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***ON TOPIC***The Emerald City Arcade

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The Wiz

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You are locked in a room with 2 computers. One computer always lies and one computer always tells the truth. But, you do not know which computer is which. And, there are 2 doors out of the room. One door leads to freedom and one door leads to certain death. You can only ask each computer one question. What will you ask?
Ok MM.......I actually thought about this all night(being my life depended on it)...here is my answer: I would ask each of the computers which door the other computer would pick that leads to freedom....and go through the Other door!(opposite what they both tell me)....Did I get it???(I think...and hope???)...or am I going to have to pass the keys of The Emerald City to someone else?:)The Wiz!
 
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OK, you ask the lying computer which door the truth computer will pick, and he will tell you the opposite (the bad door). Then, you ask the truth computer which door the lying computer will pick and he tells you the truth, which is the lie, so once again, it's the bad door. Yeah, you solved it!

So, there are 2 solutions to the puzzle.

The solution, I originally had was to pose the same question to both computers as, "What would you tell me if I were to ask you which door leads to freedom?" The truth computer tells you the truth, and the lying computer does a double lie, so you get the freedom door from him, too.
 

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OK, you ask the lying computer which door the truth computer will pick, and he will tell you the opposite (the bad door). Then, you ask the truth computer which door the lying computer will pick and he tells you the truth, which is the lie, so once again, it's the bad door. Yeah, you solved it!

So, there are 2 solutions to the puzzle.

The solution, I originally had was to pose the same question to both computers as, "What would you tell me if I were to ask you which door leads to freedom?" The truth computer tells you the truth, and the lying computer does a double lie, so you get the freedom door from him, too.
Hooray!.......I get to live to puzzle another day....That was a real "Brain-Buster" MM...Sounds like I got the answer backwards..but if I survived all is good!..Thanks for posting!:)The Wiz!
 

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I found that if I stare at her stomach for a while then look down at her feet I can make her change direction. It really is a trick of the mind.
Wow . . that is strange. It kept on changing directions only if I took my eyes off it . . . so i never actually saw it happen. And, I can't make it turn the other way.
 

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Haven't a clue - but I do remember reading somewhere that the length of the marathon was calculated out to be the "absolute breaking point" of the human body at maximum physical excertion.
actualy it comes from the athenian army during their battle with the persians when they sent runners from marathon .
 

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There is a man, just an ordinary man, who lives on the 95th floor of a high-rise building.

Each morning, he goes through his ritual (vape, coffee, toast, shower, sh**, shave)

He gets in the elevator, pushes the button for the lobby, and goes to work.

In the evening, when he gets home, he gets into the elevator, pushes the button for the 75th floor, gets out, and hoofs it up the remaining stairs to get to his apartment on the 95th floor.


WHY? (there is a logical reason)
 
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