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Geek Puzzle
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:54 pm
by 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
Re: Geek Puzzle
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:59 pm
by Irene
Nik wrote: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
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:02 pm
by 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.
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:04 pm
by Nik
ok, spoiled hehe
The answer I like molst which is also correct is DEAE
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:05 pm
by Irene
Nik wrote: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.
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:51 pm
by 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?
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:58 pm
by Derek
A coffin!
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:04 pm
by 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^
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:13 pm
by 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]
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:30 pm
by Irene
Irene wrote: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???" ^_^
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:00 pm
by 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...
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:14 pm
by 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)
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:30 pm
by 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
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:23 am
by lexvictory
Rook Zimbabwe wrote:That is an excellent guess... not it though.
0?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:58 pm
by 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...