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alien2
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W/o putting ice cubes in cooling appliances, how would you get to the other side of the great desert so that ice cubes don't melt?
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Re: Ice
« Reply #1 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 1:34pm » |
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Leave the cubes behind.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #2 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 1:42pm » |
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Forge the ice cubes into one kick-asterisk sword imbued with the power to magically resist melting? 
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Re: Ice
« Reply #3 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 1:58pm » |
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Both answers are witty, and the latter is ultimately incorrect , while WTF's idea is quite good, but I hadn't that in mind.
Btw, was Icecalibur forged in Switzerland? 
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Re: Ice
« Reply #4 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 3:04pm » |
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Cross the great desert of blue crystal, in Antartica. That might keep the ice cubes below freezing.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #5 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 4:09pm » |
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When I said desert I meant as in Sahara, not ice cream for dessert.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #6 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 4:46pm » |
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The Sahara often gets freezing temperature at night in winter so wait for a very cold winter night
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Re: Ice
« Reply #7 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 4:59pm » |
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Forget about winter: it is hot summer.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #8 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 5:02pm » |
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By the by, Antartica is known as a desert of blue crystal, so feasibly, if one crosses this desert, the ice cubes would not melt. That was what I meant; I'm not sure if you think I was implying something about dessert/ice cream.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #9 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 5:04pm » |
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How about putting the cubes in a thermos that has a perfect vacuum. There wont be any heat exchange on account of the vacuum and the thermos is not considered a cooling appliance
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Re: Ice
« Reply #10 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 5:06pm » |
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But on to guessing: use fake ice cubes - like novelty plastic ones with dead flies/shrunken heads in them.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #11 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 5:07pm » |
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Again: Sahara, sand, heat.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #12 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 5:09pm » |
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No thermoses either and the ice cubes are genuine.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #13 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 5:11pm » |
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iceberg size ice cubes?
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Re: Ice
« Reply #14 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 5:11pm » |
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Cross the desert in the world's fastest car... you could feasibly cross the desert before the ice cubes melt.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #15 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 5:14pm » |
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fly them in an airplane in unheated cockpit at 25,000 feet altitude
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Re: Ice
« Reply #16 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 7:04pm » |
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Hmm.
1. You could take ice-VII. It's still solid at 100C. You might need a highly pressurised container though. But it wouldn't be a cooling apparatus.
2. If you can't afford that, make your ice-cubes by combining water and sawdust which won't melt very much.
3. You've been listening to too much hip-hop and are referring to diamonds, which don't melt at all
4. Only travel at night.
5. Put the ice in a box, bury it under maybe half a foot of sand (sand isn't a good conductor of heat), and steadily move across the desert by excavating more sand and moving the box along. That may take quite a bit of time.
6. Or you could travel completely underground, perhaps using the Mole from Thunderbirds.
7. Build a cannon and fire the ice cubes right across the desert. They'll be going way too fast to melt. If you want to catch up with them before they do you'd best fire yourself out of the cannon as well. Uh? Oh, that's the same as Denis' answer, but less sensible.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #17 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 9:22pm » |
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on Jul 3rd, 2007, 5:14pm, denis wrote:| fly them in an airplane in unheated cockpit at 25,000 feet altitude |
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Yes. But I don't know much about planes, that is, the engine keeps pilots and passengers warm, otherwise they would all be freezing. But I guess that the pilot could fly in an unheated cockpit just because of this riddle? If not, then I suggest that Icarus or tower delete a riddle of mine again.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #18 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 9:50pm » |
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not a problem really In certain airplanes there is an independent heating system. It can be turned off in the cockpit while keeping the passengers cabin warm (if you have passengers). The pilot can wear winter clothing (hat, parka, gloves)... piece of cake. In any case, if the pilot prefers a comfortable cockpit, you can always put the ice cubes in a box in the cargo hold which is not heated.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #19 on: Jul 3rd, 2007, 10:57pm » |
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Not bad.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #20 on: Jul 4th, 2007, 6:19am » |
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on Jul 3rd, 2007, 1:58pm, Iceman wrote:| Btw, was Icecalibur forged in Switzerland? |
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Of course, just like Chocolatecalibur, Bankcalibur and Swissknifecalibur.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #21 on: Jul 5th, 2007, 12:11pm » |
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on Jul 3rd, 2007, 10:57pm, Iceman wrote:
Did you mean that the answer of Denis is right?
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Re: Ice
« Reply #22 on: Jul 5th, 2007, 3:07pm » |
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What else could it be?
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Re: Ice
« Reply #23 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 5:03pm » |
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Use dry ice and put it in a container. It won't melt, but it'll ( i can't remember what it's called ) quickly.
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Re: Ice
« Reply #24 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 6:51pm » |
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Smoke up?
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