Riddle me this

[Calneon]

I have two lengths of string. Both pieces of string are identical, and each piece of string burns from end to end in exactly one hour.

How do you measure 45 minutes using these pieces of string?

[Chazlene]

Fold one piece of string into quarters, then 45 minutes will have passed once it's burned 3/4 of the way along?

[Calneon]

Fold one piece of string into quarters, then 45 minutes will have passed once it's burned 3/4 of the way along?
You assume that the string burns evenly through the entire length of the string.

[Mr.Big]

you go on google and try 'n find a solution

[Deri]

Sure is XKCD in here

[ez64]

I have two lengths of string. Both pieces of string are identical, and each piece of string burns from end to end in exactly one hour.

How do you measure 45 minutes using these pieces of string?

numb/encore?

[Vicious Horizon]

I have two strings.

I name one 'Fred', the other 'George'

I take fred and light both ends at the same time.

With the thread burning at either end, when the two ends eventually meet, then this means 30 minutes has passed. (The time is halved as it's being burnt on either end.)

I take George, and at the same time as Fred, I burn only /one/ end of George.

30 minutes passes and Fred is gone, I then light the other end of George.

Now George is roughly 50% of its original size, meaning there is roughly 30 minutes left if I leave it as it is.

Imagine if it's easier that George was always at half size.

now I light the opposite end of George, and wait until the string has been burnt completely.

This gives me 45 minutes, as 30 of these minutes was signified by 100% of Fred, and 50% of George (we assume).

100% (1 Hour) + 50% (George's remaining time) is equal to 30 minutes.

30 / 2 = 15, 30 + 15 = 45.

15 = 50% of George.



George may not be 50% in actual size, but 50% of the hour that George contains is gone. This isn't about length, this is about time.





I think I won?

[Calneon]

I have two strings.

I name one 'Fred', the other 'George'

I take fred and light both ends at the same time.

With the thread burning at either end, when the two ends eventually meet, then this means 30 minutes has passed. (The time is halved as it's being burnt on either end.)

I take George, and at the same time as Fred, I burn only /one/ end of George.

30 minutes passes and Fred is gone, I then light the other end of George.

Now George is roughly 50% of its original size, meaning there is roughly 30 minutes left if I leave it as it is.

Imagine if it's easier that George was always at half size.

now I light the opposite end of George, and wait until the string has been burnt completely.

This gives me 45 minutes, as 30 of these minutes was signified by 100% of Fred, and 50% of George (we assume).

100% (1 Hour) + 50% (George's remaining time) is equal to 30 minutes.

30 / 2 = 15, 30 + 15 = 45.

15 = 50% of George.



George may not be 50% in actual size, but 50% of the hour that George contains is gone. This isn't about length, this is about time.





I think I won?
You won the googling contest yeah.

[Vicious Horizon]

Googling? You insult my intelligence =/


I used Yahoo actually!

[Setsoru]

you wake up in a rooom

the room has 2 doors leading out, one leads to certain death, the other to certain freedom..

There are 2 men standing in the middle of the room.
One man ALWAYS tells the truth
The other ALWAYS lies.

you are only allowed to ask 1 question. directed at 1 of the men.

what question do you ask, to find out which door to go through?
(note: you want certain freedom)

[Calneon]

you wake up in a rooom

the room has 2 doors leading out, one leads to certain death, the other to certain freedom..

There are 2 men standing in the middle of the room.
One man ALWAYS tells the truth
The other ALWAYS lies.

you are only allowed to ask 1 question. directed at 1 of the men.

what question do you ask, to find out which door to go through?
(note: you want certain freedom)
Damn, that seems really simple but I'm sure there's a catch somewhere.

Assuming that the two men know which door is which, it would appear that you could ask, "Which door leads to certain freedom" to either of them. You take the door the honest man tells you, and not the one the lier tells you.

[Vicious Horizon]

I ask the man who always tells the truth which door leads to certain freedom.

He tells me the correct answer.

I exit the room.


- I think there's a little more to this riddle than you put?

[Calneon]

I ask the man who always tells the truth which door leads to certain freedom.

He tells me the correct answer.

I exit the room.


- I think there's a little more to this riddle than you put?
I've read through it again and I can't find a hole in it.

[ez64]

The whole point of that story was you dont know who is who but sir nublet re wrote it wrong :D

[Calneon]

The whole point of that story was you dont know who is who but sir nublet re wrote it wrong :D
Well then it's random and not a riddle...

[Setsoru]

The whole point of that story was you dont know who is who but sir nublet re wrote it wrong :D


this cock munching ass-bitch is right

you don't know who lies or tells the truth.


the answer is:
'what door will the other man say is the door too freedom?'

if u happen to ask the one who tells the truth he will point to the door of death, because the other guy will claim that that is the door to freedom.
if u happen to ask the one who lies to you, he will point to the door of death, because, in reality the other guy, will point to the correct door

so no matter what you go to the opposite door to the one the man points at

[Isphera]

I'm as large as a castle, yet I'm lighter than air. One hundred men cannot move me - what am I?

[Calneon]

I'm as large as a castle, yet I'm lighter than air. One hundred men cannot move me - what am I?
A cloud.

[Toasty-Sloth]

I weigh almost nothing but no man on earth can hold me for more than a few minutes.

what am I?

[Vicious Horizon]

A woman.

[Isphera]

A cloud.

Incorrect.


I weigh almost nothing but no man on earth can hold me for more than a few minutes.

what am I?

Breath. And I did that by myself as well.

[Calneon]

Incorrect.

Yes it fucking is. A cloud meets all those criteria.

[Target]

Is it a shadow oric?

[Target]

What crime is punishable when attempted but not when committed?

[Chazlene]

What crime is punishable when attempted but not when committed?

Suicide... which, before you ask Target, I'm not going to commit because I'm a farmer which obviously means I'm depressed :p

[Isphera]

Is it a shadow oric?

It is Chris - the Castle's Shadow is the correct answer. Lol at Cal raging :D

[Target]

yes chaz, and woot go sunlight giving me the answer :D saw all the shadows in my room as was zomg its a shadow!!!!

[Calneon]

It is Chris - the Castle's Shadow is the correct answer. Lol at Cal raging :D
"It's lighter than air" suggests that the shadow has a mass. A shadow has no mass. A shadow is nothing, it is the absence of light. A castle's shadow is not larger than the castle that's casting the shadow if you measure the shadow during midday, and even if it has a long shadow during the evening the castle has a much vaster volume because a shadow is 2D, and you didn't mention whether the size was referring to surface area on the ground or volume. 100 men could move a shadow, they could move the castle which is casting the shadow and therefore move the castle's shadow. They could even put something between the sun and the castle to block out the light and totally remove the shadow.

A cloud is lighter than air, because it floats in the air. A cloud can be larger than a castle. A cloud cannot be moved by 100 men.

I am right, you are wrong.

Fuck.

[Trigger]

I luled, you tell em Cal

[Target]

100 men could move a cloud though if they built a huge fucking plane and swallowed it

[Calneon]

100 men could move a cloud though if they built a huge fucking plane and swallowed it
True.

[D_K_Head]

I heard this one a while back, and it made me groan when someone told me the answer... (before I even had a chance to guess it actually. Some people are terrible at telling riddles.)

I am the beginning of the end and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation and I suround every place.

[Vicious Horizon]

I heard this one a while back, and it made me groan when someone told me the answer... (before I even had a chance to guess it actually. Some people are terrible at telling riddles.)

I am the beginning of the end and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation and I suround every place.

Your mum.

[Chazlene]

I heard this one a while back, and it made me groan when someone told me the answer... (before I even had a chance to guess it actually. Some people are terrible at telling riddles.)

I am the beginning of the end and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation and I suround every place.

Blatantly the letter 'E'...

[Calneon]

I hate crap riddles like that.

[Setsoru]

100 men could move a cloud though if they built a huge fucking plane and swallowed it

1 hundred men could move a shadow, by blocking the sunlight, and using a massive manoeuvrable light to move the shadows LOL :P

[Vicious Horizon]

and I suround every place.

Evidently not correct spelling.