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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: confused! on May 20, 2005, 03:11:42 PM

Title: Coffee Game
Post by: confused! on May 20, 2005, 03:11:42 PM: Ok, as some of you know i am a restaraunt manager.

At work we have 5 coffee pots arranged in the following manner

{decaf}{regular}{regular}{regular}{regular}

As the day goes on pots of regular are pulled until ultimately only 3 remain two regular and one decaf. ( if this seems excessive, please note that during breakfast this is roughly a five minute supply of coffee, and that by teh tim i left work this after noon we had sold 1300 orders in 9.5 hours)

Normally one would assume that the pots would be labeled by the type of coffee contained therein. However, the store I work at is to insane for that. Thus, they are both labeled and color coded. Decaf is tagged either yellow or pink. Regular is on white paper. (The labels have the time the coffee is too cold to serve, 2 hours after it has been brewed)

long ago some one hit on the idea that regular and decaf were crappy things to write and thus the game was born.

The four Regular pots will have 4 related thing written on them.
The fifth, the decaf pot, has a word which is similar but different .

the goal is to figure out why the decaf word doesn't fit.

the pots are removed by the same person who wrote them, the shift manager, thus the final 3 pots should demonstrate the difference better than the initial 5.

To play the game on the forum one will start with 5 pots

demonstrated as shown
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{decaf} {regular} {regular} {regular} {regular} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gorbachev| Lenin | Stalin | Brezhnev | Krushchev
in order to simplify the regular pots will be removed from right to left, Resulting in the final group being lenin ,stalin and gorbi.

(the connection here Soviet leaders, the exception ended teh union.)

finally this is the l ast trio fo todays coffe pots at work:
(http://pictures.confusionville.net/cofsample.png)
(think c++)

so the follwing thread is hopefully to make us all try to out fox each other in teh coffe game.

the person who gets the connection of the preceeding examples gets to set up th next set of pots.

So, this is the puzzle:
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{decaf} {regular} {regular} {regular} {regular} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tsushima | Kursk | Leningrad | Berezina | Khalkin-Gol
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: EvilLinkz on May 20, 2005, 04:14:09 PM: Quote
So, this is the puzzle:
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{decaf} {regular} {regular} {regular} {regular} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tsushima | Kursk | Leningrad | Berezina | Khalkin-Gol
[snapback]49037[/snapback]

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/vy75/ (http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/vy75/)
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/8163/Tsushima.htm (http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/8163/Tsushima.htm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad)
http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF96/KScott/Berezina.html (http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF96/KScott/Berezina.html)
http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/r...in-gol1939.html (http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/russia/khalkin-gol1939.html)

They're all locations of battles, generally involving Japan or Russia, however the only odd one out I can see is that Berezina is a river while the others are towns/cities.
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Niteowl on May 20, 2005, 04:21:52 PM: Super neat game! You do know, confused, that is is a type of question on an IQ test right?
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: sonic on May 20, 2005, 04:26:53 PM: The answer is monkeys
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: EvilLinkz on May 20, 2005, 04:42:00 PM: Hmmm, a little more research makes me realise something more obvious: Tsushima is the only battle on the waters. The others are land or air.

(Cheers DHP for reminding me the decaf has to be the odd one out.)
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: confused! on May 20, 2005, 04:53:13 PM: EvilLinkz, you are very, very close.

What else is exceptional about tsushima?
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: EvilLinkz on May 20, 2005, 04:54:44 PM: The Japanese managed to win? They slaughter the Russians at a ratio of 1 Japanese death to 10 Russian deaths (600:6000).
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: confused! on May 20, 2005, 04:56:12 PM: bingo!

EvilLinkz has the dubious distinction of being able to post thr next set of coffee!
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Niteowl on May 20, 2005, 05:19:02 PM: Hurry up!! I can't wait!! And bonus meeces for posting one just on logic (no need to google it). Oh fine, while I'm waiting, i'll post something out of TURN! (unofficially, of course! muAHhahAHHA!). Of course, knowing me, I'll prolly put a puzzle that you have to look up :S
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{unknown} {unknown} {unknown} {unknown} {unknown} --------------------------------------------------- Grizzly| Moose | Panda | Giraffe | Tiger
Ok, you'll most certainly have to look this up, SHAME ON ME!
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: EvilLinkz on May 20, 2005, 05:29:20 PM: Code: [Select]
{decaf} | (Second difference:1,32,93,184,305) + (65536^¼)½ {regular} | x² - 31 + 30 {regular} | 0.5 to the -sin + sin90 {regular} | (5 x 6) + (369630/555)/666 {regular} | a² + b² = 5.5677643628300219221194712989185²
Jesus that took a long time, damn formatting...

...hope you like numbers :o
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: sonic on May 20, 2005, 05:32:09 PM: Monkeys was a much more plausible answer
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: confused! on May 20, 2005, 05:51:06 PM: what the heck is a second difference
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Bryan on May 20, 2005, 06:29:10 PM: i vote Grizzly. because i have seen them walk on 2 legs.

Bryan

I like monkeys
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: EvilLinkz on May 21, 2005, 01:00:23 PM: Darn, I fear I made this too specialised :|

A second difference is the difference of the differences between two numbers.... in the case of that sequence.... it's "30" :o
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: confused! on May 21, 2005, 08:08:10 PM: In that case I have a guess about the difference.

the first adds a number which is not one or zero.
thats as good as i can do becasue im a worthless math kid having not even seem an equation in 3 years. woo yeah.
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Black Mage on May 21, 2005, 08:31:50 PM: pandas live in trees
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Nuketheplace on May 22, 2005, 01:13:22 AM: I think the Moose is the only one thats not endangered.
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: EvilLinkz on May 22, 2005, 09:14:51 AM: Hmmm, this seems to have become a multi-question thread. I blame Nightowl for being impatient D:
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: CryForMe on May 22, 2005, 10:21:22 AM: the giraffe is the only animal that wont become aggressive if attacked. it will run away. it's also the only species native to the southern hemisphere. it's also the only animal named that doesnt have any sort of toe-like appendage on its feet (yes, moose do have a toe-like appendage directly above their hooves).

oh yeah, and evil, the reason we're answering niteowl's question instead of yours is because yours involves math. i mean cmon man...im a teacher and i wont even stoop to the level of doing math for fun.
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Niteowl on May 25, 2005, 01:49:57 PM: Hm, mostly good answers, but not what I"m looking for!
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Krytos on May 25, 2005, 09:19:19 PM: The moose. Its the only one with antlers.
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Black Mage on May 26, 2005, 07:20:49 AM: "Tiger" is the only word that contains only unique letters (if panda were spelled paanda then tiger would be the only one without a double-letter)
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Niteowl on May 26, 2005, 11:01:55 AM: Hm, seems like there is going to be no one getting the answer I'm thinking of. BIG hint, it has to do with evolution, and digestion.
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: SwiftSpear on May 26, 2005, 04:16:34 PM: Tiger is the only one that doesn't like pizza.
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: CryForMe on May 26, 2005, 05:35:30 PM: um...well theres several possibilities. the giraffe has uniquely evolved to be able to reach its food source at the tops of trees, which, through their own genetic evolution, have become taller over the ages. pandas and moose and giraffes are all herbivores, while grizzlies and tigers are omnivorous, having a much more scrutinizing digestive system that will allow them to process various types of intake. pandas have evolved a unique claw on their forepaws that allows them to dig out the center meat of bamboo stalks and other closed-capsule plants.
each animal has its own unique evolutionary quirks involving digestion and eating, so which is it. give it up already :p
EDIT:
you also broke the game code by not labeling which was decaf/regular. thats the point. you have to figure out why the different one is different. not which AND why.
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Black Mage on May 26, 2005, 10:34:49 PM: i give up, here's mine. it's a lot simpler if you know your languages.

glob() <-- decaf
rtrim() <-- reg
str_rot13() <-- reg
explode() <-- reg
nl2br() <-- reg

answer:
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tybo() vf gur bayl shapgvba gung'f abg n cuc fgevat shapgvba (vg'f n crey/cl/rgp svyr shapgvba hfrq sbe Havk fglyr cnguanzr cnggrea rkcnafvba). egevz(), fge_ebg13(), rkcybqr() ner nyy y2oe() cuc fgevat shapgvbaf (fep: uggc://hf2.cuc.arg/fgevatf naq uggc://jjj.kni.pbz/crey/yvo/Cbq/creyshap.ugzy) ab, v qb abg rkcrpg zbfg crbcyr gb xabj guvf bssunaq (tbbtyr sbe gur jva) fbavp'f cebonoyl tbvat gb synzr zr sbe guvf cbfg. v'q chg n svir qbja ba uvz pynvzvat gung v'ir arire gbhpurq n srznyr vs v unq n jnl gb trg lbh (gur ernqre) n svir. bu, cyrnfr qba'g cbfg gur genafyngvba (be na boibvhf yvax gb n genafyngbe) ba gur sbehzf ^^
Title: Coffee Game
Post by: Niteowl on May 27, 2005, 06:38:28 AM: yeah, i was trying to make it harder.

anyhooo answer coming up:

It's the panda, who's a secondary herbivore, it was actually evolved to eat MEAT. But got stuck in a place where it can only eat fricking bamboo shoots. Forcing it to consume 14kg (30ish lbs) of shoot a DAY just to survive.

Yeah, that's why it's endangered. Bloody evolution.