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sixleggedspider
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 Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:56 am Post subject: 1 |
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| MURDER = ROPE + LOUNGE + GREEN |
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Sentran
Ray of Sucking Funshine
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:54 pm Post subject: 2 |
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Sounds like the answer to a game of Clue to me. In this case, Mr. Boddy was killed in the Lounge by Mr. Green with the Rope.
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Trojan Horse
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:45 pm Post subject: 3 |
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Being the pure mathematician I am, I will just point out that this is an NP-complete problem; thus it is pointless to try to solve it.  |
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Sentran
Ray of Sucking Funshine
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject: 4 |
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After a second look, this reminds me of the classic GL puzzle
SEND+MORE=MONEY
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Sentran
Ray of Sucking Funshine
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:57 pm Post subject: 5 |
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My scribble sheet looks terrible, but here's what I came up with:
N=1, G=2, D=3, E=4, L=5, M=6, O=7, P=8, R=9, U=0
Nice first entry! Thanks for posting!
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Jack_Ian
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:36 pm Post subject: 6 |
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Well done Sentran.
I thought this might have been a good one to solve over a cuppa, but I rapidly ran out of logical steps that would narrow it down for me. I figured eventually I'd need to start guessing, but unfortunately that would have taken at least another 2 cups.  |
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Tinhorn
f/k/a Dave10000
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:08 pm Post subject: 7 |
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Four possible answers?
609349=9784+570124+29441
809129=9342+730562+69225
927037=7543+852163+67331
945025=5632+864172+75221 |
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Sentran
Ray of Sucking Funshine
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:32 pm Post subject: 8 |
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| Tinhorn wrote: |
| Four possible answers? |
Tested and confirmed. Nice find!
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sixleggedspider
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:17 am Post subject: 9 |
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i knew you'd get them all quickly
i was going to title it:
Dial 9 for Murder
for a unique solution
but I decided you didn't need the hint.  |
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mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:42 am Post subject: 10 |
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| sixleggedspider wrote: |
i knew you'd get them all.
i was going to title it:
Dial 9 for Murder
for a unique solution
but I decided you didn't need the hint. |
Wait, what?
A well-designed logic puzzle (or alphametic) should have exactly one solution, based on the information explicitly given. If you're aware that there is more than one solution, you don't publish the puzzle as is, or give a "hint" to the intended solution -- you add more explicit information to the puzzle.
I'm sure some other GLer can express what I'm trying to say more helpfully. . .
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sixleggedspider
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:46 am Post subject: 11 |
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students learn by failing - sorry you didn't appreciate my effort  |
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Lepton*
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:10 am Post subject: 12 |
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Don't mind mathgrant. 
If you know there are exactly 4 unique solutions, post it as "Find the four unique solutions". Basically, it's good etiquette to ensure the solver knows when he/she has finished the puzzle. |
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Quailman
His Postmajesty
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:13 pm Post subject: 13 |
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| Better yet, construct it such that one of the solutions spells a 10 letter word when read 1-2-3-etc. |
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mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 4:10 pm Post subject: 14 |
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| Lepton* wrote: |
| Don't mind mathgrant. |
Yeah, don't mind the guy who runs his own logic puzzle blog and who's been contacted by the Acquisitions Editors of Brain Games (which will hopefully result in my puzzles being published in said magazine in the future). I appreciate that you and Quailman accepted my open invitation to take my sentiment and phrase it more constructively, though. I didn't know how to say it, but I knew it needed to be said.
Please feel free to remain in the puzzle community, sixleggedspider! It took me a long time to become as incredibly amazing at constructing puzzles as I am now, and if you can ignore my extreme lack of tact, maybe you can find people on the GL who can help you become amazing, too!
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Sentran
Ray of Sucking Funshine
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:45 pm Post subject: 15 |
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| sixleggedspider wrote: |
| students learn by failing - sorry you didn't appreciate my effort |
I appreciate your effort.
Speaking as another new member of the board, I tested and retested my first puzzle solution many times to make sure that I had only one answer. Even then, they found things I was not expecting. Luckily, I'd given enough detail that I could still be specific about the answer.
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LordKinbote
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:52 pm Post subject: 16 |
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| mathgrant wrote: |
| Lepton* wrote: |
| Don't mind mathgrant. |
Yeah, don't mind the guy who runs his own logic puzzle blog and who's been contacted by the Acquisitions Editors of Brain Games (which will hopefully result in my puzzles being published in said magazine in the future). I appreciate that you and Quailman accepted my open invitation to take my sentiment and phrase it more constructively, though. I didn't know how to say it, but I knew it needed to be said.
Please feel free to remain in the puzzle community, sixleggedspider! It took me a long time to become as incredibly amazing at constructing puzzles as I am now, and if you can ignore my extreme lack of tact, maybe you can find people on the GL who can help you become amazing, too!
This message brought to you by Unwarranted Self-Importance™.
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Lepton*
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 3:39 pm Post subject: 17 |
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LordKinbote, you're looking especially attractive today. Follow your own advice, you pompous hypocrite. It's always such a pleasure to talk with you.
Like this? |
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LordKinbote
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:05 pm Post subject: 18 |
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| Lepton* wrote: |
LordKinbote, you're looking especially attractive today. Follow your own advice, you pompous hypocrite. It's always such a pleasure to talk with you.
Like this? |
I appreciate the humor. However, the middle sentence wasn't constructive, nor did it have much to do with the first and last sentence. My post, before I opted for brevity, did actually follow my own rule, but whatever...Grant and I are on good terms, and sixleggedspider is a stranger to us all. One can act differently with people they've talked to for a while than they do with strangers without being a hypocrite, especially if your first words are a first impression. Thanks for giving the opportunity to clarify, though. |
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Antrax
ESL Student
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| Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:18 am Post subject: 19 |
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Note to self: get more chestnut-posting newbies so the old timers can get the condescension out of their systems.
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