| Author | Message | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1118 Registered: 1-2011 |
I would never ever guess that! Silly, but true. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5085 Registered: 9-2010 |
That being married means you cannot haz cheezburgur? =( *ahem* sorry, couldn't resist. But if so, I'm soooooo not getting married, lol. I = you, Redwine? Someone else? That = the answer to a question? a clever trivia fact? a surprising thing? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1122 Registered: 1-2011 |
That being married means that we have twice as many cheezburgurs at home :-) I = you, Redwine? This. Someone else? That = the answer to a question? a clever trivia fact? This is closest, I think. a surprising thing? Not surprising at all. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15912 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was this a trivia fact (or whatever) from a game show? Jeopardy? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 114 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did someone else guess that? fail to guess that? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1125 Registered: 1-2011 |
Balin: Was this a trivia fact (or whatever) from a game show? No. Jeopardy? So no. Andy_hornby: Did someone else guess that? fail to guess that? FA. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1833 Registered: 9-2009 |
The fact: about animals? plants? humans and human relations? history? space exploration? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1131 Registered: 1-2011 |
The fact: about animals? plants? humans and human relations? history? space exploration? No to all. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2348 Registered: 2-2011 |
did you hear the fact from someone in person? someone on TV? radio? interweb? did you read it? is the fact about language? science? is it a statistic? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1137 Registered: 1-2011 |
Shez: did you hear the fact from someone in person? someone on TV? radio? interweb? No. did you read it? This. is the fact about language? No. science? This is somewhat closer is it a statistic? No. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4606 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the fact about: an object? Many similar/related objects? Something alive? Something abstract? The scientific method? An event? History relevant? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1143 Registered: 1-2011 |
GalFisk: Is the fact about: an object? Many similar/related objects? Something alive? Something abstract? This is closest. The scientific method? An event? History relevant? No. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4609 Registered: 9-2009 |
A phenomenon? Something human? Psychology? Emotions? Thoughts? Intelligence? A force of nature? Astronomy relevant? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1146 Registered: 1-2011 |
GalFisk: A phenomenon? Something human? Psychology? Emotions? Thoughts? Intelligence? A force of nature? Astronomy relevant? No to all. Maybe some people would call it "phenomenon", but it is not accurate. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4610 Registered: 9-2009 |
Superstition relevant? Something supernatural? Manmade? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1147 Registered: 1-2011 |
GalFisk: Superstition relevant? No. Something supernatural? No. Manmade? Something manmade is relevant. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1151 Registered: 1-2011 |
HINT: While thinking the puzzle sentence, RedWine was ironic and annoyed. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2399 Registered: 2-2011 |
so did you know that already? was it obvious? did everybody know that? did everybody who dealt with that particular object know that? I'm reminded of Starbucks or MacD's cups which tell you that the coffee is hot, or packaging which warns you that an object is heavy after you've already lifted it did you read it on packaging? a label? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1156 Registered: 1-2011 |
Shez: so did you know that already? Yes. was it obvious? Yes. did everybody know that? Everybody who achieved primary education, yes. did everybody who dealt with that particular object know that? It is not specific to the object I was dealing with. I'm reminded of Starbucks or MacD's cups which tell you that the coffee is hot, or packaging which warns you that an object is heavy after you've already lifted it did you read it on packaging? No. a label? No. | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 106 Registered: 9-2011 |
Did you read it on a PSA? | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 435 Registered: 7-2011 |
I've been thinking today about the Industrial Revolution, so does it have to do with the history of ideas? Or the development of processes? Relevant whether one sex or the other is involved? Whether a single person or a group? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1836 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you read a blatantly true thing ("Beware hot water, it is hot!") and this got you annoyed (like in "No kidding! Hot water is hot. Wow!")? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1161 Registered: 1-2011 |
Tardigradeparty: Did you read it on a PSA? What is PSA? FionaKelleghan: I've been thinking today about the Industrial Revolution, so does it have to do with the history of ideas? No. Or the development of processes? No. Relevant whether one sex or the other is involved? Whether a single person or a group? Only one person - me - is involved. Rbruma: Did you read a blatantly true thing Yes.("Beware hot water, it is hot!") but nothing like this. and this got you annoyed Yes.(like in "No kidding! Hot water is hot. Wow!")? But there's more to it. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2416 Registered: 2-2011 |
did you read it in a book? newspaper? magazine? greetings card? internet? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1164 Registered: 1-2011 |
Shez: did you read it in a book? newspaper? magazine? greetings card? internet? None of these. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2425 Registered: 2-2011 |
in a letter? pamphlet? brochure? instructions? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1165 Registered: 1-2011 |
Shez: in a letter? pamphlet? brochure? instructions? Nothing like these - internet was closest. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15983 Registered: 4-2010 |
PSA = Public Service Announcement Did you read it on TV? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1170 Registered: 1-2011 |
Balin: PSA = Public Service Announcement So the answer is no. Did you read it on TV? No, but... | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4647 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you read it on a screen? Cellphone? Paper? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 182 Registered: 11-2011 |
Teletext? Subtitles? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1173 Registered: 1-2011 |
GalFisk: Did you read it on a screen? Yes. Cellphone? Paper? No to the rest. Andy_Hornby: Teletext? Subtitles? No to both. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16015 Registered: 4-2010 |
At a movie theater? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2433 Registered: 2-2011 |
a computer screen? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1175 Registered: 1-2011 |
Balin: At a movie theater? No. Shez: a computer screen? Yes. | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 191 Registered: 11-2011 |
if it wasn't on the internet, was it some text within another program? is help text relevant? some annoying pop up or warning message within the program or operating system? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1178 Registered: 1-2011 |
Andy_hornby: if it wasn't on the internet, was it some text within another program? Yes. is help text relevant? No. some annoying pop up or warning message within the program or operating system? Yes. | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 202 Registered: 11-2011 |
is a microsoft product relevant here? Windows? One of the office programs? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2439 Registered: 2-2011 |
not the ubiquitous paperclip telling you that you're writing a letter or creating a spreadsheet? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1184 Registered: 1-2011 |
Andy_hornby: is a microsoft product relevant here? Yes. Windows? No. One of the office programs? Yes, the Word. Shez: not the ubiquitous paperclip telling you that you're writing a letter or creating a spreadsheet? No. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2443 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it the spellchecker? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1186 Registered: 1-2011 |
Shez: is it the spellchecker? No. HINTS: It happened to me at work. If some information in a draft contract is yet unknown, we type some 00000 (zeros) instead to fill it later. My work is to write draft contracts concerning real estates. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1848 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does that particular program gives a stupid (as in "evident") error message? If so, does it occur when you input something? When you hit "apply", "ok", or something similar? Relevant? Long shot : while inputting 000a0 (out of an error) does it say something like "a is not a number?" | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1191 Registered: 1-2011 |
Rbruma: Does that particular program gives a stupid (as in "evident") error message? No. If so, does it occur when you input something? When you hit "apply", "ok", or something similar? Relevant? Long shot : while inputting 000a0 (out of an error) does it say something like "a is not a number?" No. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1202 Registered: 1-2011 |
If you figure out the rest of the situation - what happened and why it was so annoying - I will give the missing details about how the message was showed on my computer. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1141 Registered: 7-2010 |
So it was not an error message? And it was not a text in a window or bubble popping up? Is it a text that is displayed when you have the the cursor hover over a button or something? Is information regarding the formatting relevant? Is it a status display such as "Saving"? Is the text shown in a menu? Printing relevant? Is the version of Word you use relevant? Was it Word 2003? 2007? 2010? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1214 Registered: 1-2011 |
Potato: So it was not an error message? No. And it was not a text in a window or bubble popping up? I hit by mistake a little bubble which I always ignored. And then the message showed up. Is it a text that is displayed when you have the the cursor hover over a button or something? Something like this, see above. Is information regarding the formatting relevant? No. Is it a status display such as "Saving"? No. Is the text shown in a menu? No. Printing relevant? No. Is the version of Word you use relevant? I have no idea about in which versions it works. Was it Word 2003? This. 2007? 2010? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1143 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is Autocorrection relevant? Did the message say anything about 00000 being a number? Not being a number? Not sure if this is relevant, but did you enter the 00000 into a table? Is sorting relevant? Copy/Paste relevant? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1218 Registered: 1-2011 |
Potato: Is Autocorrection relevant? No. Did the message say anything about 00000 being a number? It treated 00000 as a number, yes, but the message stated something else. Not being a number? No. Not sure if this is relevant, but did you enter the 00000 into a table? No and irr. Is sorting relevant? No. Copy/Paste relevant? No. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1145 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did the message say that 00000 corresponds to 0? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1221 Registered: 1-2011 |
Potato: Did the message say that 00000 corresponds to 0? No. HINT: There was something very relevant straight after 00000000. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16047 Registered: 4-2010 |
A 1? Is it something along the lines of 0.99999999......=1? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1228 Registered: 1-2011 |
Balin: A 1? No. Is it something along the lines of 0.99999999......=1? No. | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 253 Registered: 11-2011 |
was it a full stop/decimal point? another special character? or was it an alphanumerical character? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1231 Registered: 1-2011 |
Andy_hornby: was it a full stop/decimal point? No. another special character? No. or was it an alphanumerical character? Yes, two letters. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1169 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did it say that the two letters were not numbers? That 000000AB (with AB being the two letters) was not a valid number? Would this work with one letter following the 00000, too? Would this work with a space after the 00000? Regular expressions relevant? Any sort of (VBA) macro relevant? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1232 Registered: 1-2011 |
Potato: Did it say that the two letters were not numbers? No. That 000000AB (with AB being the two letters) was not a valid number? No. Would this work with one letter following the 00000, too? Yes, but not every letter. It would work also with three letters. I cannot think about anything longer that also would work, but maybe there are also longer sets of letters that would work. Would this work with a space after the 00000? In that case there was a space between 00000 and letters, so yes. Regular expressions relevant? No. Any sort of (VBA) macro relevant? No. | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 262 Registered: 11-2011 |
did it think you were defining a format somehow? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1234 Registered: 1-2011 |
Andy_hornby: did it think you were defining a format somehow? No, it thought I was defining something else. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1252 Registered: 1-2011 |
HINTS: The fact that MS WORD did communicate to me was a mathematical truth. My work concerns real estates and it's relevant. | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 346 Registered: 11-2011 |
did it tell you that you couldn't divide by zero? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1271 Registered: 1-2011 |
Andy_hornby: did it tell you that you couldn't divide by zero? Not divide... OTRT. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2546 Registered: 2-2011 |
you couldn't multiply by zero? so the first letter was "x"? or "*"? or that you couldn't multiply by an alpha character? did it think you were defining a formula? a function? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1272 Registered: 1-2011 |
Shez: you couldn't multiply by zero? OTRT! so the first letter was "x"? or "*"? No. or that you couldn't multiply by an alpha character? No. did it think you were defining a formula? a function? Not really formula or function, but... This is close enough to declare a *********SPOILER************* I was preparing a draft contract on real estate and didn't know the area. So, as we do in the office, I entered 0000 ha (hectares) - to fill it later. Then a little cloud appeared, which I accidentally hit. It was an intelligent tag, which informed me that 0000 hectares is 0000 acres! Oh really? I would never ever guess that! It was the first time I hit this tag and it disturbed me for a while to find out what is it and what it wanted to say. Thanks for everybody who played, especially Andy and Shez to make a finish. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2551 Registered: 2-2011 |
thanks Redwine, great puzzle! |
