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alien2
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Agent James has been given a task by his boss to find a particular radio device in France, and press its green button, as it has three buttons altogether, green, black and yellow. If he presses black or yellow button, the acid in this device will be released and it will destroy the important message. Time is of essence and he does find it, in France, and he has 7 minutes to press the right button, after which the message it carries will be useless to his boss in London. Unfortunately for James, his flashlight turns dead and it is dark night filled with clouds so not even moonlight can get through. He prays for lighting so he could glance the right button, alas, there was no lightning that night to assist him. So he is on the plain and all stores are at least half an hour away, and no other objects are anywhere near or on his person. Interestingly enough, when James touched the device, that is, before he opened it, & it took him a couple of seconds to open it, this activated another radio signal, that was sent directly to his opponent Goldfinger, revealing device's location. This, of course, looked pretty bad to Goldfinger, so since he couldn't use the device remotely, he does something else to try to prevent agent James to press the green button. But this Goldfinger's action backfired, as soon James presses the button with assurance. What happened?
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #1 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 4:30am » |
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He presses not the left, not the middle, but the right button .
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #2 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 5:29am » |
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But how did Goldfinger's action backfired? 
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #3 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 6:04am » |
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Ok, maybe he raised some alarm, and all of sudden, there are flashing lights all around.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #4 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 6:10am » |
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I said that there are no objects near & his men are far away from James. Not bad though but I hadn't that in mind.
I modified the riddle a bit so just read it again. 
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #5 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 7:35am » |
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Maybe James has a cell phone which is set to light up only when other people call, not when you press a key, etc. So Goldfinger tries to call James to persuade him not to press the button (bribe, trying ti trick James, etc.) but James uses the light of the cell phone to see the button he needs to push.
A little implausible, I know. 
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #6 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 7:53am » |
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No because I said that there were no objects on his person.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #7 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 9:15am » |
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Haha since this is an old movie, maybe there are beeping flash lights on the device itself!! 
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #8 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 10:18am » |
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There were none.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #9 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 11:05am » |
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Upon opening the device, Goldfinger sends another radio message to the device, shutting it again. Upon doing so, bright sparks are somehow created in the closing process, allowing James to see the correct button.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #10 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 11:17am » |
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I said that he couldn't use the device remotely, so no.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #11 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 12:14pm » |
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Since Goldfinger now knew the location of the device, he pointed one of his satelite laser weapon orbiting earth to those coordinates and fired. Since acuracy is only up to a few metters (just enough to hit a building), he really just managed in lighting up a small fire in the dry grass not too far from james. The fire gave enough light for James to identify the right button.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #12 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 12:34pm » |
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In practice there is no need for such a device, certainly not the way it is now, in its infant stage. I suppose that laser can deprive James from his privates, but I am more oriented on reality than science fiction. But yes, you are on the right track.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #13 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 12:44pm » |
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Does Goldfinger have a weather making machine? 
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #14 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 1:54pm » |
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Goldfinger sends the coordinates to the helicopters/planes that are sweeping the area, looking for James. The aircrafts use their spotlights to try to find the agent so they can gun him down, and the light is able to help him see the button before they find his exact location.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #15 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 2:30pm » |
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No aircrafts were that close meaning that no flying device is that fast. We are talking about seconds here.
on Jun 26th, 2007, 12:44pm, Sameer wrote:| Does Goldfinger have a weather making machine? |
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No. That is SF.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #16 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 4:19pm » |
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ok to be clear... Goldfinger sends "something" over "radio signals" that does "something" to the device, that somehow helps 007?
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #17 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 4:56pm » |
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on Jun 26th, 2007, 4:19pm, Sameer wrote:| ok to be clear... Goldfinger sends "something" over "radio signals"? |
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Yes.
on Jun 26th, 2007, 4:19pm, Sameer wrote:| ..that does "something" to the device |
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No. I said that he could not use it remotely.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #18 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 6:34pm » |
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Are we to assume that Goldfinger has seen the device before?
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #19 on: Jun 26th, 2007, 10:02pm » |
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Ok, what could Goldfinger possibly sent over the radio signals, that does not connect to the device in any way ?
007's cellphone ?
007's PDA ?
A tv set ?
A radio set ?
Walkie talkie ?
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #20 on: Jun 27th, 2007, 2:20am » |
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"So he is on the plain and all stores are at least half an hour away, and no other objects are anywhere near or on his person."
Clearly, he is alone, naked, with a dead flashlight and a particular radio device.
The device can transmit voice. Goldf*r transmits "Be warned, one of the buttons will make the device explode. Is it the small black square button? The medium triangular yellow one? Or the big round green one? I won't tell you which. Are you ready to take the risk?"
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #21 on: Jun 27th, 2007, 3:21am » |
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on Jun 27th, 2007, 2:20am, Grimbal wrote:
Clearly, he is alone, naked, with a dead flashlight and a particular radio device.
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Hehe, we could start a new riddle, " Where did the naked Agent James stowed his dead flashlight ? "
Btw Grimby, what's with the Goldf*r ?
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #22 on: Jun 27th, 2007, 6:08am » |
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Goldfinger sent a voice message to the radio device, saying: "If you were here yesterday, I would have told you that the button on the left was the green button." Goldfinger is attempting to lure James from the left button. However, no matter if Goldfinger is telling the truth or lying, James knows with confidence that the leftmost button must be the green button! (BTW this was a joke, albeit a poor one)
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #23 on: Jun 27th, 2007, 7:00am » |
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It is very important to Goldfinger that James' boss doesn't get the message.
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Re: Goldfinger
« Reply #24 on: Jun 27th, 2007, 7:16am » |
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When the radio device start beeping, James realizes that it runs on batteries. He removes the batteries, puts them in the flash light and quickly presses the green button. Nothing. He presses again a few times with force, they way you press an elevator button when you are followed by a maniac serial killer. He gets panicked: he is going to fail his mission and he can do nothing. Suddenly he stops, like paralyzed for a few seconds. Then he bursts into a hysterical laughter. He realized that removing the battery has disabled the auto destruction mechanism. He just removes the secret message and ... well, what good is a secret message when you are alone in a field, naked, with nothing but a working flash light and a dead radio device? That's not a problem for James. He beams the message to a spy satellite using the flash light an morse code. The planet is saved.
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