| Author | Message | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 90 Registered: 2-2012 |
A couple of years ago, I invited some people to measure the width of something that was in fact, invisible.. completely transparent. I still have it in my desk, carefully wrapped and labelled. What is it? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16846 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a solid object? Has the object changed over the past couple years? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 93 Registered: 2-2012 |
Is it a solid object? No Has the object changed over the past couple years? I don't think so, although it's not easy to see | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 912 Registered: 8-2011 |
Reason why they were invited to measure it relevant? Actual width relevant? Is it something you can buy? eat? plant? wear? play with? make yourself? drop without breaking? give your mother as a gift? give your sweetheart as a gift? give a child as a gift? give your boss as a gift? give anyone as a gift? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 102 Registered: 2-2012 |
Ok, I don't think this puzzle is going to work... It was part of an April Fools day joke. It think it will be impossible to answer questions in any kind of coherent sense. And it's kind of industry-specific. Sorry. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4757 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you ask them to measure the bandwidth of something? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 131 Registered: 2-2012 |
Ok, since you asked, Galfisk, not the bandwidth. Simply the width of this object. It was intended to be an actual, physical, object. Maybe when I have some time I might keep this going, or just spoil... | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4183 Registered: 1-2007 |
I'm intrigued .....are you going to spoil this? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 244 Registered: 2-2012 |
Ok, well, I was hesitant to post this because it related to my job which is in a very nich industry, but I suppose I can reroute the puzzle into more general terms. So go. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17325 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a solid object? Clear? Made of glass? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 259 Registered: 2-2012 |
Is it a solid object? No Clear? Yes but careful of FA Made of glass? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17335 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it transparent? Translucent? Opaque? Is it a liquid? Gas? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 262 Registered: 2-2012 |
Is it transparent? Yes Translucent? Opaque? Is it a liquid? Gas? No to both | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 271 Registered: 2-2012 |
Reason why they were invited to measure it relevant? Yes Actual width relevant? Yes I suppose Is it something you can buy? Yessish but once again that FA is still lurking eat? I guess but you would be just as hungry afterwards plant? wear? play with? make yourself? drop without breaking? Well,this is true give your mother as a gift? give your sweetheart as a gift? give a child as a gift? give your boss as a gift? give anyone as a gift? And no to the rest | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 272 Registered: 2-2012 |
Clarification - this is true applies only to "drop without breaking". And come to think of it maybe yopeish for "to make yourself" | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3240 Registered: 2-2011 |
so it's not a liquid or a gas, but not a solid object? is it a number of objects? is it abstract? imaginary? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 277 Registered: 2-2012 |
so it's not a liquid or a gas, but not a solid object? Correct is it a number of objects? No is it abstract? No imaginary? Yes! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3252 Registered: 2-2011 |
if not a solid object, it is a solid? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 294 Registered: 2-2012 |
if not a solid object, it is a solid? Maybe you misunderstood? It's imaginary in the true-story April fool's prank | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17356 Registered: 4-2010 |
So it's a fictional item? Like a snipe in a snipe hunt? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 297 Registered: 2-2012 |
So it's a fictional item? Like a snipe in a snipe hunt? Not like in a Snipe hunt. This imaginary item was officially labeled and seald in a bag. As an aside Snipes are real in the sense that the Snipe is a one-design sailboat - I was a member of a sailing club that had good Snipe fleet, we had an award winning Snipe crew. Close to the end now I think | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4788 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the packaging of the "object" relevant? Was an actual measurement made? Is guessing involved? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 365 Registered: 2-2012 |
Is the packaging of the "object" relevant? Yesish, only the fact that it was packaged Was an actual measurement made? No Is guessing involved? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3341 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it a sunbeam? a reflection? a shadow? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 374 Registered: 2-2012 |
is it a sunbeam? a reflection? a shadow? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3358 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it something which used to be visible? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 380 Registered: 2-2012 |
No it never was visibible - remember, this is an imaginary object! | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4796 Registered: 9-2009 |
Can the object exist for real? Or can it only exist in one's imagination? Numbers relevant? Imaginary numbers? Did you fool someone to think an actual object was in the bag? Or did they understand that it was imaginary when you invited them to measure it? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 399 Registered: 2-2012 |
Can the object exist for real? Yes Or can it only exist in one's imagination? Numbers relevant? Imaginary numbers? Did you fool someone to think an actual object was in the bag? No, but.. Or did they understand that it was imaginary when you invited them to measure it? Yes No to rest | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2463 Registered: 11-2008 |
So is there a real-world version of this object? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2573 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is it simply a packaged NOTHING? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 414 Registered: 2-2012 |
Sorry for being away for a while So is there a real-world version of this object? Yesish Is it simply a packaged NOTHING? YES ******** SPOILER ********* The company I work for is in the business of industrial measurement systems. We often get samples of products from prospective customers so we can verify that there won't be any problems before we sell equipment. As an April fools joke I labelled an empty plastic bag and sent it to the application study department, along with an email saying that the product was invisible, and we are under a non-disclosure-agreement about the process, and to be VERY CAREFUL not to lose it! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3548 Registered: 2-2011 |
groan! |
