| Author | Message | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 514 Registered: 11-2003 |
Stupid, whining fool! Why was this uttered? (Perfectly permissibly, too.) | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 414 Registered: 9-2006 |
The speaker: human? male? adult? The fool: human? male? adult? Did the fool cause injury? death? material loss? say something stupid? physically do something stupid? think something stupid? Relevant when this happens? Where this happens? Can you take some time to see my puzzles? they hadn't seen the light of day for a long time now. | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 515 Registered: 11-2003 |
Judgedeadd Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 12:45 pm: The speaker: human? yes male? no adult? yes The fool: human? no male? unknown adult? unknown Did the fool cause injury? death? material loss? no to all say something stupid? yes physically do something stupid? not this time think something stupid? who knows? Relevant when this happens? not very, but this morning, for example Where this happens? somewhat Can you take some time to see my puzzles? perhaps they hadn't seen the light of day for a long time now. | ||
| Mayank_edu (Mayank_edu)
New member Username: Mayank_edu Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2006 |
Is the fool some gadget or non-living item being used to vent out frustration? If not, Is it an animal? If animal, is it a wild one? domesticated one? mammal? egg-laying creature? land animal? sea animal? amphibian? If not animal or gadget, is it a character fromany story or TV/radio show ? | ||
| Ludo (Ludo)
New member Username: Ludo Post Number: 11 Registered: 11-2006 |
so the speaker is female human adult the fool is not human, not animal, may be a fiction beast, like some little devil... the speaker exist today in our world? the fool exist today in our world? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 517 Registered: 11-2003 |
Mayank_edu Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 7:21 pm: Is the fool some gadget or non-living item yes being used to vent out frustration? no If not, Is it an animal? so, no If animal, is it a wild one? domesticated one? mammal? egg-laying creature? land animal? sea animal? amphibian? If not animal or gadget, is it a character fromany story or TV/radio show ? N/A to rest Ludo Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 3:28 am: so the speaker is female human adult the fool is not human, not animal, may be a fiction beast, like some little devil... the speaker exist today in our world? yes the fool exist today in our world? yes | ||
| Mayank_edu (Mayank_edu)
New member Username: Mayank_edu Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2006 |
Ok , so its a gadget. Is it a cellphone or a simple telephone? Is the speaker trying to call someone but not able to? Or, Is the fool [if not a telephone itself] a pre-recorded message voice ? If not any phone at all, is it a PDA? or, laptop? or any kitchen appliance ? or, television ? radio? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 519 Registered: 11-2003 |
Mayank_edu Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 7:43 pm: Ok , so its a gadget. Is it a cellphone or a simple telephone? no Is the speaker trying to call someone but not able to? no Or, Is the fool [if not a telephone itself] a pre-recorded message voice ? no If not any phone at all, is it a PDA? I am not familiar with this expression - please clarify or, laptop? no or any kitchen appliance ? no or, television ? radio? no and no | ||
| Mayank_edu (Mayank_edu)
New member Username: Mayank_edu Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2006 |
PDA - a variant of cellphone with host of extra features like email, scanner, Office applications etc. Ok, Is the speaker in process of receiving any call or any letter or email ? Is the fool a doll or something like that? Is the foolish item giving out an irritating noise ? And if yes, is that noise the reason for its whining which is irritating the speaker? Is the fool a computer / computer bug or an internet link ? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 520 Registered: 11-2003 |
Mayank_edu Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 9:30 pm: PDA - a variant of cellphone with host of extra features like email, scanner, Office applications etc. OK. No to this, then. Ok, Is the speaker in process of receiving any call or any letter or email ? no Is the fool a doll or something like that? no Is the foolish item giving out an irritating noise? no And if yes, is that noise the reason for its whining which is irritating the speaker? Is the fool a computer ish / computer bug no or an internet link? no | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 430 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is the fool a charatcer in a computer game? A chatbot? An assistant (like that annoying paperclip from MS Office)? A system function? Is it a representation of an animate being? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 521 Registered: 11-2003 |
Judgedeadd Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 6:12 pm: Is the fool a charatcer in a computer game? no A chatbot? no An assistant (like that annoying paperclip from MS Office)? no A system function? please define this Is it a representation of an animate being? no | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 440 Registered: 9-2006 |
system function - e.g. "Find" or "Run" in Windows. Is it a computer program? A piece of hardware? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 524 Registered: 11-2003 |
Judgedeadd Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 7:28 am: system function - e.g. "Find" or "Run" in Windows. then no Is it a computer program? no A piece of hardware? yes | ||
| Senorina_illuminata (Senorina_illuminata)
New member Username: Senorina_illuminata Post Number: 100 Registered: 9-2006 |
an emoticon?  | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 525 Registered: 11-2003 |
Senorina_illuminata Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:52 am: an emoticon? no | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 442 Registered: 9-2006 |
Keyboard? Mouse? Monitor? CPU? Memory? Printer? Scanner? Is it something that is necessary for the computer to work? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 526 Registered: 11-2003 |
Judgedeadd Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 1:04 pm: Keyboard? Mouse? Monitor? CPU? Memory? Printer? Scanner? printer Is it something that is necessary for the computer to work? see above! | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 443 Registered: 9-2006 |
Did the printer not have paper? ink? Is it relevant what kind of printer it is? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 527 Registered: 11-2003 |
Judgedeadd Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 5:24 pm: Did the printer not have paper? ink? it had both Is it relevant what kind of printer it is? in some aspects, perhaps | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 447 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is the printer simply not working? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 528 Registered: 11-2003 |
Judgedeadd Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 9:39 am: Is the printer simply not working? no, it's not as simple as that | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 448 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is the printer printing out something badly? misprinting something? not printing something (blank pages coming out of the printer)? Is the trouble connected to printing something? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 529 Registered: 11-2003 |
Judgedeadd Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 11:00 am: Is the printer printing out something badly? misprinting something? not printing something (blank pages coming out of the printer)? All these have been known to happen, but... Is the trouble connected to printing something?... in this case, no | ||
| Mayank_edu (Mayank_edu)
New member Username: Mayank_edu Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2006 |
Is the printer laser or a non-laser one? coloured or B/W? And, Did the paper got jammed in the printer while in the process of printing? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 530 Registered: 11-2003 |
Mayank_edu Posted on Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 9:16 pm: Is the printer laser or a non-laser one? laser; might not be relevant coloured or B/W? black and white, but not relevant And, Did the paper got jammed in the printer while in the process of printing? no | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 391 Registered: 6-2003 |
Did the printer produce some stupid message? complaining about something? if so: did the message appear on the printer's display? on the screen of a computer? elsewhere? was it a spoken message? Was the printer connected to a computer in that moment? to a network? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 531 Registered: 11-2003 |
Sundowner Posted on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 3:39 pm: Did the printer produce some stupid message? yes! complaining about something? yes if so: did the message appear on the printer's display? this one on the screen of a computer? no elsewhere? no was it a spoken message? b{no} Was the printer connected to a computer in that moment? to a network? both | ||
| Celtic (Celtic)
New member Username: Celtic Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2006 |
Was the speaker saying that the printer was whining? Or that what the printer printed was in reference to somebody else whining? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 532 Registered: 11-2003 |
Celtic Posted on Friday, December 15, 2006 - 1:31 am: Was the speaker saying that the printer was whining? yes Or that what the printer printed was in reference to somebody else whining? no | ||
| Celtic (Celtic)
New member Username: Celtic Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2006 |
Did the printer print something it was supposed to print? Did the speaker want what was printed? Was the whining the sound of the printer or the tone of the message? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 533 Registered: 11-2003 |
Celtic Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 7:32 am: Did the printer print something it was supposed to print? no Did the speaker want what was printed? FA Was the whining the sound of the printer or the tone of the message? the latter | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
New member Username: Woubit Post Number: 2476 Registered: 1-2003 |
whining = making a high-pitched noise? whining = complaining? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 534 Registered: 11-2003 |
Woubit Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 12:50 pm: whining = making a high-pitched noise? whining = complaining? the latter. And hi, Woubit! I've missed you. I hope whatever has kept you from the Forum has been nice. | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 26 Registered: 9-2003 |
did the message state what the problem was? what the solution was? | ||
| Phylis (Phylis)
New member Username: Phylis Post Number: 1 Registered: 1-2007 |
was the message from a person connected to the computer or the network? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 536 Registered: 11-2003 |
~damia~ Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 4:52 pm: did the message state what the problem was? yes what the solution was? no Phylis Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 1:49 pm: Hi, Phylis! Welcome! was the message from a person connected to the computer or the network? no | ||
| Petjan (Petjan)
New member Username: Petjan Post Number: 4 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was it a default printer message? If yes, should it be a reason for the printer not to print speaker's job? Was message sent by another user on the network? Sent to the speaker? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 125 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was the printer missing something to work properly? Paper? Ink? A break? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
New member Username: Woubit Post Number: 2477 Registered: 1-2003 |
warming up? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 537 Registered: 11-2003 |
Petjan Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 2:30 pm: Was it a default printer message? not sure what you mean by this - and hello! If yes, should it be a reason for the printer not to print speaker's job? Was message sent by another user on the network? no Sent to the speaker? not specifically Snoozer Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 4:34 pm: Was the printer missing something to work properly? yesish Paper? yesish Ink? no A break? possibly, but irrelevant Woubit Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 5:50 am: warming up? no | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 225 Registered: 1-2007 |
So even though paper, ink, and everything else is loaded, it is still complaining that there is something missing? | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 89 Registered: 9-2003 |
was it saying something was missing, when in fact it had some? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 254 Registered: 1-2007 |
was she in a hurry to get the printout? Such as running late for an important meeting? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 255 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did she load the printer with the wrong paper size (Legal instead of A4), and the printer required the other size for this printout? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 539 Registered: 11-2003 |
Snoozer Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 11:27 pm: So even though paper, ink, and everything else is loaded, it is still complaining that there is something missing? yesish ~damia~ Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 10:38 am: was it saying something was missing, when in fact it had some? noish Snoozer Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:27 am: was she in a hurry to get the printout? no more than usual (which, admittedly, doesn't mean much) Such as running late for an important meeting? no Snoozer Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:31 am: Did she load the printer with the wrong paper size (Legal instead of A4), and the printer required the other size for this printout? no, but... | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 291 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did it say "Load Letter" when in fact it was a letter she wanted the printer to print for her? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 540 Registered: 11-2003 |
Snoozer Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 6:40 pm: Did it say "Load Letter" when in fact it was a letter she wanted the printer to print for her? very close | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 543 Registered: 11-2003 |
*********** SPOILER ************** The stupid printer at my job kept displaying "Unexpected paper size" and refusing to make any printouts. Now, if anything is standardised in a Swedish office, it's paper size. This printer has always been fed so called A4 paper, ordinary and letter quality (thicker), and has no business to expect anything else. Ever. But it seems it did. Thanks for playing! |
