| Author | Message | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1105 Registered: 6-2006 |
Dan declared a mathematical impossibility to be true, and though there was some debate, the general consensus was there he was correct. How could this be? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 532 Registered: 3-2006 |
Euclidean/non Euclidean geometries relevant at all? For example, a triangle drawn on the surface of a sphere can have three right angles. Anything similar to that idea? Is the statement concerned with arithmetic? Algebra? Geometry? Calculus? Statistics? (Btw, having just seen the terrifyingly complex solution to your rulebreaker, I'm a bit scared of tackling this one.)  | ||
| Mycroft (Mycroft)
New member Username: Mycroft Post Number: 260 Registered: 10-2003 |
Just to add to the maths branches - probability? Information theory? Is this a historical event? FYOI? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1106 Registered: 6-2006 |
Euclidean/non Euclidean geometries relevant at all? no For example, a triangle drawn on the surface of a sphere can have three right angles. Anything similar to that idea? no Is the statement concerned with arithmetic? yes....ish Algebra? Geometry? Calculus? Statistics? no to the rest (Btw, having just seen the terrifyingly complex solution to your rulebreaker, I'm a bit scared of tackling this one.) haha...this is much more simple, I promise Just to add to the maths branches - probability? Information theory? no Is this a historical event?no FYOI? yes | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 539 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is it an incongruous sum, such as 1+1=2? Is is something like "putting two and two together and making five"? Or is it something like dividing by zero? Is i (the root of minus one) relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1107 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it an incongruous sum, such as 1+1=2?no Is is something like "putting two and two together and making five"?noish Or is it something like dividing by zero?noish Is i (the root of minus one) relevant?no | ||
| Mycroft (Mycroft)
New member Username: Mycroft Post Number: 265 Registered: 10-2003 |
Any famous mathematicians or mathematical theorems relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1108 Registered: 6-2006 |
Any famous mathematicians or mathematical theorems relevant? not in the slightest. | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 708 Registered: 8-2006 |
OOOH a math puzzle!! Impossibility: defining pi as a quotient of two numbers? I recall dividing 113 by 355 gets as close as 6 decimal places | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1110 Registered: 6-2006 |
OOOH a math puzzle!! I have a clever response to that, but saying it would be a clue!! Darn Impossibility: defining pi as a quotient of two numbers?no I recall dividing 113 by 355 gets as close as 6 decimal places | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 647 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is this a not really math puzzle? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3242 Registered: 12-2000 |
Anything to do with phrases based on mathematical impossibilities? I have an idea, but don't want to just jump in with it. | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 713 Registered: 8-2006 |
Hey, the title is relevant I think... impossibility, going 100 miles north, 100 east, and 100 south back to the same place? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1111 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is this a not really math puzzle? no, it's not primarily a math puzzle. It's more lateral than that. Anything to do with phrases based on mathematical impossibilities?Um, please clarify I have an idea, but don't want to just jump in with it. Hey, the title is relevant I think... yes it is, but it is intentionally quite vague impossibility, going 100 miles north, 100 east, and 100 south back to the same place? no | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3243 Registered: 12-2000 |
OK Did someone say that two positives don't make a negative he said 'yeah, right' | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1124 Registered: 6-2006 |
OK Did someone say that two positives don't make a negative he said 'yeah, right'not really, but this is more or less on the right track | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 736 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is this puzzle about Geography? Like going 2 norths don't make you go south?(I am going to ride of Lynnes statement for a while) | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1129 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is this puzzle about Geography?no Like going 2 norths don't make you go south?no(I am going to ride of Lynnes statement for a while) | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 760 Registered: 8-2006 |
Was the impossibility going north, south, east, or west, and soon be in the USA without being starting in there? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1132 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was the impossibility going north, south, east, or west, and soon be in the USA without being starting in there? no. this has nothing to do with geography or direction | ||
| Rufus (Rufus)
New member Username: Rufus Post Number: 108 Registered: 2-2007 |
Does it have something to do with synergy, like 1+1 > 2? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1133 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does it have something to do with synergy, like 1+1 > 2?no | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 673 Registered: 9-2006 |
Dan declared an impossibility to be true... Does it mean: that he declared something to be impossible or that he declared that something impossible was in fact possible and true? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1136 Registered: 6-2006 |
Dan declared an impossibility to be true... Does it mean: that he declared something to be impossible or that he declared that something impossible was in fact possible and true?this | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1146 Registered: 6-2006 |
Hint: This puzzle could not work before the late 1960s. | ||
| Rufus (Rufus)
New member Username: Rufus Post Number: 134 Registered: 2-2007 |
Popular culture of 1960's relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1157 Registered: 6-2006 |
Popular culture of 1960's relevant?yes | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 260 Registered: 1-2007 |
Anything to do with Andy Warhol's "everybody will be famous for 15 minutes" | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1161 Registered: 6-2006 |
Anything to do with Andy Warhol's "everybody will be famous for 15 minutes"no | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 584 Registered: 3-2006 |
Moon landings relevant? Concorde? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1162 Registered: 6-2006 |
Moon landings relevant?no Concorde?no | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 24 Registered: 4-2007 |
60's, you say? Should we explore: Hallucinogens? Nirvana? Alien abductions? Alternative universes? Being in two places / states at once? And what's the story with the smileys? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1163 Registered: 6-2006 |
60's, you say? Should we explore: Hallucinogens? Nirvana? Alien abductions? Alternative universes? Being in two places / states at once? none of these And what's the story with the smileys? the story? just type : ) but without the space! | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 25 Registered: 4-2007 |
60's, you say? Should we explore: Hallucinogens? Nirvana? Alien abductions? Alternative universes? Being in two places / states at once? And what's the story with the smileys? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1166 Registered: 6-2006 |
How on earth did you double post over 9 hours apart? | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 31 Registered: 4-2007 |
How on earth did you double post over 9 hours apart? Post a message, leave the page on, go to work, come back, hit "Reload" to see the updates. Since the last display was a result of a POST command, this command is re-executed in full, posting the message again. Oops! I should have made this into a puzzle... ;-) | ||
| Katy (Katy)
New member Username: Katy Post Number: 464 Registered: 12-2004 |
The Beatles relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1172 Registered: 6-2006 |
The Beatles relevant?no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 299 Registered: 1-2007 |
Are the following relevant? music? film? theatre? Art? literature? TV? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1206 Registered: 6-2006 |
Are the following relevant? music?no film?no theatre?no Art?no literature?no TV?yes! | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 631 Registered: 3-2006 |
Specifically colour TV? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1207 Registered: 6-2006 |
Specifically colour TV?yes | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 70 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is the impossibility related to an average number of TV sets per household ( like 0.32 )? Is it something about mixing colors: the math will involve wave lengths? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1246 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the impossibility related to an average number of TV sets per household ( like 0.32 )? no Is it something about mixing colors: the math will involve wave lengths? no, nothing like this | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1259 Registered: 6-2006 |
Hint: A particular television show is relevant | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 100 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is the number of viewers relevant? ( E.g., the show was so popular that the number of viewers over a period of time exceeded current world population ) | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1260 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the number of viewers relevant?no ( E.g., the show was so popular that the number of viewers over a period of time exceeded current world population ) | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 790 Registered: 3-2006 |
A quiz show? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1262 Registered: 6-2006 |
A quiz show?no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 361 Registered: 1-2007 |
Ripleys believe it or not? is the show made in the US? UK? Other? Is the show relevant because of it's name? cast? setting? subject matter? is it a drama? comedy? documentary? news programme? music programme?? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1263 Registered: 6-2006 |
Ripleys believe it or not?no is the show made in the US?no, but it aired in the US UK?this I believe Other? Is the show relevant because of it's name?no cast?no setting?yope subject matter?yes is it a drama?yope or yesish comedy?no documentary?no news programme?no music programme??no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 362 Registered: 1-2007 |
Sci fi? Doctor Who? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1265 Registered: 6-2006 |
Sci fi?yes Doctor Who?but no | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 422 Registered: 11-2003 |
Red Dwarf? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1268 Registered: 6-2006 |
Red Dwarf?no | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 470 Registered: 9-2003 |
star trek? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 364 Registered: 1-2007 |
puppetry sci/fi? thunderbirds? Captain Scarlet? Stingray? Is the name Dan in the title relevant or did you just give him a name knowing our penchant for naming characters in puzzles? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1271 Registered: 6-2006 |
star trek?no puppetry sci/fi? thunderbirds? Captain Scarlet? Stingray? none of these Is the name Dan in the title relevant or did you just give him a name knowing our penchant for naming characters in puzzles?just a random name! | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 429 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is it a well known sci-fi series? With human actors? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1273 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it a well known sci-fi series?Hard to say...it's nothing to the degree of star trek, and much shorter lived, but I wasn't born until about 15 years after it ended and I still know all about it... With human actors?yes I will say that some people would classify this show as fantasy, or even mystery/thriller as opposed to sci-fi; all are accurate in their own right. | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 439 Registered: 11-2003 |
Does it take place in the far future? near future? aliens involved? is it more of comedy than sci-fi? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1276 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does it take place in the far future?no near future?yes...made in the sixties, set in cold-war era, so present to near future at the time aliens involved?no is it more of comedy than sci-fi?not at all | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 845 Registered: 3-2006 |
Quatermass? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 446 Registered: 11-2003 |
Last night I suddenly got this idea it was Dr Who. Was sooooo sure, but obviously it's not You said you thought it was a British series. Is it English speaking actors with British accent? Any famous ones? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1278 Registered: 6-2006 |
Quatermass?no Last night I suddenly got this idea it was Dr Who. Was sooooo sure, but obviously it's not nope! sorry! You said you thought it was a British series. Is it English speaking actors with British accent? If I remember correctly the main actor is an American, and there are very few other steady cast members...but I did check wikipedia and it is a British show. Any famous ones? Relatively not famous, but it depends... | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 449 Registered: 11-2003 |
Was it produced by BBC? ITV? Other? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1279 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was it produced by BBC? ITV?this, well it aired on this channel anyway, but I'm pretty sure the main actor was also the executive producer Other? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 450 Registered: 11-2003 |
Pathfinders series? UFO? Space 1999? Out of this world? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 4 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is it to do with The Twilight Zone? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1281 Registered: 6-2006 |
Pathfinders series? UFO? Space 1999? Out of this world? Is it to do with The Twilight Zone? no to all | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 451 Registered: 11-2003 |
The Avengers? The Saint? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1284 Registered: 6-2006 |
The Avengers? The Saint? nope | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 452 Registered: 11-2003 |
Dangerman? Doomwatch? The Baron? Survivors? Blake's 7? A for Andromeda? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1286 Registered: 6-2006 |
Dangerman? no, but... Doomwatch? no The Baron? no Survivors? no Blake's 7? no A for Andromeda? no | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 454 Registered: 11-2003 |
Hmm, that no, but... Does it mean it's the same actor, but different series? a different series with similar name? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 5 Registered: 4-2007 |
The Prisoner? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1289 Registered: 6-2006 |
Hmm, that no, but... Does it mean it's the same actor, but different series?yes a different series with similar name?no The Prisoner?YES!!! | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 457 Registered: 11-2003 |
Are we looking for one specific episode?, or the story as a whole? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1292 Registered: 6-2006 |
Are we looking for one specific episode?, or the story as a whole? One specific episode is more relevant than the rest of the show, but the whole premise of the show is important | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 459 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is Dan The Prisoner? No 2? someone else? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1294 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is Dan The Prisoner?no No 2?no someone else?yes | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 461 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is it another inmate? a guard? another of the main characters? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1296 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it another inmate? a guard? another of the main characters?none of these. there is an FA here | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1297 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it another inmate? a guard? another of the main characters?none of these. There is an FA here | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1298 Registered: 6-2006 |
whoops. sorry for the double post. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 324 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is Dan actually a charater in the show? Or a writer? A viewer? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1300 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is Dan actually a charater in the show?no Or a writer?no A viewer?yes | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 325 Registered: 4-2007 |
Well I know quite literally nothing about The Prisoner...but would the episode in question have prompted a viewer to say a statement which is a mathematical impossibility? I gather from previous questions that there is a charater called No 2, are they all named after numbers? Is this relevant? Did the viewer say something like "Ah, so Number 2 is actually Number 1!"? Please excuse my total ignorance about this programme... | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1302 Registered: 6-2006 |
Well I know quite literally nothing about The Prisoner...but would the episode in question have prompted a viewer to say a statement which is a mathematical impossibility?yes I gather from previous questions that there is a charater called No 2, are they all named after numbers?yes...well...all the relevant characters are Is this relevant?yes Did the viewer say something like "Ah, so Number 2 is actually Number 1!"? something like this, yes, but not this Please excuse my total ignorance about this programme...no problem. you've pretty much got it. hopefully someone has seen or heard about the show who can finish this off...if not, I think we're close enough to spoil soon | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 466 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is the comment about No 6, The Prisoner? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1308 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the comment about No 6, The Prisoner?yes | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 470 Registered: 11-2003 |
Does Dan say No 6 is No 1? or maybe The One? something similar? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1311 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does Dan say No 6 is No 1?yes! or maybe The One? something similar? **************SPOILER******************* Dan said that 6 is 1, which mathematically is impossible, but he was referring to the final episode of the Prisoner. In this episode, the Prisoner, known only as number 6, finally comes face to face with the man called number 1 (up until that point it was unclear whether there actually WAS a no. 1). He pulls 2 masks off of number 1, revealing his own face, and number one runs off. For fans of the show, this sparked a million theories about whether no. 6 and no. one are the same person...or if this was a hallucination...etc. Oh, and the title "Where Am I" is the first line of the dialogue that opened almost every episode: "Where am I?" "The Island" "What do you want" "Information" "Whose side are you on?" "That would be telling...we want information! Information! INFORMATION!" "You wont get it" "By hook or crook we will" "Who are you?" "The new number 2" "Who is number 1?" "You are number 6" "I am not a number! I am a free man!" Of course, after the final episode, some consider the answer to "Who is number one" to be "You are, number six," a direct answer, not just telling the prisoner that his number is 6. Thanks for sticking with it, even though I'm not sure anyone here actually ever knew of the show. Sad, because it's a classic. | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1143 Registered: 10-2001 |
I watched the whole show many years ago, through to the end, and was enchanted by it but felt let down by the final episode. For me they didn't come up with a very satisfying spoiler! |
