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Baldour Ngarr
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Posted - 2006.07.25 10:54:00 -
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Originally by: Sarmaul and what's the longest word in said dictionary with only one repeated vowel?
Taramasalata? ________________________________________________
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.07.25 14:35:00 -
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Originally by: Icek Villawrov
Originally by: Kurren
Originally by: ReaperOfSly Imagine this.
You've just died. In front of you, you see two identical doors - one leading to heaven and one leading to hell. In front of each door is a guard, one of whom always lies and the other who always tells the truth. You may only ask one question to one of the guards and after that, you must make a decision about which door to take. What question do you ask in order to get into heaven?
I would ask, "What color are my eyes?"
One of them would have to say brown, and one of them would have to say something else. Of course, that only determines which gaurd is which... not the doors they are standing in front of.
You would ask one what color your eyes are, and based off of that, ask the other where heaven is.
You're allowed one question. Not one question per guard, just one question. Melkor already got the right answer. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.07.25 14:47:00 -
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New puzzle about the qwerty keyboard.
Backstory: The first typewriters had their letters arranged in alphabetical order. The problem was that people were typing so fast that the keys were jamming up. So the new typewriters came with their letters jumbled up - thus was born the querty keyboard. On modern computers, keys jamming is not so much a problem, but nobody has ever bothered to get the standard keyboard layout changed back. So it seems we are doomed to use the qwerty keyboard into perpetuity.
Now that's all very interesting (yawn), but my question is this: what are the longest two English words that can be made using only the top row of a qwerty keyboard? --------------------------------------------------------------------
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Sarmaul
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Posted - 2006.07.25 15:28:00 -
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Originally by: Baldour Ngarr
Originally by: Sarmaul and what's the longest word in said dictionary with only one repeated vowel?
Taramasalata?
Longer
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Desired Username
Legio Immortalis
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Posted - 2006.07.25 15:40:00 -
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Edited by: Desired Username on 25/07/2006 15:41:00
Originally by: ReaperOfSly Now that's all very interesting (yawn), but my question is this: what are the longest two English words that can be made using only the top row of a qwerty keyboard?
Think I've heard this before, is one of them typewriter?
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.07.25 15:52:00 -
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Yes. One more to find. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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Legio Immortalis
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Posted - 2006.07.25 16:02:00 -
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Originally by: Sarmaul
Originally by: Baldour Ngarr
Originally by: Sarmaul and what's the longest word in said dictionary with only one repeated vowel?
Taramasalata?
Longer
Defencelessness?
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Sarmaul
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Posted - 2006.07.25 16:13:00 -
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Edited by: Sarmaul on 25/07/2006 16:13:20
Originally by: ReaperOfSly Yes. One more to find.
I could only come up with Puppeteer :(
Originally by: Desired Username Defencelessness?
Close. Find the solution to the first question (only one vowel) and this one will drop into your lap.
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Legio Immortalis
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Posted - 2006.07.25 16:24:00 -
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Originally by: Sarmaul Edited by: Sarmaul on 25/07/2006 16:13:20
Originally by: ReaperOfSly Yes. One more to find.
I could only come up with Puppeteer :(
Originally by: Desired Username Defencelessness?
Close. Find the solution to the first question (only one vowel) and this one will drop into your lap.
Aha! Is it strengths for the first question and strengthlessness for the second?
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Legio Immortalis
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Posted - 2006.07.25 16:25:00 -
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A conference room contains three separate wall-mounted spotlights - right, left and front of stage. Each is controlled by its own on-off switch. These three switches are numbered 1, 2 and 3, but they are in a back-room which has no sight of the the spotlights or the conference room (and there are no reflections or shadows or mirrors, and you are alone). How do you identify each switch correctly - right, left, front - if you can only enter the back-room once?
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Sarmaul
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Posted - 2006.07.25 16:41:00 -
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Originally by: Desired Username
Originally by: Sarmaul Edited by: Sarmaul on 25/07/2006 16:13:20
Originally by: ReaperOfSly Yes. One more to find.
I could only come up with Puppeteer :(
Originally by: Desired Username Defencelessness?
Close. Find the solution to the first question (only one vowel) and this one will drop into your lap.
Aha! Is it strengths for the first question and strengthlessness for the second?
Bingo \o/
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HippoKing
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.07.25 17:07:00 -
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Originally by: Desired Username A conference room contains three separate wall-mounted spotlights - right, left and front of stage. Each is controlled by its own on-off switch. These three switches are numbered 1, 2 and 3, but they are in a back-room which has no sight of the the spotlights or the conference room (and there are no reflections or shadows or mirrors, and you are alone). How do you identify each switch correctly - right, left, front - if you can only enter the back-room once?
Turn 1 on for a while, let it get hot. Turn it off, and turn 2 on. The light bulb is 2, the cold dark bulb is 3, the hot dark bulb is 1.
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Baldour Ngarr
Artemis Rising
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Posted - 2006.07.25 21:29:00 -
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Originally by: ReaperOfSly N... but my question is this: what are the longest two English words that can be made using only the top row of a qwerty keyboard?
rupturewort. ________________________________________________
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.07.29 16:53:00 -
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Edited by: ReaperOfSly on 29/07/2006 16:54:27
Originally by: Baldour Ngarr
Originally by: ReaperOfSly N... but my question is this: what are the longest two English words that can be made using only the top row of a qwerty keyboard?
rupturewort.
There's no such word. I checked.
Edit: since this thread seems to have died somewhat, the answers are "typewriter" and "perpetuity". --------------------------------------------------------------------
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Baldour Ngarr
Artemis Rising
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Posted - 2006.07.29 17:38:00 -
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Edited by: Baldour Ngarr on 29/07/2006 17:41:32
Originally by: ReaperOfSly Edited by: ReaperOfSly on 29/07/2006 16:54:27
Originally by: Baldour Ngarr
Originally by: ReaperOfSly N... but my question is this: what are the longest two English words that can be made using only the top row of a qwerty keyboard?
rupturewort.
There's no such word. I checked.
Edit: since this thread seems to have died somewhat, the answers are "typewriter" and "perpetuity".
Rupturewort.
If you deny that one, then I've got proprietor, repertoire and pepperroot, all ten letters. ________________________________________________
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Baldour Ngarr
Artemis Rising
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Posted - 2006.07.31 10:20:00 -
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Give me:
- A word with three consecutive pairs of double-letters. - A seven-letter word with three consecutive pairs of double-letters. - A word with six consecutive consonants (not including Y). ________________________________________________
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HappyKitten
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.07.31 17:23:00 -
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bookkeeper
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Baldour Ngarr
Artemis Rising
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Posted - 2006.07.31 17:38:00 -
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Edited by: Baldour Ngarr on 31/07/2006 17:45:31
Originally by: HappyKitten bookkeeper
Nice. Can you find the 7-letter version? some lateral thinking is required
*edit* it can actually be done in six letters. ________________________________________________
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