job, I'm too tired to clean them on my own.

John: We accept only cash lady and today is your lucky day because we clean your windows for a lower price today!

Mike: 50$ is our price, what do you think lady?

Mrs. Thomson: Very good, here you have your money young man. Please clean my windows quickly, I am awaiting guests.

Story Teller: Mike and John cleaned Mrs. Thomson's windows and saw another house nearby. They threw an egg on the window of that house. This time John knocks on the door. It is our Sam who lives there.

Sam: We don't buy or sell anything.

John: Oh no, we don't want to sell anything, but we would like to clean your windows, Sir. We can clean your windows for you for a lower price than usually, Sir!

Sam: Clean my Windows? Sorry guys to disappoint you, but we have no Windows in this house, we have GNU/Linux in the house.

Mike (whispering to John): They have a gnu in the house?

Story Teller: Sam shuts the door. Mike and John are confused about what Sam just said to them.

Mike and John: Fucking nerds.

Just made it up! I think it is funny, and what about you? ^o^

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:42 pm

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niklas@niklas-iMac:~$ cowsay "Clean your Windows System the right way: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1"
 _____________________________________
/ Clean your Windows System the right \
\ way: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1   /
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        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\             )\/\
                   ||----w |
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Irene · Post by **Irene** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:19 pm

Nik wrote:

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niklas@niklas-iMac:~$ cowsay "Clean your Windows System the right way: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1"
 _____________________________________
/ Clean your Windows System the right \
\ way: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1   /
     -------------------------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\             )\/\
                   ||----w |
                   ||     ||

Don't you think that's too brutal my Mäuschen? ^o^

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:38 pm

Nice signature Irene

So what do you think about a real challenge?

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:06 pm

First you will need to know where to go:
You will get 4 numbers which will lead you to the house and a fifth as a hint to the door, if you find the door you must insert the key.

- The first number is the highest possible multiplication of 2 decimal numbers with 1 digit each.
- The second number is the square of the unlucky number
- The third number is the same written upsight down and backwards, it's a prime and written in Hex it's the name of a vitamin
- The forth number is The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything PRECEDED with the boolean truth itself

Then knock on the door of the Elite which has the most geeky room number.
To knock on this door you will need the cat of the net to send the passphrase, which is the last name of the man of the gnu and don't forget to concat to it your name.

See if you can solve this puzzle. I will have my cat waiting at the door.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:11 pm

Good joke, made me laugh.

citystate · Post by **citystate** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:42 am

Irene wrote: Thomas = 20
Mike = 43
Lisa = 43 * 0,7 = 30,1 ~ 30
(20 + 30) > 43.

I knew I would make someone miscalculate even a simple puzzle like that ^_^
Hahaha you're busted Rook! ^o^

but if Lisa has 70% less pearls than Mike, she has 30% of the number of Mike's pearls... so
T=20
M=43
L=43*0.3 = 12.9 ~ 13
L+T = 33

Mike has 30.699% more pearls than the other two

I think you're busted, Irene

Edit: crap - I hate it when I don't read a thread all the way through *facepalm*

Irene · Post by **Irene** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:19 pm

Nik wrote:First you will need to know where to go:
You will get 4 numbers which will lead you to the house and a fifth as a hint to the door, if you find the door you must insert the key.

- The first number is the highest possible multiplication of 2 decimal numbers with 1 digit each.
- The second number is the square of the unlucky number
- The third number is the same written upsight down and backwards, it's a prime and written in Hex it's the name of a vitamin
- The forth number is The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything PRECEDED with the boolean truth itself

Then knock on the door of the Elite which has the most geeky room number.
To knock on this door you will need the cat of the net to send the passphrase, which is the last name of the man of the gnu and don't forget to concat to it your name.

See if you can solve this puzzle. I will have my cat waiting at the door.

1) 9 * 9 = 81
2) Sqr(13) = 3,60555127546
3) 11; Hex(11) = B; Vitamin B
4) 42
5) Still trying to solve it.. @_@

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:54 pm

I thought this "- The second number is the square of the unlucky number
" was 13*13 =169 and also don't forget to put a 1 in front of the 42 in "- The forth number is The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything PRECEDED with the boolean truth itself ".

Still can't figure it out though.

Tried 81.169.11.142 but didn't get anywhere!

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:33 pm

Oups number 3 the 11 is a right answer to my description but it's not the searched number, haven't thought about 11 sorry for the inconvenience .
And yes Derek it's the suqare not the squareroot.

Irene · Post by **Irene** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:43 pm

Nik wrote:Oups number 3 the 11 is a right answer to my description but it's not the searched number, haven't thought about 11 sorry for the inconvenience .
And yes Derek it's the suqare not the squareroot.

Oops I calculated the square root ^_^

Hmmm...
1) 9 * 9 = 81
2) 13 ^ 2 = 169
3) 181, Vitamin B5
4) 142
5) http://81.169.181.142/

Is it now correct? ^o^