| Author | Message | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 31 Registered: 2-2009 |
Although he came in first, he still lost. he1=he2 He is H,A,M | ||
| Finno (Finno)
New member Username: Finno Post Number: 60 Registered: 2-2009 |
Lost what? A game between two? A battle with more than two participants? A bet? A race? | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 51 Registered: 2-2009 |
"Came in" in the sense of "finished a race"? Or as in "entered a building"? Or "made contact" like on a radio? Did he want to come in first? Were there other relevant people involved? If so, 1? 2? 3? ...? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 753 Registered: 5-2003 |
Should he have won? Was he expected to win? | ||
| Abc (Abc)
Moderator Username: Abc Post Number: 125 Registered: 7-2006 |
Did he borrow and lend the same type of thing? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 32 Registered: 2-2009 |
Lost what? that what you need to figure out. A game between two? no A battle with more than two participants? Yes. A bet? No. A race? Yes-ish "Came in" in the sense of "finished a race"? yes-ish. Or as in "entered a building"? no. Or "made contact" like on a radio? no Did he want to come in first? Hell, yeah he did Were there other relevant people involved? If so, 1? 2? 3? this one. ...? Should he have won? Yope Was he expected to win? Yope Did he borrow and lend the same type of thing? Explain? and guys and gals you should check out my other two puzzles above | ||
| Jimmy (Jimmy)
New member Username: Jimmy Post Number: 1 Registered: 3-2009 |
Did he want to lose this thing? i.e. Virginity, Weight? | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 1 Registered: 3-2009 |
could this have anything to do with card game old maid | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 33 Registered: 2-2009 |
Did he want to lose this thing? i.e. Virginity, Weight? No. could this have anything to do with card game old maid? No. | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 2 Registered: 3-2009 |
was the purpose of the battle to lose something | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 715 Registered: 9-2007 |
Is the period relevant? Location? Is a sport involved? A bet? Any rules involved? If so, any broken? | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 3 Registered: 3-2009 |
And did something bad happen to him | ||
| Jimmy (Jimmy)
New member Username: Jimmy Post Number: 2 Registered: 3-2009 |
Did he come in to the wrong place? Is there a reason that "Win" was not used in the original question? Did he lose a material object? or did he lose something in a metaphorical sense? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 34 Registered: 2-2009 |
was the purpose of the battle to lose something? No. Is the period relevant? If as in time period, Yes Location? No Is a sport involved? A bet? Any rules involved? If so, any broken? No, to the rest of these And did something bad happen to him? No, in fact he was well known for a different reason Did he come in to the wrong place? No. Is there a reason that "Win" was not used in the original question? Yes, he didn't win. Did he lose a material object? No. or did he lose something in a metaphorical sense? yes | ||
| Abc (Abc)
Moderator Username: Abc Post Number: 130 Registered: 7-2006 |
Did he move slowly at first, but then something happened that caused him to go at full speed? | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 4 Registered: 3-2009 |
is there a hospital involved | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 5 Registered: 3-2009 |
or a wedding | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 36 Registered: 2-2009 |
Did he move slowly at first, but then something happened that caused him to go at full speed? Not Relevant is there a hospital involved or a wedding Neither | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 734 Registered: 9-2007 |
Is he a scientist? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 38 Registered: 2-2009 |
Is he a scientist? Yes he is. | ||
| Abc (Abc)
Moderator Username: Abc Post Number: 135 Registered: 7-2006 |
OK, so it's not the story about the two boys who were told that the one who's horse arrived the last at a certain town would be awarded a large sum of money? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 39 Registered: 2-2009 |
OK, so it's not the story about the two boys who were told that the one who's horse arrived the last at a certain town would be awarded a large sum of money? No, it isn't | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 694 Registered: 12-2007 |
Field of research relevant? True story? He discovered something first, but someone else claimed the discovery before him? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 40 Registered: 2-2009 |
Field of research relevant? Yes. True story? Yes. He discovered something first, but someone else claimed the discovery before him? No. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
Moderator Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 5 Registered: 3-2009 |
Did he invent some mode of transport? That was proved faster? More enduring? Did someone die? | ||
| Finno (Finno)
New member Username: Finno Post Number: 76 Registered: 2-2009 |
What was the field of research - Physics? Biology? Chemistry? Math? Statistics? Arts? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 41 Registered: 2-2009 |
Did he invent some mode of transport? yes, for svv That was proved faster? More enduring? Did someone die? No, to the rest of these. What was the field of research - Physics? Biology? Chemistry? Math? Statistics? Arts? The field of research pertains to physics, math, and chemistry | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 7 Registered: 3-2009 |
Was there a time machine involved | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 42 Registered: 2-2009 |
Was there a time machine involved? LOL, but no. | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 8 Registered: 3-2009 |
was there weight loss involved | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 47 Registered: 2-2009 |
was there weight loss involved NO | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 11 Registered: 3-2009 |
was he well known for an invention | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 427 Registered: 12-2008 |
This reminds me of the joke about the old rooster challenging the young one to a race around the barn. | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 51 Registered: 2-2009 |
was he well known for an invention yes, several in fact | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 453 Registered: 12-2008 |
Is lack of money relevant? - ie did he have to sell his designs because he couldn't afford the patent? Is selling the idea in any way relevant? Did he sell his idea/design to someone who utilized the knowledge to make something better? Did his company have the right to his invention because he worked for them when he invented it? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 54 Registered: 2-2009 |
Is lack of money relevant? - ie did he have to sell his designs because he couldn't afford the patent? no Is selling the idea in any way relevant? Yes-ish, depends on your definition of sell. Did he sell his idea/design to someone who utilized the knowledge to make something better? No. Did his company have the right to his invention because he worked for them when he invented it? No, he was not part of a company | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 13 Registered: 3-2009 |
Was the inventor Thomas Edison-- | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 61 Registered: 2-2009 |
Was the inventor Thomas Edison-- yes | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 492 Registered: 12-2008 |
Are phonographs relevant? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 63 Registered: 2-2009 |
Are phonographs relevant? no | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 503 Registered: 12-2008 |
By lost, do we mean lost, as in lost a race? Or lost as in misplaced an object? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 68 Registered: 2-2009 |
By lost, do we mean lost, as in lost a race? This one, sorta Or lost as in misplaced an object? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 520 Registered: 12-2008 |
lost money? grades? court battle? patents? sales? credit for inventions? Did edison have the first invention but it worked poorer than someone elses who invented theirs soon after? Is lighting relevant? hearing? telegraphs? movies? sports? stock market? banking? was Edison the first person buried at a cemetary? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 71 Registered: 2-2009 |
lost money? indirectly yes, but not relevant grades? court battle? patents? sales? credit for inventions? Did edison have the first invention but it worked poorer than someone elses who invented theirs soon after? This one is closest but is not exactly right Is lighting relevant? hearing? telegraphs? movies? sports? stock market? banking? was Edison the first person buried at a cemetary? none of these. | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 14 Registered: 3-2009 |
does this have anything to do with national defense? | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 15 Registered: 3-2009 |
also does it have something to do with one of his failed inventions? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 77 Registered: 2-2009 |
does this have anything to do with national defense? no also does it have something to do with one of his failed inventions? no | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 16 Registered: 3-2009 |
does it have to do with electricity | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 78 Registered: 2-2009 |
does it have to do with electricity yes | ||
| Spackspartan (Spackspartan)
New member Username: Spackspartan Post Number: 17 Registered: 4-2009 |
When you say "yes, sort of" to the question "lost as in lost a race" do you mean: He originally won but was later determined to have lost? He originally lost but was later determined to have won? He thought he lost but didn't? He thought he didn't lose but did? He came in first place in a competition with crazy rules so that the first person doesn't win? He was the first to finish but didn't win? When you say "he came in first" do you mean: He came in first place in a competition? He was the first to finish the competition? He arrived at a certain spot first? By "first" do you mean: Earlier anyone else? In a better way than everybody else? (like if it was an invention contest and he made the best invention?) | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 80 Registered: 2-2009 |
When you say "yes, sort of" to the question "lost as in lost a race" do you mean: By sort of i meant the word race should not be used in the tradition sense, (i.e. not as in a bike race) He originally won but was later determined to have lost? He originally lost but was later determined to have won? He thought he lost but didn't? He thought he didn't lose but did? He came in first place in a competition with crazy rules so that the first person doesn't win? He was the first to finish but didn't win? and this one When you say "he came in first" do you mean: He came in first place in a competition? He was the first to finish the competition? this one He arrived at a certain spot first? as well as this one By "first" do you mean: Earlier anyone else? this is best In a better way than everybody else? no (like if it was an invention contest and he made the best invention?) | ||
| Estilt9 (Estilt9)
New member Username: Estilt9 Post Number: 17 Registered: 3-2009 |
did somebody die as a result of this? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 82 Registered: 2-2009 |
did somebody die as a result of this? no. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
Moderator Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 142 Registered: 3-2009 |
Is Tesla relevant? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 83 Registered: 2-2009 |
Is Tesla relevant? yes | ||
| Davesnothere (Davesnothere)
New member Username: Davesnothere Post Number: 20 Registered: 3-2009 |
Does it relate to alternating versus direct current? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 86 Registered: 2-2009 |
Does it relate to alternating versus direct current? yeah good enough for a ************* SPOILER ************** The term is call War or Battle of the Currents. With Edison coming in first with and implementing direct current, vs Tesla and Westinghouse advocated for alternating current later. And for those who don't know nearly every country in the world uses alternating current. More can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents |
