MrAce Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 I saw that on facebook and laughed my @$$ off when saw the replies. Majority of replies were wrong. And wrote "bridge players will tell this in couple seconds"Go for it if you are bored and nothing better to do atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 3 it's the lower exit from 1 and both exits from it are blocked 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broze Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Abstain. The right answer is surely "it depends". Either 1 or 3 depending on the speed of the flow of the water. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 7 I think. Oops, caught me, see Phil's comment below. The pipe to 7 is blocked.And. looking this morning, I see that the end of the pipe from 3 to 6 is also blocked. Ok ok it's 3. I should have looked more closely for blockages. Or just read Cyber's answer! I guess that's where the comparison with bridge comes in.SO I will now delete my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 7 I think. When the water flowing into 1 gets to the level of the first exit, the water level stops rising, the additional water flows to 3. Repeat with cup 3. When the water in 3 is high enough to flow out the exit to 7, that's what it does. The pipes to 2 and 6 remain dry while 7 is filling up. Part of the challenge is the blocks. 7 was my first thought too. Look closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Abstain. The right answer is surely "it depends". Either 1 or 3 depending on the speed of the flow of the water. I assumed since the flow in was separate drops rather than a stream, you know which of these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broze Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 I assumed since the flow in was separate drops rather than a stream, you know which of these Pretty big drops though! Maybe it's not water at all but some kind of hyper-viscous liquid and the surface tension doesn't even allow it through the pipes. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Part of the challenge is the blocks. 7 was my first thought too. Look closer. Part of the challenge? All of it. Exceedingly stupid puzzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Part of the challenge? All of it. Exceedingly stupid puzzle.And if you lay the screen flat (or upside-down for that matter) none of them get filled..... ;)Perhaps it is Turkish humor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted April 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Perhaps it is Turkish humor? It is not Turkish puzzle. Translated to Turkish. I do not know the source nation/culture/region etc.. All i know is which one will win the stupidity contest, if i make a poll and options were this puzzle and one of the comments in this topic.http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif (not yours) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 It is not Turkish puzzle. Translated to Turkish. I do not know the source nation/culture/region etc.. All i know is which one will win the stupidity contest, if i make a poll and options were this puzzle and one of the comments in this topic.http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif (not yours)The interesting part was the "attention to detail" fake-out. The science-minded go for the water-level/entry-exit while, I guess, the really attentive look at the diagram and realize that there are some "pipes" that do not have access to certain "glasses".A bit of fun, no matter what the origin or language. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 The interesting part was the "attention to detail" fake-out. Kind of reminds me of a "test" we were given sometime in grade school. The first instruction said "Read all instructions before doing anything", and the last instruction was something like "Ignore all instructions between step 2 and this one", (step 2 was filling in your name at the top). So if you followed any of the other steps, you failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted April 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Kind of reminds me of a "test" we were given sometime in grade school. The first instruction said "Read all instructions before doing anything", and the last instruction was something like "Ignore all instructions between step 2 and this one", (step 2 was filling in your name at the top). So if you followed any of the other steps, you failed. http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfi Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Kind of reminds me of a "test" we were given sometime in grade school. The first instruction said "Read all instructions before doing anything", and the last instruction was something like "Ignore all instructions between step 2 and this one", (step 2 was filling in your name at the top). So if you followed any of the other steps, you failed. Failing the student for completing the steps starting at 2 doesn't seem logically valid - the test imposes an impossible set of conditions. Why does the instruction in the last step take precedence over all the others? Or maybe I'm just overthinking it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Kind of reminds me of a "test" we were given sometime in grade school. The first instruction said "Read all instructions before doing anything", and the last instruction was something like "Ignore all instructions between step 2 and this one", (step 2 was filling in your name at the top). So if you followed any of the other steps, you failed.We had something similar: The instructions were to give incorrect answers to the questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 I'm the guy who got caught and I liked it. There are many such examples. Eg Which is correct "6 and 7 are 11" or "6 and 7 is 11"? Some things are less amusing. I visited my daughter's class room when she was starting elementary school.They were practicing sounds. Teacher "I am thinking of something in this room that ends in a guh sound, what is it?". My child was the first to raise her hand and was called on. "Flag" she said. "No" the teacher said. The teacher was thinking of "rug". My daughter was a failure at mind reading. We fathers remember such things. Also any topic that doesn't involve tweets is a welcome change right now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Failing the student for completing the steps starting at 2 doesn't seem logically valid - the test imposes an impossible set of conditions. Why does the instruction in the last step take precedence over all the others? Or maybe I'm just overthinking it...It's been close to 50 years, I may not have described it perfectly well. I think it was reasonably clear when you got to the end that you shouldn't have done any of the earlier steps. And it's not like this was graded, I think it was intended for the students to learn a life lesson from, about jumping the gun, making assumptions, reading clearly, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 I'm the guy who got caught and I liked it. There are many such examples. Eg Which is correct "6 and 7 are 11" or "6 and 7 is 11"? Some things are less amusing. I visited my daughter's class room when she was starting elementary school.They were practicing sounds. Teacher "I am thinking of something in this room that ends in a guh sound, what is it?". My child was the first to raise her hand and was called on. "Flag" she said. "No" the teacher said. The teacher was thinking of "rug". My daughter was a failure at mind reading. We fathers remember such things. Also any topic that doesn't involve tweets is a welcome change right now. Could the teacher have been intending it as more of an “I Spy” type activity rather than asking for any object with the sound at the end, and just express yourself poorly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Could the teacher have been intending it as more of an "I Spy" type activity rather than asking for any object with the sound at the end, and just express yourself poorly? Oh anything is possible and all in all I liked the teacher well enough.It was like one of the first things out of the box, I was glad to see my daughter involved and then... But it was a tough day. Later the had a guy (sine guys know science?) talk about the solar system He explained that when the moon gets between the Earth and the Sun it's called an ellipse of the sun. And then, and then, Of course I never make any errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Failing the student for completing the steps starting at 2 doesn't seem logically valid - the test imposes an impossible set of conditions. Why does the instruction in the last step take precedence over all the others? Or maybe I'm just overthinking it...It becomes an impossible set of conditions only if Step 2 read something like "Write your name at the top before proceeding to the next step"Otherwise, the condition in Step 1 trumps the guidance in Step 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 I once kept my Jr. High Earth Science class late because the teacher made a mistake in explaining parallax of stars. He said that a star that's 2 parsecs away has a parallax of 2 seconds, but the parallax actually decreases as the distance increases. I drew a simple diagram on the blackboard, yet he still didn't get it, and I had to go over it several times in different ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 I once kept my Jr. High Earth Science class late because the teacher made a mistake in explaining parallax of stars. He said that a star that's 2 parsecs away has a parallax of 2 seconds, but the parallax actually decreases as the distance increases. I drew a simple diagram on the blackboard, yet he still didn't get it, and I had to go over it several times in different ways. I once kept my Jr. High Earth Science teacher late because he was in charge of detentions. Does that count? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted April 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 I once kept my Jr. High Earth Science teacher late because he was in charge of detentions. Does that count? :P http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloa513 Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Abstain. The right answer is surely "it depends". Either 1 or 3 depending on the speed of the flow of the water.At high flow rate definitely cup 1- outflow will be less than inflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted April 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 At high flow rate definitely cup 1- outflow will be less than inflow. When is the last time you saw a high flow rate water/liquid coming down in drops as it is in the picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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