Geek Puzzle

[Nik]

Ok this thread shell be for geeky puzzles and here is the first one:
""If only you and dead people know hex, how many people do know hex, then?""
EDIT: PM me with the answer to avoid spoiling

[Irene]

Ok this thread shell be for geeky puzzles and here is the first one:
""If only you and dead people know hex, how many people do know hex, then?""

57006

[Trond]

There's only 10 people in this world: Those who know binary and those who don't. And those who mistake it for ternary!

Edit: 57006 is correct, 175 is wrong.

[Nik]

ok, spoiled hehe
The answer I like molst which is also correct is DEAE

[Irene]

ok, spoiled hehe
The answer I like molst which is also correct is DEAE

Oh I'm sorry... I didn't notice your EDIT after I posted the answer ~_~

The answer could also be 175. HEX codes for the characters D, E, A and D are 44, 45, 41 and 44 respectively. Add them together plus 1 (you) makes 175.

[Rook Zimbabwe]

This post follows the Law of Usenet: if you post a question, nobody will answer it. If you post an answer, they'll all rush to correct it.

That is so brilliant, I think it may be verging on a universal truth!

Would this not be D + E + A +D + 1??? that would be 33???

D + E = 1B
1B + A = 25
25 + D = 32
32 + 1 = 33

So my answer is 42! {nod to Douglas Adams!}
How about this one:

He who uses it, knows it not...
He who makes it, needs it not...
He who buys it, wants it not...

What is it?

[Derek]

A coffin!

[Irene]

This one is very hard!

Only four know it internally, but six knew it internally.
Almost Bea will have it, and everybody knows about it.

Go and figure ^o^

[Rook Zimbabwe]

The Bea parts hangs me up... if you solve this provide explanation for idiots so I can hope to understand!!!

is it 2


OK 1 more:

When I was traipsing on the stairs,
I met a number that was not there.
I met that number again today...
it never grows and won't go away!
[made this up just now... has an answer in logus]

[Irene]

This one is very hard!

Only four know it internally, but six knew it internally.
Almost Bea will have it, and everybody knows about it.

Go and figure ^o^

The answer is PureBasic ^o^

Only four know it internally (current PureBasic Team), but six knew it internally (current+former PureBasic developers).
Almost Bea (this is a number in HEX, which represents the number 3050. In this forum we have 3049 users) will have it, and everybody knows about it (everybody here knows about PureBasic).

I think you all were like "whaz thiz???" ^_^

[Kaeru Gaman]

xD

nice idea, but there are other PB forums and not everyone has an account here in the international forums...

we have 2K accounts in the german forum, I guess that means 1K active users,
and only a quarter of it have an account here.

then there is a french forum, and also a japanese...

[Trond]

When I was traipsing on the stairs,
I met a number that was not there.
I met that number again today...
it never grows and won't go away!

No. 1? (Noone)

[Rook Zimbabwe]

That is an excellent guess... not it though.

Anymore guesses or shall I throw it out in a roundabout fashion?

The preceeding line was a clue

[lexvictory]

That is an excellent guess... not it though.

0?

[Rook Zimbabwe]

Crud!
Yes it is 0 the only number that really isn't there.
OK
Which weighs more? A pound of gold or a pound of feathers?
AND
How many 9's between 1 and 100?
AND
A street that is 40 yards long has a tree every 10 yards on both sides. How many total trees on the entire street?
(I love this one almost everyone gets it wrong!)
hehehe
There are 101 people in a black and white room, 11 more people arrived... How many people are in the room now?
(the preceeding riddle is absolutely evil!) I used to use this on my Final Exam for Computer Science 101...