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« on: Aug 21st, 2007, 5:52am »
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Anyone know of some decent lateral thinking type games or quizzes on the net?
 
 
This British weather (It's supposed to be August, but it looks more like March outside and we've even got the heating on! Sad )has so far meant a good deal of time sat in front of the computer trying to find something to do and I thought that you might be of some help. Grin
 
 
If you could post any links that'd be great.
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 21st, 2007, 6:36am »
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All Personal Choices,
 
All Lateral Thinking :
http://www.deathball.net/notpron/
(and similar such links on web)
 
No Lateral thinking, Just Play :
http://www.flashgames247.com/
(esp. http://www.flashgames247.com/play/693.html <-- i spent hours and hours on this one, its painful for the fingers mind you)
 
Just Read, Dont think :
http://www.straightdope.com/
 
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P.S -> If nothing works, hit F5 on this page every 5 minutes  Tongue
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« Reply #2 on: Aug 21st, 2007, 8:15am »
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What do you mean "If nothing works"? The links seem to be fine (perfect for a day like today), and everything else is okay.
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 21st, 2007, 8:31am »
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on Aug 21st, 2007, 8:15am, Aurora wrote:
What do you mean "If nothing works"?

I believe it was intended as "if you're still bored."
 
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 21st, 2007, 9:23am »
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Oops, sitting in front of the PC all afternoon seems to be affecting my brain, better call it a day... Embarassed
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 21st, 2007, 12:55pm »
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on Aug 21st, 2007, 9:23am, Aurora wrote:
Oops, sitting in front of the PC all afternoon seems to be affecting my brain, better call it a day... Embarassed

 
Here's what I do when I am bored!!
 
If you use firefox there is a addon called "stumble upon" which is pretty good given on a click it takes you to a random page of your interest.. i have found some interesting pages that way..  
 
I watch videos online... however I get bored of that pretty soon
 
I go through previous riddles on this forum Wink
 
If you are good with programming you can try projecteuler.net . THe forum equivalent of that is  
http://mathschallenge.net/forum/
 
You can play "Silent Hill" .. i believe it has some puzzles in the game Wink ...
 
If everything else fails read a book!!!
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« Reply #6 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 1:57am »
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on Aug 21st, 2007, 12:55pm, Sameer wrote:
If everything else fails read a book!!!

 
Trouble is, I'm already averaging about 5 Agatha Christie's a week!
 
It'd be good if you could suggest any websites with similar sorts of problems as the 'What happened' section.  
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« Reply #7 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 2:26am »
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This was suggested to me by someone some years back (i think),  
http://playsleuth.com/
 
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« Reply #8 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 3:09am »
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Thanks, that's better than what I had hoped for.
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« Reply #9 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 3:30am »
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And if you want to kill your eye:
  www.spotthedifference.com
 
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« Reply #10 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 3:42am »
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on Aug 22nd, 2007, 3:30am, jollytall wrote:
And if you want to kill your eye:
  www.spotthedifference.com
Crossing your eyes, overlaying the images, works pretty well to find differences.
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« Reply #11 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 5:23am »
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That took 10 seconds literally an figuratively. Still  those are fun though.
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« Reply #12 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 5:49am »
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on Aug 22nd, 2007, 5:23am, mikedagr8 wrote:
That took 10 seconds literally an figuratively. Still  those are fun though.
Later ones get more difficult.
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« Reply #13 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 5:58am »
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I'll try them out tomorrow then.
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« Reply #14 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 6:31am »
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on Aug 22nd, 2007, 3:42am, towr wrote:

Crossing your eyes, overlaying the images, works pretty well to find differences.

And after several seconds of trying with one of them, I realized that it said 'Mirrored' at the top. Embarassed
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« Reply #15 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 6:49am »
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on Aug 22nd, 2007, 6:31am, Aurora wrote:

And after several seconds of trying with one of them, I realized that it said 'Mirrored' at the top. Embarassed
Heh, yeah. Later on it doesn't work so well. You also get inverted (upside-down) later. And when the pictures move it's also a bit of a problem.
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« Reply #16 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 7:05am »
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Typical, just as I thought that I should keep the suggestions for a rainy day, it's started blowing a gale and tipping it down. Will I ever get any sunshineHuh Angry
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« Reply #17 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 6:42pm »
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Why not pick up a new hobby ? Try cooking for example. Nothing like working up on a recipe to spruce up your day.
 
Here's a nice website I frequent.
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« Reply #18 on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 12:13am »
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JiNbOtAk, your suggestion would be great if it wasn't that I already bake a reasonable amount and I would do more if my mum wouldn't get so annoyed about me making my own birthday cake. Angry
 
In the meantime, the weather is finally good so I'm not stuck inside any longer and there is plenty to do. Cool
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« Reply #19 on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 1:04am »
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I'll trade the rain with you any day. WE NEED RAIN!!! Cry
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« Reply #20 on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 11:47pm »
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I live at the bottom of a slope and the last time we had rain like this, it was 18cm high, I had to take off my shoes and socks and wade to the front door and the manhole looked like a fountain. Old neighbours of ours were storing their belongs in her Mum's garage, as their house had been struck by lightning only a week before; the garage was flooded and the few belongs that they had remaining were ruined.
 
I know the some places get it a lot worse, but you can see why I'm moaning! Sad
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« Reply #21 on: Aug 24th, 2007, 4:39am »
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Moaning? I'd be crying with joy for that kind of rain. We've been in drought for the past 10 years. We struggle to get past 180mm and your complaining? Please floods are no problem, droughts are. Floods you have back up solutions and you no what to do, drought you don't. Cry
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« Reply #22 on: Aug 24th, 2007, 4:59am »
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Moaning? I'd be crying with joy for that kind of rain. We've been in drought for the past 10 years. We struggle to get past 180mm and your complaining? Please floods are no problem, droughts are. Floods you have back up solutions and you no what to do, drought you don't. Cry

Good point, mikey. Whingeing Poms.   Cheesy
 
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« Reply #23 on: Aug 24th, 2007, 5:06am »
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Are you not yourself a Pom?  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #24 on: Aug 24th, 2007, 5:12am »
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on Aug 24th, 2007, 5:06am, mikedagr8 wrote:
Are you not yourself a Pom?  Roll Eyes

Yes, I have that honour.  Cool   Wink
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