Whilst reading 'The Code Book' by Simon Singh I had an idea for a simple code, Although it can be generated by pen and paper i think it would be quite difficult to crack.
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Match the items in group one to the items in group 2 to get something meaning the same as something in group 3. There's a fair bit more too it than i've let on and you may feel that these in...
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I was given this puzzle the other day and couldn't find it in the FAQ so figured it would be worthwhile posting here. I've seen a few variants of this puzzle and to my great annoyance the si...
I am looking for the classic T puzzle. It is four simple pieces that can for a T. I had a nice version made of wood but lost it.
I want one that is good sized (the bars of the T would each be abou...
Possibly the simple 'trick' gives a different answer than the math-intensive one.
The infinite grid of resistors was one of my favorite problems. Unfortunately, that was 50 years ago. I ...
...y spy. 2. The only person mentioned directly, other than the Captain, is the communications officer. 3. A simple code (e.g., one that could be broken by the average puzzler solver), would never have b...
...trying to program a game that would solve word ladders by using a given dictionary file. The idea sounded simple at the start (simple string matching, or so I thought), but now that I've tried to...
Simple really - it is an experimental design. The digits have been rearranged to ensure that the correlation between that sequence and the sequence 0123456789 is less than 2%. This makes any experimen...
Ok it is possible to find an answer taking 7 triangles: Its very simple take a pentagon and put 2 more triangles in to make one big triangle.
...large value of N?
In which case, why bother playing around with it at all and just keep life nice and simple and use N?...
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I made a simple web page that can be used to play around with the Horse's Journey. No Java or JavaScript is required. You can find it at http://puzzles.zzlevo.net/horsejourney.html
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...sy, I put this problem in Excel, and let Excel do the adding for me....
My Excel formulas were *VERY* simple.
All I had to do was copy *ONE* simple addition formula & paste it repeate...
...t ended up in chaos. In all their previous discussions they hadn’t even asked themselves whether such a simple object as a brick, much less an electron, is an ‘essential object.’ ”—Richard F...
Only I replaced it wrongly, due to an error in the simple program I was using to choose words that fit! Corrected version below, with one other change to prove I know what I'm talking about.
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... and 8 but I just can't seem to do it. I'm sure it can be done and I'm sure it's very simple.
Is there a solution on a web page somewhere? I have tried looking in the rec.puzzl...
... defective coin, which has a different weight (could either be light or heavy). In three weighings with a simple pan balance, how would you separate the defective coin from the lot....
...t S(n) = Fib(1) / 2^1 + Fib(2) / 2^2 + ... + Fib(n) / 2^n.
It's easy enough to write & run a simple program and figure out the infinite sum S = Fib(1) / 2^1 + Fib(2) / 2^2 + ... +Fib (n) ...
...chsticks each (all the sticks are the same size but I can't show this just using text)
Here is a simple example. Move 1 matchstick and make the equation true: _ _ _ _ + _ = _ _ _ _ The only s...
... that you can find m[-3]n such that: m[-2]n = 1 + n = m[-3]m[-2](n-1)
I think it's possible. Simple substitution results in: m[-2]n = 1 + n = m[-3]( 1+n-n ) = m[-3]n And we need a limitin...
... Exit + Cement = Excitement 11 Comb + Prehensile = Comprehensible 12 Candle + Heir = Chandelier
And a simple pair(?)of of mine which came up while failing to solve one of yours
A. Shuffle a tr...
...ght of 13, and then move them together. Using the same technique, move 10 and 14.
Now it will be very simple, to rearrange the rest.
Do a web search on 'Fifteen Puzzle'. You will get...
...r) which is pretty much the same as the isometric paper as far as I can see.)
So...
Is there any (simple) way of constructing a board where the physical distance matches the playing distance? ...
...this is a puzzles newsgroup, I'm sure you can figure out the code without them.
Carl G.
// A simple Java permutation routine. The elements in b.. code example snipped ...
You could us...
...w ones. It means people can experiment with the stuff they unlock forever! It was supposed to be a fairly simple looking game but as soon as I got my hands on it I went crazy and designed a million sp...
The best questions that I have seen is for the questioner too ask about some simple object or concept of in the field, and then to keep asking for more information, based on your responses. This is so...
Here is a problem by J.A.H. Hunter.
You probably know the very simple Magic Square:
4 3 8 9 5 1 2 7 6 Each row, each column, and each diagonal totals 15. And the 8 is in one corner. Now make a...
...d a text shuffling function bishuffle such that bishuffle(bishuffle(text)) = text.
It's a pretty simple function.
I shuffled the following text using my bishuffle function.
Can you un...
...; solution to this than simply brute forcing it, which, as I'm sure you can all see, would be fairly simple)...
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