From: Jesse Welton (jwelton_at_pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu)
Date: Sun Jun 30 2002 - 09:59:26 PDT
187:9 Ed Murphy 2002-06-29 17:01:49 INVALID +1.5 > > "Liar, liar... > "...pants on fire!" > "Does he wear pants?" > "Well, TRAINing pants." > > At this point, I'll HAND it off to someone who can decode this: > > 3 4 4 3 > 6 8 4 5 11 11 11 5 4 8 6 > 5 9 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 9 5 > 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 3 3 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 4 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 2 9 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 3 7 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 3 5 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 4 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Validity: 187:4 requires each rule to answer the *questions* posed by its predecessor, and the question posed by 187:8 was (in reference to the opening sentence) "What does that mean?" This question has nto been answered. I do not believe that answering the riddle, which was not in the form of a question, is sufficient to satisfy 187:4. INVALID. Style: I find the puzzle very appealing, and the way in which the answer is hidden is very nice. (It's easy to pick out where it is, but not immediately obvious what it means.) With a small reduction for not having a significant restriction, I'll give it +1.5. -Jesse -- Rule Date: 2002-06-30 16:59:42 GMT
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