| Author | Message | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 336 Registered: 5-2007 |
Because of a journalist, students had a hard time getting free newspapers. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 155 Registered: 9-2007 |
Before the journalist came into the picture, did the students get free newspapers? If so, from their school / university / college? Did the journalist write an article on how unnecessary it was to give students free newspapers? Or that they were using them inappropriately? Something about paper conservation relevant? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 338 Registered: 5-2007 |
Before the journalist came into the picture, did the students get free newspapers? Some of them did, but they had a hard time of it, same as after the journalist came into the picture If so, from their school / university / college? No Did the journalist write an article on how unnecessary it was to give students free newspapers? No Or that they were using them inappropriately? No Something about paper conservation relevant? No Considering the answer to the first of your questions, a better puzzle statement might be "Because of a journalist, students continued to have a hard time getting free newspapers." | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 156 Registered: 9-2007 |
Free as in Free-of-charge? Or liberel and free-thinking? Because of something the journalist writes? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 340 Registered: 5-2007 |
Free as in Free-of-charge? This one Or liberel and free-thinking? Irrelevant Because of something the journalist writes? Yes | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 157 Registered: 9-2007 |
Title relevant? Is it relevant what the journalist wrote about? Were there only a limited number of free newspapers, and it was difficult to procure one because of the popularity of the paper or the journalist? Please clarify one thing though... Do you mean that the journalist didn't help make it easier to get free papers, but the situation got no harder? So is the journalist relevant at all? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 625 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was it about to get easier for the students to get free papers, but thanks to the journalist it never happened? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 343 Registered: 5-2007 |
Title relevant? No Is it relevant what the journalist wrote about? Yes Were there only a limited number of free newspapers Yes, and it was difficult to procure one because of the popularity of the paper Yes or the journalist? No Please clarify one thing though... Do you mean that the journalist didn't help make it easier to get free papers, but the situation got no harder? Yes So is the journalist relevant at all? Yes, see next answer Was it about to get easier for the students to get free papers, but thanks to the journalist it never happened? Yes | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 165 Registered: 9-2007 |
Was it a general newspaper that everyone would read, or something closer to a college newsletter? Did the journalist write about: Sports? Politics? Current Affairs? Entertainment? Finance? Education? Were there going to be more free papers, but because of what the journalist wrote, there weren't? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 346 Registered: 5-2007 |
Was it a general newspaper that everyone would read, or something closer to a college newsletter? Please clarify - what is "it"? Did the journalist write about: Sports? Politics? Current Affairs? This is closest but still doesn't really describe it accurately Entertainment? Finance? Education? Were there going to be more free papers, but because of what the journalist wrote, there weren't? No. The number of free papers was never supposed to change. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 167 Registered: 9-2007 |
it = The newspaper referred to in the puzzle statement. Since the number of free papers remains the same, it would only be hard to get free papers if 1. The paper was really popular, began to lose popularity, but regained it because of the journalist? 2. There was a long queue for the free ones? 3. It was somehow difficult to reach where they were distributed? 4. Something else? Did she write something like a gossip column? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 348 Registered: 5-2007 |
it = The newspaper referred to in the puzzle statement. Meaning the newspaper that was being given away for free? It was a general newspaper. I think The Washington Post and USA Today were being given away for free. Since the number of free papers remains the same, it would only be hard to get free papers if 1. The paper was really popular Yes, began to lose popularity No, but regained it because of the journalist? No and FA 2. There was a long queue for the free ones? No 3. It was somehow difficult to reach where they were distributed? Noish 4. Something else? There just weren't enough for everyone who wanted one, that's all. Did she write something like a gossip column? No | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 170 Registered: 9-2007 |
From your request for a clarification, I have to ask, does the journalist write for the newspaper tht was given away for free or some other one? Did the journalist actively work to keep the no. of free papers low? Or was it an indirect consequence of what they wrote? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 350 Registered: 5-2007 |
From your request for a clarification, I have to ask, does the journalist write for the newspaper tht was given away for free or some other one? He writes for some other one. That was the FA mentioned above Did the journalist actively work to keep the no. of free papers low? No Or was it an indirect consequence of what they wrote? Yes but it wan't the number of free papers - remember the number of free papers was never supposed to change. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 173 Registered: 9-2007 |
Does he not write very well? If so, is that why the 'free' papers retained their popularity? What he writes... Something you would normally read in a newspaper? Is it an editorial? or an opinion? Science & Technology / Medicine? If he wrote for the 'free' newspaper instead of the other one, would it have been easier? or harder? (to procure a freebie) | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 352 Registered: 5-2007 |
Does he not write very well? If so, is that why the 'free' papers retained their popularity? What he writes... Something you would normally read in a newspaper? Yes Is it an editorial? or an opinion? It was not an editorial piece, but an opinion was expressed Science & Technology Yes / Medicine No? If he wrote for the 'free' newspaper instead of the other one, would it have been easier? or harder? (to procure a freebie) The result would probably have been the same | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 182 Registered: 9-2007 |
Did he write an article about how newspapers are a more powerful and better medium than the internet or email, encouraging people to read? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 355 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did he write an article about how newspapers are a more powerful and better medium than the internet or email, encouraging people to read? No | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 532 Registered: 6-2001 |
Is censorship involved? | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 533 Registered: 6-2001 |
or was the result of the opinion column to stop a dept/course closing thus keeping demand for the papers up? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 358 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is censorship involved? No or was the result of the opinion column to stop a dept/course closing thus keeping demand for the papers up? No | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 540 Registered: 6-2001 |
So just to see that we are getting it right... the writer worked for a different paper? The number of free copies was static, but demand for them was expected to go down, thus allowing more students to get them? Important where the demand went down? teachers? because of something the writer wrote, demand did not go down, and students still had trouble getting papers? Did the piece the writer wrote put people off switching to the paper he wrote for? Did it stop something happening that would have reduced the demand for papers? that paper in particular? Did it cause somthing to happen that stopped a general decline in readership? Is the opinion he expressed relevant? had he not expressed an opinion would it have had the same result? Is it relevant exactly what he writes about or the type of article he is writing? is it a feature? a leader? a general news piece? an interview? an obituary? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 360 Registered: 5-2007 |
So just to see that we are getting it right... the writer worked for a different paper? Yes The number of free copies was static Yes, but demand for them was expected to go down Noish, thus allowing more students to get them? But more students would have been able to get them Important where the demand went down? Yope teachers? Yope because of something the writer wrote Yes, demand did not go down Demand was not the issue, but... , and students still had trouble getting papers? Yes Did the piece the writer wrote put people off switching to the paper he wrote for? No Did it stop something happening Yes that would have reduced the demand for papers? Again, demand was not the issue that paper in particular? See above Did it cause somthing to happen that stopped a general decline in readership? No Is the opinion he expressed relevant? Yes had he not expressed an opinion would it have had the same result? Possibly Is it relevant exactly what he writes about Yes or the type of article he is writing? is it a feature? Yes a leader? a general news piece? an interview? The feature included quotes from people he interviewed in it, of course an obituary? | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 553 Registered: 6-2001 |
So I take it that demand is not the issue then? But then neither is supply since the number of paper is static... So therefore logically the point at issue is means... So some point of issue was considering not stocking the paper? which would have freed up more papers for the students? and as a result of his feature continued to stock the paper, thus...? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 363 Registered: 5-2007 |
So I take it that demand is not the issue then? Correct...ish But then neither is supply since the number of paper is static... Correct So therefore logically the point at issue is means... You mean the means to get the papers? YESish So some point of issue was considering not stocking the paper? No which would have freed up more papers for the students? No and as a result of his feature continued to stock the paper, thus...? No But you're on the right track... | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 365 Registered: 5-2007 |
Correction: "...which would have freed up more papers for the students" should be YESish, something did free up more papers for the students, but it's not that any "point of issue" as going to not stock the paper... | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 366 Registered: 5-2007 |
Correction to the Correction: Of course "did free up" should be "would have freed up", because the thing that was going to happen never happened, because of the journalist. | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 555 Registered: 6-2001 |
So somehow the means to get the hands on the paper is involved... Was an extension of area of distribution being considered...but without an increase in number of papers? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 368 Registered: 5-2007 |
So somehow the means to get the hands on the paper is involved... Was an extension of area of distribution being considered...but without an increase in number of papers? No | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 582 Registered: 6-2001 |
So something was going to affect the distribution... not the area served... not the points that people got them from... time of delivery? Were they going to change the day of publication? and then didn't? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 370 Registered: 5-2007 |
So something was going to affect the distribution... Yes not the area served...Correct not the points that people got them from...Yope time of delivery? Were they going to change the day of publication? No and then didn't? No | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 584 Registered: 6-2001 |
Ah so it's a yope to points of issue... was a place on campus considering carrying the paper? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 372 Registered: 5-2007 |
Ah so it's a yope to points of issue... was a place on campus considering carrying the paper? No - maybe this answer was a bit confusing - the locations at which the papers were being distributed was not going to be changed - but something about how they were distributed at those points was. | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 610 Registered: 6-2001 |
Had someone suggested limited free copies... eg free only to students and unemployed? but this idea was binned after it was ridiculed by the journalist? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 373 Registered: 5-2007 |
Had someone suggested limited free copies Yes... eg free only to students Yes and unemployed No? but this idea was binned Yes after it was ridiculed by the journalist? No | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 219 Registered: 9-2007 |
Did he write something about the students that made the decision be revoked? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 375 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did he write something about the students that made the decision be revoked? No | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 383 Registered: 5-2007 |
Hint: Think about the mechanism that would be used to control access to the papers. | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 780 Registered: 6-2001 |
Production of a student card? library card? Did the journalist point out a problem with the mechanism being used? Did he protest against the injustice of it? Did he laud it as the way forward? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 384 Registered: 5-2007 |
Production of a student card? Yes, for svv of "production" library card? No Did the journalist point out a problem with the mechanism being used? Noish Did he protest against the injustice of it? No Did he laud it as the way forward? No | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 387 Registered: 5-2007 |
RECAP: The college was giving away free newspapers (USA Today, Washington Post, etc.). However, professors were taking the papers, leaving fewer for students. There was a plan being considered to make the papers accessible to only students, so that they would have an easier time getting them. However, because of something that a journalist had written in the school newspaper, this plan was never implemented. The specific mechanism that would be used to control access to the papers is relevant. | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 804 Registered: 6-2001 |
svv of production??? did they just have to show it, or did they have to do soemthing more? swipe it? Is cost involved? | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1225 Registered: 6-2001 |
Did the something reveal something about the student's behaviour? What they did with the newspapers? did they sell them on? is it relevant which sections they read? How they disposed of them? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 391 Registered: 5-2007 |
svv of production??? did they just have to show it, or did they have to do soemthing more? swipe it? Yes, they (would have) had to swipe it through an electronic reader Is cost involved? No Did the something reveal something about the student's behaviour? The "something" meaning "the article in the newspaper"? I don't think so but please rephrase What they did with the newspapers? did they sell them on? is it relevant which sections they read? How they disposed of them? No to all of these | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 267 Registered: 9-2007 |
Did he write about something one *could* do with such an electronic card, such as fraud of some kind? and this resulted in the plan being withdrawn? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 397 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did he write about something one *could* do with such an electronic card Yes, such as fraud of some kind? Yes and this resulted in the plan being withdrawn? Yes Spoiler At the University of Maryland, College Park, a computer science professor and three students discovered security flaws in the school's ID card system. This was reported in the Diamondback, the school newspaper, and led to a re-encoding of the ID cards. Later, students were complaining that free newspapers distributed by the school's "Collegiate Reading Program" were being snatched up by professors and graduate students, leaving fewer for undergraduates. A plan was drawn up to put ID card readers on the newspaper dispensers, to ensure that only students had access to them. However, since the new, re-encoded ID cards no longer had the information about whether the holder was an undergraduate, graduate student, or professor, this was not possible. Diamondback articles: ID card security: http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2006/04/26/NewsonCampus/Students.Reveal.Identity.Theft.Risks-2325304.shtml The newspaper plan: http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2007/03/30/News/Campus.Newspapers.Still.In.Question-2814554.shtml | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 272 Registered: 9-2007 |
Wicked! Thanks for the great puzzle! |
