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Michael Dagg
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I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« on: Sep 12th, 2006, 9:34pm » |
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If you give me two squares I will give you a tent.
What am I?
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #1 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 12:43am » |
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If you have a strong accent, and it's a play on words, I'd go with an indian
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #2 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 7:53am » |
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Actually I didn't think of that answer. I am not sure
indians made tents from squares though.
But, that's not the answer.
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #3 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 8:36am » |
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How about letter 'V' upside down
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Michael Dagg
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #4 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 8:50am » |
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OK, well you definitely get a tent that way but what
about the squares?
Don't be mislead by the subject title: it really has nothing
to do with water in general other than it would flow
off a tent but otherwise stand on a square.
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #5 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 9:37am » |
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A pole.
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Michael Dagg
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #6 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 9:41am » |
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Nope -- not even the one in f(z)(z - 1)^(-1).
OOPS, that could be taken as a hint.
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #7 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 9:54am » |
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a paraboloid? x2+y2
Oh, and my earlier answer was about the similarity between squaws and squares, if spoken in a bad accent..
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #8 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 10:08am » |
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z = x^2 + y^2 holds water. You mean -z. That is,
if we are talking about the usual xyz orentiation. But, that's not it either.
Let me add that -z is a correct answer but not the
one I am expecting.
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #9 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 10:32am » |
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One regular square, another turned 45 degrees, placed so the corners of the diagonal are at the two top corners of the regular. Ex:
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Like that, sort of.
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #10 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 10:38am » |
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>One regular square, another turned 45 degrees, placed so the corners of the diagonal are at the two top corners of the regular. Ex:
Ah, I kinda work like that but not quite.
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #11 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 3:52pm » |
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I'd say you're a tent builder. Now that's right, but whether it's the intended answer or not -- it's probably not.
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Michael Dagg
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #12 on: Sep 14th, 2006, 8:45am » |
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I am not a tent builder but if you give me two squares
that's what you get.
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #13 on: Sep 14th, 2006, 1:04pm » |
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You get a tent builder?
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #14 on: Sep 14th, 2006, 1:29pm » |
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Then you get a tent?
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #15 on: Sep 14th, 2006, 1:32pm » |
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> You get a tent builder?
Then I'd be a gopher -- nope.
I figured the folks here that know about signal analysis or DSP
would have guess the answer by now. (What I just said should
give it up).
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #16 on: Sep 14th, 2006, 1:47pm » |
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I am convolution? I haven't touched DSP in a long time, that subject interested me most but various conditions led me to astray from pursuing that field and go into microprocessors.. hmmm...
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Michael Dagg
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Re: I make Rain Flow and not Stand...
« Reply #17 on: Sep 15th, 2006, 11:25am » |
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Yes, I am convolution? is the expected answer.
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