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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2925 on: October 17, 2017, 12:15:41 pm »
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I see. Very clever.

So A = "X"X and X = yields negation when proceded by its quotation. A true => "X"X false => A false => "X"X true => A true.

... but there is still self-referencing going on here because X references itself. "yields negation when proceded by its quotation".

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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2926 on: October 17, 2017, 04:12:49 pm »
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I wrote a trap in D&D that used the player assumptions against them.

I cannot remember the exact wording of the puzzle, but it basically asked the reader what color was the bear. Options were brown, grey, or black. There were three buttons of those colors.

The thing was that if you pressed the correct answer, that triggered the trap. After all, who is going to guard the entry to his house with an easily solved riddle? Those who examined the buttons saw little notches that were a reminder to the owner of which order to press them.

Friend of mine yelled at me rather vociferously because his character found the notches and conveyed this to everyone else, but they were too focused on the puzzle and simply assumed that getting the puzzle right is the correct course of action.

Silly puzzle traps.


Who would guard the entry with an easily-solved riddle?  Maybe the same guy who has to remind himself of a three-key combination? :p
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2927 on: October 17, 2017, 06:58:19 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2928 on: October 18, 2017, 12:42:05 am »
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I wrote a trap in D&D that used the player assumptions against them.

I cannot remember the exact wording of the puzzle, but it basically asked the reader what color was the bear. Options were brown, grey, or black. There were three buttons of those colors.

The thing was that if you pressed the correct answer, that triggered the trap. After all, who is going to guard the entry to his house with an easily solved riddle? Those who examined the buttons saw little notches that were a reminder to the owner of which order to press them.

Friend of mine yelled at me rather vociferously because his character found the notches and conveyed this to everyone else, but they were too focused on the puzzle and simply assumed that getting the puzzle right is the correct course of action.

Silly puzzle traps.


Who would guard the entry with an easily-solved riddle?  Maybe the same guy who has to remind himself of a three-key combination? :p

Well, got to throw the players some bone. Besides, it was his secret entry through the sewers; not his main one.

Still, seeing the assumptions blow up in people's faces was a bit of schadenfreude.
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2929 on: October 18, 2017, 08:03:43 am »
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Man, I hate it when I get a Christmas song stuck in my head and it's not even Halloween yet. But what can I say? The Gremlins theme song is awfully catchy.
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2930 on: October 18, 2017, 08:45:03 am »
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Man, I hate it when I get a Christmas song stuck in my head and it's not even Halloween yet. But what can I say? The Gremlins theme song is awfully catchy.

oh man, christmas songs drive me up the wall. not god rest ye merry gentlemen though for some reason
I'll listen to the gremlins theme song and see if I can derive some joy from it, not before december though
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2931 on: October 18, 2017, 09:41:25 am »
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2932 on: October 18, 2017, 12:21:13 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2933 on: October 18, 2017, 01:12:58 pm »
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Man, talk about exclusive.
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2934 on: October 19, 2017, 01:04:54 am »
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Man, talk about exclusive.

You just need to post on every page of the Random Stuff thread from now to, to get insurance in case schadd does something similar again.
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2935 on: October 19, 2017, 01:28:59 am »
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2936 on: October 26, 2017, 12:13:22 pm »
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The question came up on whether the Microsoft Excel name is in conflict with Wrigley's Excel gum. Wouldn't you know it, the Excel gum packages are stylized as "excel", with lowercase 'e', on the packaging.

I just seemed like a funny coincidence when it came up.
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2937 on: October 30, 2017, 12:47:03 am »
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2938 on: October 30, 2017, 02:46:43 pm »
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I just realized that the squire in squire is actually just the guy at the right. I don't think I even knew that there was a guy at the right until now.

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« Reply #2939 on: October 30, 2017, 04:07:52 pm »
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I just realized that the squire in squire is actually just the guy at the right. I don't think I even knew that there was a guy at the right until now.

I'm the exact opposite.  I always knew the squire was the guy on the right and never closely looked at what he was doing.  By you mentioning this, I looked at the card, and noticed the horse for the first time.
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2940 on: October 30, 2017, 07:26:17 pm »
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I have always realized that Squire is the guy on the right and that there is a horse in the art.

This is scary. I was reading through unread posts on this thread and thought about posting this in the Brag Board. I click over to my unreads there and the first thing is almost exactly what I was about to post. Wow, Awaclus is realllly rubbing off on me.
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2941 on: October 30, 2017, 07:39:31 pm »
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I have always realized that Squire is the guy on the right and that there is a horse in the art.

This is scary. I was reading through unread posts on this thread and thought about posting this in the Brag Board. I click over to my unreads there and the first thing is almost exactly what I was about to post. Wow, Awaclus is realllly rubbing off on me.

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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2942 on: October 30, 2017, 08:58:58 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2943 on: October 30, 2017, 09:15:31 pm »
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I am still trying to pass Polk540. It's taking a while. Polk, stop upvoting people.
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2944 on: October 31, 2017, 03:37:10 am »
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« Reply #2945 on: October 31, 2017, 01:28:01 pm »
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Damn, for the first time ever, I got my hands on a fidget spinner. And now it's fun.

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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2946 on: November 01, 2017, 05:48:48 pm »
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Man, where's eHalcyon been? It's been forever since I've seen him around.
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2947 on: November 01, 2017, 06:54:08 pm »
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Man, where's eHalcyon been? It's been forever since I've seen him around.

Looks like eHalcyon made like Hal. :(

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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2948 on: November 06, 2017, 08:37:28 pm »
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I had a random (heh) thought.

I was thinking about quantum physics and my very very limited knowledge of it. How at the very core of it all, it's entirely random. There's no pattern. But what if there was? What if quantum mechanics at its very core was a highly complex chain that was so incredibly long that it might as well be random? They probably have math to prove it's actually random, again I don't have a lot of knowledge on quantum mechanics.

Another note on eHalcyon: He may have just finally moved on from F.DS as a whole. His last post was in May, but his last log-in was in September. We might not see much (if anything) of him anymore, which is a shame.  :'(
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Re: Random Stuff Part III
« Reply #2949 on: November 06, 2017, 08:53:35 pm »
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Random is not the same as without pattern.
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