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| 11 JAN 2003 at 12:04am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya_Brea (10 JAN 2003 11:53pm)
you just didn't give the link to the answer!
So what is the link? I honestly didn't look the solution up. It's just that the alternate wording is 100 times more obvious.
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 12:04am |
szcaxJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Elfstone (10 JAN 2003 11:55pm)
That's three with exactly the same thought within minutes...mysterious, isn't it?
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 12:06am |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (11 JAN 2003 12:04am)
So what is the link? I honestly didn't look the solution up. It's just that the alternate wording is 100 times more obvious.
Exactly Michal, exactly!
Very obvious indeed.
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 12:07am |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Everybody sucks!!!
So my first translation was right! Yes it was "older one"... damn it
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 12:09am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Rael (11 JAN 2003 12:04am)
Yes, the answers are right but why did I screw it up?? > The question is well worded, at least everybody understood it!
It is poorly worded because it makes it sound like John already knew that one daughter was the oldest, in which case he didn't need to ask about her hair color!
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 12:11am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (11 JAN 2003 12:04am)
So what is the link? I honestly didn't look the solution up. It's just that the alternate wording is 100 times more obvious.
don't know... you didn't give it!
i agree though that the other one is more obvious, mainly because it points out that the sum is not enough, whilst Rael's makes you think of it (so Rael's is actually harder (so if you solved the alternate it's not a big deal!!! [img]users.panafonet.gr/pantex/jumplaugh.gif[/img]))
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 12:15am |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | It's still not logical that John knows about an oldest or an older one as he is not able to tell the ages after the first clue. "The oldest is blonde" should have been said by the father of the three daughters after he notices that John is still puzzled.
But somehow some of us could solve it nevertheless. I guess it wasn't that bad after all.
Another thought: maybe John knows, but he simply forgot about it, thinks a while and then remembers that there was an oldest daughter. he asks his friend for confirmation and is now able to solve the problem.
Doesn't that sound reasonable?
In case you might wonder: I didn't type my first reply unusually slow. I just have the habit of opening up several threads at once and then starting to reply to each of them - if I have something to contribute, that is. This was last in the row and therefore I missed many posts during my replying phase. I made the mistake of not checking the particular thread again. It would have saved some unneccessary typing, I'm a lazy guy after all.
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 12:19am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya_Brea (11 JAN 2003 12:10am)
don't know... you didn't give it!
Cos I didn't find one
i agree though that the other one is more obvious, mainly because it points out that the sum is not enough, whilst Rael's makes you think of it (so Rael's is actually harder (so if you solved the alternate it's not a big deal!!! ))
It's not harder, it doesn't make sense. In his version John already knew that one daughter was oldest, in which case he didn't need to ask anything else. Don't tell me he could figure everything out but forgot which kids were the twins.
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 12:37am |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Elfstone (10 JAN 2003 11:55pm)
Hmmm, I think your alternate version gives very much of the solution away Michal. In Rael's version the effect was much stronger as you are at first puzzled how to solve it. This version is banging your head against the solution...you can't miss it that way.
There you have, Michal
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