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wu :: forums    riddles    what am i (Moderators: SMQ, ThudnBlunder, Eigenray, william wu, Icarus, towr, Grimbal)    New Year puzzle « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: New Year puzzle  (Read 620 times) Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 New Year puzzle   « on: Dec 31st, 2007, 9:16am » Quote Modify One of me makes eight from seven.   What am I? « Last Edit: Dec 31st, 2007, 9:16am by Grimbal » IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: New Year puzzle   « Reply #1 on: Jan 1st, 2008, 7:07am » Quote Modify           ++           IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB gotit Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 804 Re: New Year puzzle   « Reply #2 on: Jan 1st, 2008, 1:42pm » Quote Modify Its 00:00 hrs on 31st December, 2007. One second makes it 2008. IP Logged All signatures are false. Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: New Year puzzle   « Reply #3 on: Jan 1st, 2008, 2:44pm » Quote Modify You are on the right track.   By the way, my solution doesn't use good English.  I just wanted it to sound like the other riddle. IP Logged user Newbie     Posts: 6 Re: New Year puzzle   « Reply #4 on: Jan 4th, 2008, 9:26pm » Quote Modify Ok, if you can say that a second makes it 2008 from 2007, that also means that a day can make it 2008, then a month, etc. I am thinking of one unit, i.e. a year. But anything can be added to anything to make eight from seven, so I think it would be one portion or unit of something that is equivalent to the rest of the units that make up the previous seven. IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: New Year puzzle   « Reply #5 on: Jan 5th, 2008, 6:04am » Quote Modify Maybe "1. of me makes eight from seven " would be better English. IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6988 Re: New Year puzzle   « Reply #6 on: Jan 6th, 2008, 6:14am » Quote Modify on Jan 1st, 2008, 2:44pm, Grimbal wrote:   By the way, my solution doesn't use good English. Out of curiosity, is it in German, French, Italian, or Romansh? IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: New Year puzzle   « Reply #7 on: Jan 6th, 2008, 2:10pm » Quote Modify English is but good is not. IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: New Year puzzle   « Reply #8 on: Jan 9th, 2008, 1:46am » Quote Modify OK, due to lack of interest, here is the solution.   1. of January makes 2008 from 2007. IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard => what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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