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Posted May 11, 2014
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Gydion: You should have manually fixed the two closing quotes. Space/indentation seems to matter at least sometimes.
I did try correcting the indentation, didn't help.
Post edited May 11, 2014 by Maighstir
Posted May 11, 2014
Two trains are going toward each other on the same track. They are 123 Km distant. Train 1 is going at 100 MPH, train 2 at 1/100th the speed of sound.

Now when will Gunship 2000 appears on GOG?
Post edited May 11, 2014 by justanoldgamer
Posted May 11, 2014
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justanoldgamer: Two trains are going toward each other on the same track. They are 123 Km distant. Train 1 is going at 100 MPH, train 2 at 1/100th the speed of sound.

Now when will Gunship 2000 appears on GOG?
Green.
Posted May 11, 2014
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Maighstir: I did try correcting the indentation, didn't help.
Well, it is the GOG forums. Just noticed it ate the rest of the quotes.
Posted May 12, 2014
GOG just ate 2 of my posts without further notice. "18000" copies of Jack Keane 2? Even Theodore couldn't bear it... So... test, test?! This thread still working? test, test...
Posted May 13, 2014
Yeah...We're all here; just wore out from all the stress of the Insomnia Sale. I bought 11 games and I'm not sure I really want some of them. *sigh* *groan* *yawn*
Posted May 13, 2014
You have been sentenced to be put to death tomorrow. But as is the custom in Goglandia, you are given one chance at freedom. When you awake the next day, you find yourself in a small room with two doors, two guards, and a scroll in your pocket.

You open the scroll, which reads, "One door leads to freedom, the other to your death. One guard is ordered to speak only the truth, the other only in lies. There are but two rules for your chance to escape. First, if you open a door, you must step through it. Second, you may ask only one question, which will be answered by both guards."

With this knowledge, what question do you ask to figure out which door leads to your freedom?
Posted May 13, 2014
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dmetras: With this knowledge, what question do you ask to figure out which door leads to your freedom?
Allow me to quote Casanunda:
Casanunda: "Simple. You go up to the smaller guard and say 'Tell me which door leads to freedom if you don't want to see the colour of your kidneys.'"
Stibbons: "But you haven't got a sword!"
Casanunda: "Yes I have, I stole it from the guard while he was considering the question."
Posted May 13, 2014
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dmetras: You have been sentenced to be put to death tomorrow. But as is the custom in Goglandia, you are given one chance at freedom. When you awake the next day, you find yourself in a small room with two doors, two guards, and a scroll in your pocket.

You open the scroll, which reads, "One door leads to freedom, the other to your death. One guard is ordered to speak only the truth, the other only in lies. There are but two rules for your chance to escape. First, if you open a door, you must step through it. Second, you may ask only one question, which will be answered by both guards."

With this knowledge, what question do you ask to figure out which door leads to your freedom?
Ask one of them. "If you speak like the second guard which door leads to safe?" And than use different Hope you understand what i mean:)
Posted May 13, 2014
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JMich: Allow me to quote Casanunda:

Casanunda: "Simple. You go up to the smaller guard and say 'Tell me which door leads to freedom if you don't want to see the colour of your kidneys.'"
Stibbons: "But you haven't got a sword!"
Casanunda: "Yes I have, I stole it from the guard while he was considering the question."
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JMich:
Well, that might work if the smaller guard were the liar. He'd be forced to agree that you did have a sword. Then he'd point to the death door, and you'd waltz through the freedom door.

But if the smaller guard were trained to tell only the truth? He might see through the ruse and say, "You didn't steal a sword! You now have a 50/50 chance to perish. You'll burn in Hell if you do!" Or something along those lines.

And this certainly wouldn't work if the guards are the same height. Not quite the answer I was looking for, but +1 for originality.

Grade: PASS
Posted May 13, 2014
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dmetras: And this certainly wouldn't work if the guards are the same height. Not quite the answer I was looking for, but +1 for originality.
Terry Pratchett, in Lords and Ladies. For the "proper" answer, see the post by truhik77, or read the spoilers

[spoiler]"If I asked the other guard which door leads to death, what would he answer?"[/spoiler]
That is the door to take.

See also Raymond Smullyan's book "The Lady, or the Tiger?" for more variations of this theme.
Posted May 13, 2014
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truhlik77: Ask one of them. "If you speak like the second guard which door leads to safe?" And than use different Hope you understand what i mean:)
Correct! Both guards will point to the death door when asked this question. When my dad took a Logic class, some better-written form of my question was the final exam. He's the only one in his class who figured it out!


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Posted May 13, 2014
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dmetras: With this knowledge, what question do you ask to figure out which door leads to your freedom?
I'll go with the bow & arrow.
Posted May 15, 2014
Another puzzle....?
Posted May 15, 2014
I think I failed the test of remembering this thread.
Post edited May 15, 2014 by NoNewTaleToTell
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