Problems and Solutions

[000Ronald]

I want to play a little game.

It seems to me that while everybody seems to be able to point the finger, no one seems to know what to do about it. So I thought it would be in our mutual best interests to have a problem and solution...thingy.

Here's how it will work. You will quote the problem that you think you can solve, thusly

EXAMPLE

1+1=

And you will post the solution thisly

2

You will then post another problem, like this

2+2=

Which another person will solve, as in this example

4

P.S. Thanks for the idea Fire Daemon

And there we go.

Here are some rules, which I will edit as I go along.

1: No unsolvable issues (Doomsday scenarios, for one)

2: Keep an open mind; your way is not the only way.

3: Riddles and math don't count as problems. I can't help but think that I'm going to regret this decison...

Other than that, let your mind wander. It can be something you came up with yourself or something that happened to you or someone you know or something you read in a book. I'll get the ball rollin'

After reading many angry posts, it seems to me that there are more trolls and pointless threads here then ever. How should we deal with this?

Apologies to the people who were expecting something else.

EDIT: Sorry, I posted before I meant to. The above is the same thing as before, just more elquenly spoken.

 

[jim_doki]

The good ol banhammer. works everytime. or just dont read it and let it die

lack of superpowers?

 

[calsipher]

drink something radioactive

 

[Fire Daemon]

drink something radioactive

I think the aim of this game is to creat a problem

Well I'll make a problem:

People who ruin online games by only doing half the job.

 

[tiredinnuendo]

drink something radioactive

I think the aim of this game is to creat a problem

Well I'll make a problem:

People who ruin online games by only doing half the job.

Ban them.

- J

 

[JakubK666]

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=GTA4+leaked&search_type= GTA4 becoming waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overhyped?

 

[000Ronald]

I think the aim of this game is to creat a problem

Well I'll make a problem:

People who ruin online games by only doing half the job.

***** to the guy who made it.

I apologise if the formula seems lacking to you and will take suggestions on how to make it better. I want this to be a productive exercise in problem-solving, not some half-baked gamer-glory.

EDIT(as to not be a f***ing hypocrite)

There's this guy you work with who seems to go out of his way to annoy you. You don't work with him often, but when you do, it's an absolute hell, and it's getting harder and harder to ignore it. You tried going to your overseer, who said "If it's only once a week, what's the problem?" You tried talking to him, and he was an ass about it. What do you do?

 

[Fire Daemon]

I think the aim of this game is to creat a problem

Well I'll make a problem:

People who ruin online games by only doing half the job.

***** to the guy who made it.

I apologise if the formula seems lacking to you and will take suggestions on how to make it better. I want this to be a productive exersize in problem-solving, not some half-baked gamer-glory.

This is a fun thing but if people only answer questions instead of creating them then this goes no where.

In the rules you should have clearly stated for the people to answer a question and then create a question. This could travel in a straight line down like the rhyming game we had a few months ago.

 

[EnzoHonda]

As I was going to St. Ives I joined a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

 

[Fire Daemon]

As I was going to St. Ives I joined a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

Two. Only two men where going to Saint Ives. Although it is quite possible that many people where going to St Ives, just they where not mentioned in this riddle.

A bullet travels at 100m a second. The bullet was fired on a train travelling at 100m a second. How fast is the bullet travelling.

 

[zacaron]

bullet riddle
its traveling 200m a second

also only 1 was going to st ives because it didnt say that the other guy was going to

what can go up a chimmany down but cant go down a chimmany up?

 

[Fire Daemon]

bullet riddle
its traveling 200m a second

also only 1 was going to st ives because it didnt say that the other guy was going to

what can go up a chimmany down but cant go down a chimmany up?

Oh damn you got me there, but if you read my question closely I stated that the bullet was fired and then asked how fast it is now travelling, hence the answer could be anything. I was wondering if anyone would spot that.

In answer to the chimanny question, is it smoke.

 

[Parallel Streaks]

It is smoke, now for my question.

Two men get into an elevator, one was carrying a rubber ball somewhere on his person. The other man got out a pack of cigerettes and offered the first man one, the first man took it and threw it out of the window. The second man punched the first man, the first man got up onto his hands and knees, the second man kicks the first man in the arse, the rubber ball disappeared. What is wrong with this statement?

 

[Akas]

There's no windows in elevators.

Debra is laying dead on the floor of a room. There's not a mark on her and the only thing around her is glass and water. What happened?

 

[Fire Daemon]

:EDIT: Damn it late again.

 

[Parallel Streaks]

I'm gonna go for Akas: Debra is actually a Fish in a tank.

Ok, for my new question: A man has a choice between three women, he gives each £1000, one spends £900 and puts £100 in the bank, one spends £500 and puts £500 in the bank, one spends £100 and puts £900 in the bank, which does he choose?

 

[000Ronald]

It is smoke, now for my question.

Two men get into an elevator, one was carrying a rubber ball somewhere on his person. The other man got out a pack of cigerettes and offered the first man one, the first man took it and threw it out of the window. The second man punched the first man, the first man got up onto his hands and knees, the second man kicks the first man in the arse, the rubber ball disappeared. What is wrong with this statement?

Elevators don't have windows. Most of the time.

A decorated soldier dies in a war. Many people knew this man and loved him very much. At a memorial in his hometown people from another state come and shout slanderous things much akin to what you would find a troll saying (You are gay, god hates you, get out of America). Many grieving people are very angry. Things are bound to escalate if you don't do something about it. What do you do?

 

[Fire Daemon]

I'm gonna go for Akas: Debra is actually a Fish in a tank.

Ok, for my new question: A man has a choice between three women, he gives each £1000, one spends £900 and puts £100 in the bank, one spends £500 and puts £500 in the bank, one spends £100 and puts £900 in the bank, which does he choose?

The one with biggest Breasts?

My Question: A man has a choice between saving the life of his friend or his worst enemy. He choses to save the life of his worst enemy, why did he do this.

 

[Geoffrey42]

As I was going to St. Ives I joined a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

Two. Only two men where going to Saint Ives. Although it is quite possible that many people where going to St Ives, just they where not mentioned in this riddle.

A bullet travels at 100m a second. The bullet was fired on a train travelling at 100m a second. How fast is the bullet travelling.

2 things: 1. Depending on the riddle interpretation, it specifies "kits, cats, sacks, and wives, how many were going". It doesn't specifically ask how many people were going. The answer is 0, if we assume that the man didn't bring any of them with (which is the point, he may have brought them all, the riddle doesn't specify. Stupid ambiguity).

2. For the bullet, what is our frame of reference (since speed is relative), and which direction was the bullet fired relative to the direction of the train's motion? Was the bullet fired in vacuum, or standard atmosphere, and if in atmosphere, inside the train or outside the train (speaks to wind resistance)? And if not vacuum, are we talking about muzzle velocity or velocity after t number of seconds?

(EDIT: In all honesty, I posted this before reading your other comment about someone catching the lack of necessary variables. You'll note, I hate all questions like this for their lack of specificity, and intentional vagaries.)

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

There's no windows in elevators.

Debra is laying dead on the floor of a room. There's not a mark on her and the only thing around her is glass and water. What happened?

Debra choked to death on a chunk of ice.

A steam engine is going westward at 50 miles an hour. The wind is blowing eastward at 30 miles an hour. Which direction is the smoke going?