Syterion
Voodoo Economist
"Will the other soldier tell me to take your door to get my freedom?"
Is that it?
EDIT: Damn it, WillJ, your edit beat my edit.
Is that it?
EDIT: Damn it, WillJ, your edit beat my edit.
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Look at my edit.Originally posted by Kinniken
It's not a "yes or no" question
You are so close to it though that I guess you win. Had you heard it before? If not, I will propose a harder one next time.
Your go.
Is that the correct answer? Oh, and no, I've never heard that before.Anyway, here's a fairly easy riddle:
Scramble the letters of the two words, "New door" to form one word.
Kinniken
Riding with William
Originally posted by WillJ
Look at my edit.
Well, no. The other soldier cannot answer "door 1" to the question since he can only answer "yes" or "no" questions
We are playing on words there though, obviously you have the answer
Syterion
Voodoo Economist
Too easy.
Mix up the letters to form this-
ONE WORD
EDIT: Is my answer for your question right, Kinniken?
Mix up the letters to form this-
ONE WORD
EDIT: Is my answer for your question right, Kinniken?
You got it. Yep, that was probably too easy. Your go, if you wish.
Aaaargh!Originally posted by Kinniken
Well, no. The other soldier cannot answer "door 1" to the question since he can only answer "yes" or "no" questions
We are playing on words there though, obviously you have the answer
I supose Systerion's is right, then, no?
Syterion
Voodoo Economist
This is a fairly easy problem.
You are a manager of a hotel that has an infinite number of rooms. You have an infinite number of guests. An infinite number of people arrive at your hotel fore a convention, demanding rooms. How can you accomodate these people?
You are a manager of a hotel that has an infinite number of rooms. You have an infinite number of guests. An infinite number of people arrive at your hotel fore a convention, demanding rooms. How can you accomodate these people?
Perfection
The Great Head.
Give 'em each a room!
anarres
anarchist revolutionary
Infinity isn't a realisable number. In the real world you can't have an infinite amount of anything, so the question is meaningless.
betazed
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Hmmm.... The current question really has me thinking that it may not be a really well defined question. Since there are many types of infinities it really depends on what types of inifinities we are dealing with.
I guess both rooms and people are countable infinities.
So a one to one correspondence as mentioned by Perfection seems to be the answer.
I guess both rooms and people are countable infinities.
So a one to one correspondence as mentioned by Perfection seems to be the answer.
Syterion
Voodoo Economist
Fine. The answer was supposed to be that if you numbered the rooms 1, 2, 3, and so on, then you double the number for all occupants, and then you have an infinite number of odd-numbered rooms to house the new guests.
I have no puzzle to post at the moment.
I have no puzzle to post at the moment.
Aramazd
Deity
Put more than one person in a room
Perfection
The Great Head.
Or you could cut them up and put each one in an infinate amount of rooms 
Syterion
Voodoo Economist
I've got a new riddle-
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Aramazd
Deity
the chicken
Marla_Singer
United in diversity
The infinite isn't a static figure. If you have an infinite number of room, you'll always be able to place an infinite number of people. The infinite + The infinite = The infinite. So there will always be place for more guests, there's no infinite bigger than the infinite.
Well that's my answer anyway. I won't lose my sleep because of such an issue.
Well that's my answer anyway. I won't lose my sleep because of such an issue.
But wait, if infinity plus infinity is infinity, wouldn't that mean infinity minus infinity is infinity?
Anyway, I suppose I'll post a new, non-mathematical riddle:
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
And PLEASE don't answer if you've heard it before or looked it up on the Internet.
Perfection
The Great Head.
I'm guessing it's nothin'
Aramazd
Deity
Animal Dung
