| Author | Message | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 204 Registered: 9-2008 |
I have an alarm set to go off every morning (on weekdays) at 11:45 AM. However, I don't normally get up at 11:45, nor is there anything special I do or anywhere I go at that time that I would need a reminder of. In fact, when the alarm goes off every day, I simply shut it off and go back to doing whatever I was doing before it went off. Why, then, do I set it? | ||
| Bodo (Bodo)
New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2535 Registered: 2-2001 |
Is it for someone else? Anything particularly relevant about the alarm? Regular alarm clock? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1065 Registered: 12-2004 |
Does it scare away the albatrosses? | ||
| Bodo (Bodo)
New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2536 Registered: 2-2001 |
Yah, but the penguins kinda like it... | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 205 Registered: 9-2008 |
Is it for someone else? No, it's for me. Anything particularly relevant about the alarm? Just that it goes off at 11:45 AM every weekday. Regular alarm clock? Cell phone, actually, but I use it as an alarm clock. Does it scare away the albatrosses? No. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 275 Registered: 6-2008 |
Are you doing an experiment where you record what you are doing at that time every weekday and then analyze the results later? Are you always in the same place when the alarm goes off? always engaged in the same activity? Could you potentially accomplish the same thing by setting the alarm to go off at another time, say at 1:15 PM, as long as it was consistently the same time every day? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 276 Registered: 6-2008 |
As another possibility I forgot to mention: Are you testing whether the alarm clock remains synchronized to some other clock, to see how well it keeps time? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 211 Registered: 9-2008 |
Are you doing an experiment where you record what you are doing at that time every weekday and then analyze the results later? No. Are you always in the same place when the alarm goes off? No. always engaged in the same activity? No. Could you potentially accomplish the same thing by setting the alarm to go off at another time, say at 1:15 PM, as long as it was consistently the same time every day? No. There IS something significant about 11:45 AM, despite the fact that I don't do anything other than turn the alarm off. As another possibility I forgot to mention: Are you testing whether the alarm clock remains synchronized to some other clock, to see how well it keeps time? No. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 111 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did you set it yourself? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 215 Registered: 9-2008 |
Did you set it yourself? Yes. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 115 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did you set it for someone else? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 217 Registered: 9-2008 |
Did you set it for someone else? No, I set it for me. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 117 Registered: 11-2008 |
Do you need it to remind you of something? Or for you to do something? Do you do anything as a result of the alarm going off? If so, immediately? Or later? (Like: I am so absorbed in my work that I must set the alarm not to forget to have my lunch?) | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 219 Registered: 9-2008 |
Do you need it to remind you of something? Yesish. Or for you to do something? Yesish. Do you do anything as a result of the alarm going off? Yes. If so, immediately? This one. Or later? (Like: I am so absorbed in my work that I must set the alarm not to forget to have my lunch?) But not this. | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 625 Registered: 8-2005 |
I am a little confused. In the statement you say there is nothing special you do when the alarm goes off, then you say you do something as a result of the alarm going off. Which is it? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 221 Registered: 9-2008 |
I am a little confused. In the statement you say there is nothing special you do when the alarm goes off, then you say you do something as a result of the alarm going off. Which is it? There is something I do, but it's very subtle, and I do it as I turn the alarm off. I hope that doesn't give too much away. Sorry about the confusion. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 118 Registered: 11-2008 |
Do you take medicine? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 223 Registered: 9-2008 |
Do you take medicine? Not when the alarm goes off. | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 626 Registered: 8-2005 |
Do you check the time? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 225 Registered: 9-2008 |
Do you check the time? No, I know what the time is (it's the same time every morning), but I do check something else. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1073 Registered: 12-2004 |
Do you check to see if you still have a pulse? | ||
| Sollen (Sollen)
New member Username: Sollen Post Number: 383 Registered: 10-2003 |
do you confirm that something has happened? do you confirm that something hasn't happened? do you do a physical activity? or something more mental? does the act of stoping the alarm server to do something else? since the alrm is in your cell phone does it cause you to check your phone for calls? turn the volume down on your phone? does this work just as well if the alarm wasn't on your cell? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 227 Registered: 9-2008 |
do you confirm that something has happened? do you confirm that something hasn't happened? This is closest. do you do a physical activity? This is closest. or something more mental? does the act of stoping the alarm server to do something else? Essentially since the alrm is in your cell phone does it cause you to check your phone for calls? No, but somewhat OTRT. Explore. turn the volume down on your phone? No. does this work just as well if the alarm wasn't on your cell? It would work on some regular alarm clocks, but only ones with a certain feature that my cell phone alarm also has. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1075 Registered: 12-2004 |
Would it have to be audible to serve this purpose? Or could you have it vibrate, assuming you would be able to feel it? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 230 Registered: 9-2008 |
Would it have to be audible to serve this purpose? Or could you have it vibrate, assuming you would be able to feel it? If I could feel it, it could work, but in the situation where I would actually use the alarm, I wouldn't want to keep a phone in my pocket. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1097 Registered: 12-2004 |
Would this be for comfort? Because you would be coming into contact with flammable fluids? Would there risk of damage to the phone? Are you usually streaking at the time? The certain feature is... (checks own alarm clock for features) The ability to have it repeat each weekday at the same time? The ability to choose what style of alarm you would like? The ability to have a buzzer? or some radio station? Snooze? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 233 Registered: 9-2008 |
Would this be for comfort? Essentially. Because you would be coming into contact with flammable fluids? Would there risk of damage to the phone? Are you usually streaking at the time? No to rest. The certain feature is... (checks own alarm clock for features) The ability to have it repeat each weekday at the same time? This is one such feature, although not the one I was thinking of when I wrote that clue. The ability to choose what style of alarm you would like? The ability to have a buzzer? or some radio station? Snooze? No to rest. There's another significant feature that you haven't mentioned yet. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1169 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hmmm... I guess my alarm doesn't have it? Is there a significant reason why you only do this on weekdays? Are weekends not "gangstah" enough? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 237 Registered: 9-2008 |
Hmmm... I guess my alarm doesn't have it? Most cell phone alarms do. Keep trying. Is there a significant reason why you only do this on weekdays? Semi-significant, yes. Are weekends not "gangstah" enough? No, that's not it. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1203 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hmm... I guess I'll have to check my ghetto "cell phone". Select? Back? New Entry? Datebook? Go to Today? Setup? Event detail? Start time? Duration? Date? Repeat? Alarm? 1 hour before? Custom? Calculator? Exchange rate? Stop watch? (I don't even think these are related to the alarm anymore. Oh well...) Lantern? Fixed dial? Service dial? Wallpaper? Screen saver? Ring styles? alert? Loud ring? Soft ring? Vibrate? Vibrate then ring? Silent? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 240 Registered: 9-2008 |
Hmm... I guess I'll have to check my ghetto "cell phone". Select? Back? New Entry? Datebook? Go to Today? Setup? Event detail? Start time? Duration? Date? Repeat? Alarm? 1 hour before? Custom? Calculator? Exchange rate? Stop watch? (I don't even think these are related to the alarm anymore. Oh well...) Lantern? Fixed dial? Service dial? Wallpaper? Screen saver? Ring styles? alert? Loud ring? Soft ring? Vibrate? Vibrate then ring? Silent? I'm sorry to say, it's none of these. It's not really a "feature" in that sense. It's actually something very simple--probably something that many people would take for granted on a cell phone with an alarm. Some regular alarm clocks have it as well, although there are many that don't. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1212 Registered: 12-2004 |
Synchronization with an atomic clock? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 242 Registered: 9-2008 |
Synchronization with an atomic clock? No. The feature specifically has to do with the ALARM part of the phone. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1217 Registered: 12-2004 |
Using a variable pitch? Volume? Automatically adjusting to the frequency of any sound waves currently in the vicinity in order to cancel the waves out with inverse waves? Different frequency waves? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1218 Registered: 12-2004 |
Do you utilize this feature? Before the alarm goes off? When it goes off? When you turn it off? Afterwards? Does my alarm clock have this feature? Would this feature be the key selling point in an alarm clock? If it didn't have this feature, it would not fulfill the purpose that is currently fulfilled by your cell phone alarm now? Does a Swiss Army Knife have this feature? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 243 Registered: 9-2008 |
Using a variable pitch? Volume? Automatically adjusting to the frequency of any sound waves currently in the vicinity in order to cancel the waves out with inverse waves? Different frequency waves? None of these. It's MUCH simpler than this. Do you utilize this feature? Yes. Before the alarm goes off? This one. When it goes off? When you turn it off? Afterwards? Does my alarm clock have this feature? I'd have to see your alarm clock to know. Would this feature be the key selling point in an alarm clock? No. It's not even that special, really. If it didn't have this feature, it would not fulfill the purpose that is currently fulfilled by your cell phone alarm now? I could still use it for MOST of what I do with the phone alarm, but there are certain things I couldn't do, and I WOULDN'T set the 11:45 alarm as referenced in the puzzle statement. Does a Swiss Army Knife have this feature? No. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1220 Registered: 12-2004 |
If it didn't have this feature, would you set it for 1:15 PM? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 245 Registered: 9-2008 |
If it didn't have this feature, would you set it for 1:15 PM? I would set it for any of various other times, depending on the day of the week. But I would do that anyway. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1221 Registered: 12-2004 |
anyway? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 248 Registered: 9-2008 |
anyway? I would have an alarm set for the other time AND one set for 11:45 AM (this is the crucial feature, by the way: the ability to have multiple alarms set simultaneously). | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 250 Registered: 9-2008 |
HINT: Now you know multiple alarms are involved. Try and figure out WHY I would have more than one alarm set and how that relates to the 11:45 AM alarm. | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 117 Registered: 11-2008 |
are you diabetic and check your blood sugar? another medical condition? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 252 Registered: 9-2008 |
are you diabetic and check your blood sugar? No. another medical condition? Nothing like that. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 278 Registered: 6-2008 |
So the other alarms are related to this puzzle as well? I guess I was assuming just that you had one alarm for the "normal" purpose of waking you up, and then the 11:45 alarm for the puzzle-worthy purpose, and that the relevance of the multi-alarm feature was just to spare you the inconvenience of changing the alarm setting twice a day. | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 254 Registered: 9-2008 |
So the other alarms are related to this puzzle as well? Yes. I guess I was assuming just that you had one alarm for the "normal" purpose of waking you up, and then the 11:45 alarm for the puzzle-worthy purpose, and that the relevance of the multi-alarm feature was just to spare you the inconvenience of changing the alarm setting twice a day. Yope. I would not set the 11:45 alarm AT ALL if I could not have it and the other alarm set simultaneously. I would have no reason to. | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 630 Registered: 8-2005 |
Do both the alarms sound at the same time? Is the noise they make relevant? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 256 Registered: 9-2008 |
Do both the alarms sound at the same time? No. Is the noise they make relevant? No. | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 631 Registered: 8-2005 |
Is it relevant what time the other alarm is set for? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 258 Registered: 9-2008 |
Is it relevant what time the other alarm is set for? Yesish. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1337 Registered: 12-2004 |
Is the other alarm set for a time before this one? After? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 260 Registered: 9-2008 |
Is the other alarm set for a time before this one? Sometimes. After? Sometimes, but this is the one that's significant. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 288 Registered: 6-2008 |
Do you perform a relevant action for the duration of time between the first and second alarms? avoid performing an action? Is the second alarm always at the same time of day? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 262 Registered: 9-2008 |
Do you perform a relevant action for the duration of time between the first and second alarms? Yope. avoid performing an action? Noish. Is the second alarm always at the same time of day? No, but the first alarm is only useful when the second alarm is later than the first. | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 267 Registered: 9-2008 |
HINT: Look back at my post made on November 21 at 11:10 AM, and think about what my answers in that post could mean in light of what you now know about the multiple alarms. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1373 Registered: 12-2004 |
Could you accomplish whatever you do when you turn the 11:45 AM alarm off without actually turning the alarm off? Or is turning the alarm off a necessary prerequisite? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 270 Registered: 9-2008 |
Could you accomplish whatever you do when you turn the 11:45 AM alarm off without actually turning the alarm off? No. Or is turning the alarm off a necessary prerequisite? Yes it is, but don't jump to too many conclusions there. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1383 Registered: 12-2004 |
If one weekday your 11:45 AM malfunctioned and never sounded, would you be greatly upset? Would you lose a lot of money? Get injured? Die? What if the 11:45 alarm actually sounded at 11:44? 11:46? 12:00 PM? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 272 Registered: 9-2008 |
If one weekday your 11:45 AM malfunctioned and never sounded, would you be greatly upset? Not unless another thing also went wrong. Would you lose a lot of money? No. Get injured? No. Die? No. What if the 11:45 alarm actually sounded at 11:44? Exactly the same. 11:46? Likewise.12:00 PM? Ditto, but there's a reason I would prefer to set the alarm for 11:45 than for noon (but it's not hugely relevant to the puzzle, so don't get fixated on it.) | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 634 Registered: 8-2005 |
Are you ensuring the battery is charged? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 635 Registered: 8-2005 |
Is snooze relevant? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 636 Registered: 8-2005 |
Is it relevant that the display also lights up? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 274 Registered: 9-2008 |
Are you ensuring the battery is charged? No, but good thinking. Is snooze relevant? No. Is it relevant that the display also lights up? No. HINT: Figure out the reason why I have the OTHER alarm set. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 290 Registered: 6-2008 |
When the other alarm sounds, do you: perform one or more momentary actions (e.g. check email, open a window)? begin to perform an ongoing action (e.g. tune in to listen to a particular radio program)? stop performing an ongoing action? Is the fact that these are audible alarms relevant? In other words, would it work if you were at your computer and you had somehow set a window to pop up on the screen at 11:45 and the other time? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 276 Registered: 9-2008 |
When the other alarm sounds, do you: perform one or more momentary actions (e.g. check email, open a window) Yes, but not one of the ones you listed. begin to perform an ongoing action (e.g. tune in to listen to a particular radio program)? Yope. Normally, I resume doing whatever ongoing action I was doing before the alarm went off, as soon as I've finished my momentary action. stop performing an ongoing action? No. Is the fact that these are audible alarms relevant? Yes. In other words, would it work if you were at your computer and you had somehow set a window to pop up on the screen at 11:45 and the other time? No. I wouldn't BE at my computer, so this wouldn't work. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 291 Registered: 6-2008 |
Do you perform the same momentary action at each alarm? Is the action at the later alarm physical? purely mental (e.g. taking note of something about your surroundings)? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 278 Registered: 9-2008 |
Do you perform the same momentary action at each alarm? Only if the second alarm is LATER than the first. Is the action at the later alarm physical? This one, but see above: The second alarm is not ALWAYS later than 11:45; usually it's earlier. purely mental (e.g. taking note of something about your surroundings)? No. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 294 Registered: 6-2008 |
When the second alarm is later, is it because you intentionally set it to be so? or is the second alarm set somehow to sound at random? (I ask because you always describe the time of the alarm passively, as if it just happens to be later on some days than on others). Assuming you set the second alarm on purpose to be later on some days and earlier on others, does the 11:45 alarm serve ANY purpose on those days when you set the second alarm to be earlier? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 279 Registered: 9-2008 |
When the second alarm is later, is it because you intentionally set it to be so? Yes. or is the second alarm set somehow to sound at random? No. (I ask because you always describe the time of the alarm passively, as if it just happens to be later on some days than on others). There's a reason I set it at different times on different days. Explore. Assuming you set the second alarm on purpose to be later on some days and earlier on others, does the 11:45 alarm serve ANY purpose on those days when you set the second alarm to be earlier? NO, good question! It's ONLY useful when the second alarm is LATER than the first. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 295 Registered: 6-2008 |
As for the reason you set the alarm at different times: Is it always the same time on a given day of the week (i.e. at one particular time each Monday, another time each Tuesday, etc.)? Do you set it earlier or later than the other based on having or not having a particular task to do that day? When the 11:45 alarm is LATER than the other alarm (and therefore serves no purpose), do you still have it set just because you are too lazy to change the setting? On a more general note, does the purpose of these alarms relate to your profession? to an obligation to or meeting with another person (e.g. family, friend)? to a matter of entirely personal interest? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 282 Registered: 9-2008 |
As for the reason you set the alarm at different times: Is it always the same time on a given day of the week (i.e. at one particular time each Monday, another time each Tuesday, etc.)? Most of the time (not always, but don't get too worked up about the exceptions). Do you set it earlier or later than the other based on having or not having a particular task to do that day? Yesish. When the 11:45 alarm is LATER than the other alarm (and therefore serves no purpose), do you still have it set just because you are too lazy to change the setting? Yope. On a more general note, does the purpose of these alarms relate to your profession? to an obligation to or meeting with another person (e.g. family, friend)? to a matter of entirely personal interest? It's an obligation, but not one of these. | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 637 Registered: 8-2005 |
Are weekends relevant? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 284 Registered: 9-2008 |
Are weekends relevant? No, except for the fact that I don't set either of my alarms for the weekened, as I only have the obligation I set them for during the week. | ||
| Racoonieboy (Racoonieboy)
New member Username: Racoonieboy Post Number: 84 Registered: 10-2008 |
Is the fact that it's a cell phone relevant? It reminds you of something... Do you have to reserve something? or... do you do it to remind you to wake up? Or... like to call something? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 288 Registered: 9-2008 |
Is the fact that it's a cell phone relevant? Only in that most cell phones can set multiple alarms, while most regular alarm clocks can't. It reminds you of something... Do you have to reserve something? or... do you do it to remind you to wake up? This is closest, but there's a big piece you don't have yet. Or... like to call something? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1621 Registered: 12-2004 |
Would you have been able to fulfill your obligation if you lived in the age before alarm clocks? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 297 Registered: 9-2008 |
Would you have been able to fulfill your obligation if you lived in the age before alarm clocks? I have no idea! | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1639 Registered: 12-2004 |
I'm stuck. | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1019 Registered: 6-2003 |
You said that in the situation when you would use the alarm, you wouldn't want to have the phone in your pocket. Is this worth exploring? Does it mean that on the days when the non-11:45 alarm is later than 11:45, you never have the phone in your pocket at 11:45? is it worth exploring why you would not want to have the phone in your pocket? Because you are wearing clothing without pockets? with small pockets? Because your pockets are full of other things? is it worth exploring where the phone is instead? Is it in a bag you are carrying? Are you always doing the same thing at 11:45 on weekdays? Are you always doing the same thing at 11:45 on days when the non-11:45 alarm is later than 11:45? If yes to either of the previous two questions: are you indoors? outdoors? in a vehicle? sitting? standing? walking? running? lying down? working? playing? resting? interacting with other people? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 300 Registered: 9-2008 |
You said that in the situation when you would use the alarm, you wouldn't want to have the phone in your pocket. Is this worth exploring? Yes. Does it mean that on the days when the non-11:45 alarm is later than 11:45, you never have the phone in your pocket at 11:45? Yes it does. is it worth exploring why you would not want to have the phone in your pocket? Yes. Because you are wearing clothing without pockets? with small pockets? Because your pockets are full of other things? No or noish to these, but OTRT. is it worth exploring where the phone is instead? Not exactly; it's only worth exploring what I'm doing at the time; that should make it clear why I wouldn't want the phone in my pocket. Is it in a bag you are carrying? No. Are you always doing the same thing at 11:45 on weekdays? No. It depends (as much else does in this puzzle) on whether the other alarm is earlier or later). Are you always doing the same thing at 11:45 on days when the non-11:45 alarm is later than 11:45? Yes. If yes to either of the previous two questions: are you indoors? This one. outdoors? in a vehicle? sitting? standing? walking? running? lying down? This one. working? playing? resting? And this one. interacting with other people? | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1020 Registered: 6-2003 |
Indoors, lying down, resting - are you sleeping? reading? meditating? just lying there? To turn the alarm off from that position, do you sit up? stand up? roll over? The reason you would not want to have the phone in your pocket: because it's not comfortable to lie down when you have a bunch of stuff in your pockets? This obligation for which you set the other alarm: Is it exactly the same thing every day (albeit at different times)? Is it school-related? food-related? health-related? money-related? religion-related? Does it involve calling someone? interacting with anyone? Does it involve any non-human animals? If you neglected your obligation one day, would anyone else notice? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 302 Registered: 9-2008 |
Indoors, lying down, resting - are you sleeping? This one. reading? meditating? just lying there? To turn the alarm off from that position, do you sit up? stand up? roll over? This one, usually, but not particularly relevant. The reason you would not want to have the phone in your pocket: because it's not comfortable to lie down when you have a bunch of stuff in your pockets? Essentially, yes. This obligation for which you set the other alarm: Is it exactly the same thing every day (albeit at different times)? Yes. Is it school-related? This one. food-related? health-related? money-related? religion-related? Does it involve calling someone? interacting with anyone? Yesish to this one, too. Does it involve any non-human animals? If you neglected your obligation one day, would anyone else notice? Yes. | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 103 Registered: 9-2008 |
Do you set the second alarm to coincide with your class times? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 304 Registered: 9-2008 |
Do you set the second alarm to coincide with your class times? Yesish. The second alarm is usually set to about 45 minutes before my first class of the day, whatever time that happens to be. | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 133 Registered: 9-2008 |
So the 11:45am alarm is set to wake you up (if you are not already up due to a morning class) so that you can do "something", right? Does this involve another person in your home? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 310 Registered: 9-2008 |
So the 11:45am alarm is set to wake you up (if you are not already up due to a morning class) so that you can do "something", right? Does this involve another person in your home? I set the alarm so I can get up to go to class. I set it about 45 minutes before class to allow time to get ready. If it's a morning class, I the alarm for sometime before 11:45; if it's an afternoon class, I set the alarm for sometime after 11:45 (and yes, I do frequently sleep past noon if I don't have a morning class). The 11:45 alarm is never set to wake me up; if it rings while I'm still in bed, I turn it off, go back to sleep, and wait for the other alarm to wake me. (By the way, I'm not at home when this happens; I'm in a college dorm.) Hope this clears things up! | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 144 Registered: 9-2008 |
Wow. That is a heck of Yes/No answer. :-] Actually, I wasn't indicating that the 11:45 alarm was designed to get you up - only to wake you up. Surely it takes some level of conscious thought to roll over and turn off the alarm. We are trying to determine "why" you set the 11:45 alarm in the first place, right? Do you do or think about anything else other than turning the alarm off? | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1040 Registered: 6-2003 |
When they sent you away to college, did your parents make you promise that would would wake up before noon? On a day when you do not have a morning class, are there ever any circumstances under which you would react to the 11:45 alarm in a way other than you have just described? For example: The cafeteria stops serving breakfast at noon. When the 11:45 alarm wakes you, if you're hungry, you can go get some breakfast, but if not, you can go back to sleep. | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 312 Registered: 9-2008 |
Wow. That is a heck of Yes/No answer. :-] Actually, I wasn't indicating that the 11:45 alarm was designed to get you up - only to wake you up. Oh. Yes it is intended to "wake me up" in that sense. Surely it takes some level of conscious thought to roll over and turn off the alarm. We are trying to determine "why" you set the 11:45 alarm in the first place, right? Yes to all. Do you do or think about anything else other than turning the alarm off? Yes, but it's something very subtle. When they sent you away to college, did your parents make you promise that would would wake up before noon? No, that's not it. On a day when you do not have a morning class, are there ever any circumstances under which you would react to the 11:45 alarm in a way other than you have just described? For example: The cafeteria stops serving breakfast at noon. When the 11:45 alarm wakes you, if you're hungry, you can go get some breakfast, but if not, you can go back to sleep. Noish. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 325 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is there a roommate involved? Does he need to be woken up at a particular time? As an aside, I am currently sharing a room in an apartment with another student, and he sets his alarm clock for various times between 9:00 and 11:00 AM. He rarely gets up until several hours later, but it wakes me up, and even more annoyingly, he is such a deep sleeper that it often takes the alarm sounding 3 or more times before he shuts it off. My living situation is too temporary for me to really get on his case, though, even though I have respectfully pointed it out. | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 316 Registered: 9-2008 |
Is there a roommate involved? Does he need to be woken up at a particular time? No to all. As an aside, I am currently sharing a room in an apartment with another student, and he sets his alarm clock for various times between 9:00 and 11:00 AM. He rarely gets up until several hours later, but it wakes me up, and even more annoyingly, he is such a deep sleeper that it often takes the alarm sounding 3 or more times before he shuts it off. My living situation is too temporary for me to really get on his case, though, even though I have respectfully pointed it out. Nice idea, but no. HINT: It's the second alarm--the one that gets me up for class--that's really important here. Everything I do is aimed toward making sure I don't miss my class. And most of the time I don't even think about the 11:45 alarm; it's only really relevant in special circumstances. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 326 Registered: 6-2008 |
The second paragraph wasn't an attempted solution, it was a comment on a real-life circumstance. That's why it was posted as an aside. I didn't think the super-logical people on this forum would be setting meaningless alarms that woke up people who didn't want to be woken up! Going back to the puzzle, is it relevant that 11:45 is around the time it changes from AM to PM? Does the clock have both 12 and 24 hour settings, so when you set it you're not sure whether you are setting it to (for instance) 1 PM or 1 AM? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 320 Registered: 9-2008 |
Going back to the puzzle, is it relevant that 11:45 is around the time it changes from AM to PM? YES!!! Does the clock have both 12 and 24 hour settings, so when you set it you're not sure whether you are setting it to (for instance) 1 PM or 1 AM? It's not quite for the reason you described, but yes, it's easy to accidentally set an alarm for AM instead of PM, and that's important to the puzzle. You're actually REALLY close. Now put all the pieces together. | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 328 Registered: 9-2008 |
You've essentially got the important parts of this puzzle, so I'm going to go ahead and give the *********************SPOILER********************* I'm a college freshman living in the dorm right now, and I use the alarm feature of my cell phone to wake up for class every day. I'm also a MAJOR night owl, so I'm often up well past midnight studying/doing homework and have to get up for class the next day on minimal sleep. For that reason, I usually set my alarm to go off about 45 minutes before my first class of the day so I can get as much sleep as I can in the morning before I rush off to class (usually without breakfast). I even follow this practice with afternoon classes in order to catch up on sleep. The problem is, there are two annoying features of my phone that make it awkward to follow this plan. The first is simply that I can't set an alarm to go off at a certain time every Tuesday, say; I can only set recurring alarms for all weekdays, all weekends, or every day. Since my classes are at different times every day, that means I have to set each alarm individually the night before. Therein lies the second problem; if I'm trying to set an alarm for something like 1:30 PM (which I would on a day when I had only my afternoon class), it's very easy to set it for 1:30 AM instead (especially if you're tired and groggy when you're trying to set the alarm!). I made this mistake a couple of times, oversleeping several classes in the process, before I realized the precaution I could take. I added a second alarm to the phone, this one programmed to go off every weekday at 11:45 AM. On days when I had morning classes, the alarm would go off between classes, and I would simply turn it off (I picked 11:45, by the way, because the way my schedule worked, it was always either right before or right after a class, never during one). On days when I had only an afternoon class (or when I chose to skip my morning class--after an all-nighter or something), the alarm would go off while I was still in bed, and when it did, I would pick up the phone, turn it off, CHECK TO SEE IF THE OTHER ALARM WAS SET CORRECTLY (this is the subtle action I do when the alarm goes off), then go back to sleep. This safeguard enabled me to be sure I wasn't going to oversleep class by setting my wake-up alarm incorrectly. By the way, all of this is no longer current, because my semester ended, and in my new term I now have class at the same time every day. So the 11:45 alarm, alas, is no more. But it still makes for a great puzzle! Thanks, everybody for playing! |
