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wu :: forums    riddles    microsoft (Moderators: towr, Icarus, Eigenray, william wu, Grimbal, ThudnBlunder, SMQ)    height of a nickel « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: height of a nickel  (Read 15749 times) Jigsaw Guest height of a nickel   « on: Jun 5th, 2008, 12:25am » Quote Modify Remove I found this question in a game development forum(all replies seemed stupid though) You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do? IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #1 on: Jun 5th, 2008, 1:12am » Quote Modify Well, you're small enough for the blades to miss you by a mile, if you stand under them. But the vortex of air they whip up may drag you into the blades.   You might be able to jump out, considering you'll be disproportionally strong (volume, and thus weight, goes down with the third power of scale; strength with square, I think.) IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB JiNbOtAk Uberpuzzler Hana Hana No Mi     Gender: Posts: 1187 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #2 on: Jun 10th, 2008, 6:17pm » Quote Modify on Jun 5th, 2008, 12:25am, Jigsaw wrote: What do you do?   Pray. Pray real hard. IP Logged Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? chronodekar Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 57 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #3 on: Jun 24th, 2009, 3:07am » Quote Modify Our first priority will be to stay alive, right?   towr mentions that the air movement caused by the blades can/might kill you if you just duck under them.   So why not stay at the center of the blender? The air there should be stationary enough for it to be safe. (Think something similar to staying in the center of a tornado or hurricane)   -chronodekar IP Logged nega1sqrt Guest Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #4 on: Oct 19th, 2009, 4:47pm » Quote Modify Remove You could climb the etch marks of the blender. I've heard that answer from somewhere. You could also run around and around the blender, kept up by centrifugal force.   IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #5 on: Oct 20th, 2009, 2:20pm » Quote Modify I would stop smoking that stuff. IP Logged Azgard Senior Riddler Just gonna drive around the planet, check it out.     Posts: 453 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #6 on: Oct 20th, 2009, 2:37pm » Quote Modify on Oct 19th, 2009, 4:47pm, nega1sqrt wrote: You could climb the etch marks of the blender. I've heard that answer from somewhere.   Aren't the etch marks on the outside of the blender?   You could always start knocking on the glass in hopes of getting the attention of the person operating the blender. IP Logged Lots of opportunities are missed because they come dressed in overalls and look like work. towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #7 on: Oct 20th, 2009, 3:01pm » Quote Modify on Oct 20th, 2009, 2:37pm, Azgard wrote: You could always start knocking on the glass in hopes of getting the attention of the person operating the blender. I don't think you can make a lot of noise at that size; it's smaller than a fruit fly. IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB Azgard Senior Riddler Just gonna drive around the planet, check it out.     Posts: 453 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #8 on: Oct 20th, 2009, 3:24pm » Quote Modify on Oct 20th, 2009, 3:01pm, towr wrote: I don't think you can make a lot of noise at that size; it's smaller than a fruit fly.   There must be some monster sized fruitflies where you are!   Where I come from, fruit flies are smaller than a pin head, way smaller than a nickle! IP Logged Lots of opportunities are missed because they come dressed in overalls and look like work. towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #9 on: Oct 21st, 2009, 1:17am » Quote Modify on Oct 20th, 2009, 3:24pm, Azgard wrote: There must be some monster sized fruitflies where you are! Or maybe you have monster sized nickels. 1.95 mm isn't an exorbitant size for a fruit fly. (But that's the US nickel, I had our own equivalent in mind, which is smaller)   Quote: Where I come from, fruit flies are smaller than a pin head, way smaller than a nickle! How large are your pin heads?     That fruit fly looks like about 2-3 mm to me, if the given scale is correct. « Last Edit: Oct 21st, 2009, 1:17am by towr » IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #10 on: Oct 23rd, 2009, 2:56pm » Quote Modify It is not clear whether your height equals the nickel diameter or the nickel thickness. IP Logged physx Newbie     Posts: 4 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #11 on: Oct 23rd, 2009, 10:56pm » Quote Modify Stand between the blade and the edge of the glass (there should be some room), hold your shirt above your head, and just as the blades start to spin, jump. The air should move fast enough up the sides to catch on the shirt and push you up. If this attempt fails... well... IP Logged diemert Newbie     Gender: Posts: 29 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #12 on: Nov 21st, 2009, 8:24am » Quote Modify u could either bend the blades back and forth till they breakk or scream while inside it woud make more noise IP Logged bmudiam Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 55 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #13 on: Dec 31st, 2009, 8:27am » Quote Modify You could cut the cables at the center of the motor to stop the rotation of the blades 8) 8) 8) IP Logged “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” - Maria Robinson tehran_games Newbie     Gender: Posts: 1 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #14 on: Aug 10th, 2012, 12:20am » Quote Modify Hard to answer ! just stupid answers are possible ! then it's better for me to leave it unanswered ! isn't it? IP Logged cartoonle Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 56 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #15 on: Dec 13th, 2012, 4:17am » Quote Modify Is this a philosophical question or it actually exists correct answer? IP Logged friv - something i've built Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: height of a nickel   « Reply #16 on: Dec 14th, 2012, 1:52am » Quote Modify For the guy in the blender, it is not a philosophical question, it is a matter of life or death! 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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