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(Message started by: flamingdragon on Nov 29th, 2006, 9:56pm)
Title: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Nov 29th, 2006, 9:56pm
I've been trying to remember lateral thinking puzzles that my geometry teacher told the class back when I was taking geometry, he had a book and gave us one every day, they were good ones. That's a lot of lateral thinking puzzles. Anyways I sorta remember a good one, I think it went like this.

A spy needs to deliver a message to another one, and they develope a way to do it. The first spy walks into a resturaunt, and sits down and takes out a newspaper to read. Minutes later the second spy walks in and sits down. After 15 minutes they both leave. They did not communicate with each other in any way, how was the message delivered?
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Post by cchris on Nov 29th, 2006, 10:18pm
[hide]The newspaper article on the back/front page of what one spy was reading was prevalent to what was to be communicated.[/hide]
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Post by flamingdragon on Nov 29th, 2006, 10:56pm
No
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Nov 30th, 2006, 5:23am

on 11/29/06 at 21:56:48, flamingdragon wrote:
They did not communicate with each other in any way, how was the message delivered?
This seems a contradictory statement.  He could pass him a letter, but that is still communicating.
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Post by flamingdragon on Nov 30th, 2006, 7:37am
He didn't pass him a letter.  ::)
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Post by TheNumberScott on Nov 30th, 2006, 10:32am
Did they always sit for 15 minutes? Perhaps the number of minutes sat is the communication. Like 2 minutes = yes, 5 minutes = no, 8 minutes = London, 10 minutes = kill them, etc.

Or perhaps they tapped eachother's feet with morse code.

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Post by towr on Nov 30th, 2006, 10:51am
It might also be what they eat, or how they eat..
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Post by flamingdragon on Nov 30th, 2006, 11:04am
All No
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Post by flamingdragon on Nov 30th, 2006, 11:04am

on 11/30/06 at 10:32:23, TheNumberScott wrote:
, 10 minutes = kill them, etc.


LOL
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Post by Sameer on Nov 30th, 2006, 1:25pm
Well since the first spy has newspaper.. he can either use a slow turning page for 'dash' and fast turning page for 'dot' and use morse code while pretending to read newspaper..

or

it is like game theory where he secretly points to a passages in newspaper that is going to reveal about their secret communications...
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Post by flamingdragon on Nov 30th, 2006, 2:27pm
No or No
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Nov 30th, 2006, 6:31pm

on 11/30/06 at 13:25:34, Sameer wrote:
... going to reveal about their secret communications...
But there aren't any communications.  Remember?  I'm struggling to find a way for them to get a message to each other without communicating.  Maybe they have someone deliver it for them?  No, that would still be communicating with each other.  Even if they wrote it on the waiter's back and waited for him to walk by, this would still be communication.

I'm frustrated.  >:(

P.S.  This is what you wanted, right dragon?   ;)
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Post by flamingdragon on Nov 30th, 2006, 9:45pm
Exactly.  ;)
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Nov 30th, 2006, 10:15pm
Oh, duh.  I feel stupid now so this must be the answer.   :-/

[hide]If they both leave after fifteen minutes, they can just talk to each other after they leave the restaurant.  The riddle never stated this information must be transferred while they are in the diner.[/hide]
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Post by flamingdragon on Nov 30th, 2006, 10:47pm
Thats the exact answer I gave!   8)
It's not the right one however.
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Nov 30th, 2006, 11:01pm
Hmm, then I'll have to sleep on this one.
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Post by Sir Col on Dec 1st, 2006, 12:46am
(1) If they "did not communicate with each other in any way" (to quote you), is it true that neither did anything during the meeting that would contribute towards communicating the message?

If the answer to the above is yes...

(2) Did the communicator prepare the message before/after the meeting?

(3) Did the communicant receive the message before/during/after the meeting?
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Post by Iceman on Dec 1st, 2006, 4:55am
They are blinking a lot because they know Morse code.  

There were three spies. You do not communicate with an enemy spy. You just kill him.

They left together. This means 'yes'.
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 1st, 2006, 8:08am

on 12/01/06 at 00:46:30, Sir Col wrote:
(1) If they "did not communicate with each other in any way" (to quote you), is it true that neither did anything during the meeting that would contribute towards communicating the message?
yes

(2) Did the communicator prepare the message before/after the meeting?
before

(3) Did the communicant receive the message before/during/after the meeting?
during



I'd say u pretty much have this riddle solved now.
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Post by Grimbal on Dec 1st, 2006, 8:32am
Maybe the message is: no message today.
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 1st, 2006, 8:33am
No
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 2nd, 2006, 3:46pm
Anytime now WTF.
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 2nd, 2006, 5:36pm
Since I've been called out  ;) [hide]do they order anything while in the restaurant?[/hide]
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Post by cchris on Dec 2nd, 2006, 5:45pm
Give us another hint if no one's guessing.
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 2nd, 2006, 9:20pm
NO One orders anthing and somethingIS totally screwer up w? my keyboard ANd mouse so i"ll PODt a hint lafer>
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Post by TheNumberScott on Dec 2nd, 2006, 9:28pm
perhaps the answers they give to the waiter are really answers for eachother.

something like...

"Can I get you any coffee?"

"No" really means "No, Don't deploy to finland"

"Do you need more time?"

"8 more minutes please" really means "The bombs will be dropped in 8 days"

or something stupid like that.
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 2nd, 2006, 10:10pm
No>
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 2nd, 2006, 11:12pm
Ok, keyboard fixed, but I can't think of a hint that wont give it away. I'm sure WTF could give u one, but he actually doesn't know the answer.

Hmm, how about this, not only did they not communicate with each other, they did not communicate with anyone.
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Post by Sir Col on Dec 3rd, 2006, 5:14am

on 12/01/06 at 08:08:04, flamingdragon wrote:
I'd say u pretty much have this riddle solved now.


I wish!

I asked:
(2) Did the communicator prepare the message before/after the meeting?

You replied:
Before

I then asked:
(3) Did the communicant receive the message before/during/after the meeting?  

You replied:
During

However, I'm a little confused by your answers so could you please confirm...

(1) We have established that the communicator (first spy) did something BEFORE the meeting to prepare the message.

(2) The communicator did nothing during the meeting to communicate the message.

(3) Somehow the communicant (second spy) received the message DURING the meeting and left the meeting having "received" the message.

In addition may I ask:

(4) Was the duration of the meeting necessary to fully communicate the message, or could the second spy have left earlier?

(5) Did the newspaper play a part in communicating the message?

(6) If the answer to (5) is yes, did the second spy take the newspaper?

In response to your last hint:

(7) If they communicated with no one else during the meeting, can we assume that they were not approached by anyone?

(8) If the answer to (7) is, yes, did the first spy order before the second spy arrived?

(9) If the answer to (8) is, yes, did the first spy arrange the food in some way or order something in particular to communicate the message?
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 3rd, 2006, 10:32am

on 12/03/06 at 05:14:03, Sir Col wrote:
I wish!

I asked:
(2) Did the communicator prepare the message before/after the meeting?

You replied:
Before

I then asked:
(3) Did the communicant receive the message before/during/after the meeting?  

You replied:
During

However, I'm a little confused by your answers so could you please confirm...

(1) We have established that the communicator (first spy) did something BEFORE the meeting to prepare the message.

(2) The communicator did nothing during the meeting to communicate the message.

(3) Somehow the communicant (second spy) received the message DURING the meeting and left the meeting having "received" the message.


All Correct


Quote:
In addition may I ask:

(4) Was the duration of the meeting necessary to fully communicate the message, or could the second spy have left earlier?


It's hard to say.   :-/



Quote:
(5) Did the newspaper play a part in communicating the message?


No


Quote:
(6) If the answer to (5) is yes, did the second spy take the newspaper?

In response to your last hint:

(7) If they communicated with no one else during the meeting, can we assume that they were not approached by anyone?


I wouldn't say u can assume anything.



Quote:
(8) If the answer to (7) is, yes, did the first spy order before the second spy arrived?


I'm guessing u meant that if 7 is no. Perhaps.


Quote:
(9) If the answer to (8) is, yes, did the first spy arrange the food in some way or order something in particular to communicate the message?

No
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by Sir Col on Dec 3rd, 2006, 1:20pm
My assumption that no one approached them during the meeting is because of the hint that they communicated with no one else during the meeting. If a waiter approached then they would have to communicate in some way to at least suggest they required no service.

But because of your cryptic response:

Did anyone else approach them during the meeting?

If so, did they directly or indirectly help to communicate the message?

We've established that nothing ordered, or belonging to the restaurant, helped to communicate the message, so did the first spy bring something to the meeting that conveyed the message?


I'm a little confused as to why you cannot answer the question regarding the duration of the meeting, as this seems to be quite pertinent. Was the fifteen minutes was significant? In theory could the message have been communicated in less time?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 3rd, 2006, 1:32pm
My answer was cyrptic b/c just b/c they didn't communicate w/ anyone doesn't mean no one approached them and didn't communicate.

1. Perhaps

2. No

3. Yes

And that question I can answer, it is  possible for the message to have been communicated in less time.
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Post by Sir Col on Dec 4th, 2006, 12:00am
Okay, to summarise...

The first spy prepared something before the meeting that was used to communicate the message.

The second spy "received" this message during the meeting.

The two spies did not communicate in any form during the meeting: they did not talk to each other, pass information, use non-verbal signals, and so on.

During the meeting they may have been approached, but given the response: "Perhaps", it is clearly irrelevant to the message being communicated or solving the riddle.

Just to eliminate a possible ambiguity in one of your responses...


Did the second spy physically take anything away from the meeting?

If not, was the message conveyed to the second spy by touch, sight, hearing, smell, or taste?
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Post by Grimbal on Dec 4th, 2006, 2:33am
The spies are identical twins.  They just switched identity.
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 4th, 2006, 10:48am

on 12/04/06 at 00:00:01, Sir Col wrote:
Okay, to summarise...

The first spy prepared something before the meeting that was used to communicate the message.

The second spy "received" this message during the meeting.

The two spies did not communicate in any form during the meeting: they did not talk to each other, pass information, use non-verbal signals, and so on.

During the meeting they may have been approached, but given the response: "Perhaps", it is clearly irrelevant to the message being communicated or solving the riddle.

Just to eliminate a possible ambiguity in one of your responses...


Did the second spy physically take anything away from the meeting?

If not, was the message conveyed to the second spy by touch, sight, hearing, smell, or taste?



All correct clarifications.

1. Obviously, he took his clothes.  ::)

2. No
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Post by cheesepuff on Dec 4th, 2006, 8:31pm
[hide]He puts the message in the napkin on the table he is sitting at. The other spy knows it is him because of the newspaper he is reading. He prepared this right before the spy came, and all the other sp had to do was take the napkin[/hide]
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 4th, 2006, 9:37pm
No, nice try though.   :)
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 4th, 2006, 9:40pm
Keep in mind that they didn't communicate for a good reason, to not get caught. So they did something a lot less conspicuous than taking the napkin at the other ones table.
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Post by cchris on Dec 4th, 2006, 11:12pm
Obviously [hide]they take bites of food as morse code. [/hide]No, not quite? Okay.
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Post by BNC on Dec 4th, 2006, 11:41pm
Maybe....

Waiter: What will you have?
2nd spy: I'll have whatever he <1st spy> had.
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Post by Laudie on Dec 5th, 2006, 1:09am

Quote:
If not, was the message conveyed to the second spy by touch, sight, hearing, smell, or taste?


Since you answered no to this, does this mean that the second spy did not even have to glance at the first spy even once or be in hearing distance of they first spy?

I think I have a reasonable answer for it if he did have to glance at the first spy and a reason for why it might have taken 15 minutes or less.

[hide]Clothing.  The first spy wore certain pieces of clothing and wore different colors in order to convey a message.  He has his hands stretched to read the paper, the second spy would see if he wore a watch or rings.  Any other article of clothing or jewelery would also count as a message as well.[/hide]

or another solution:

[hide]The message was that they were in danger and that people suspected either him or his partner as spies.  The method to convey this message is to make no effort to send any message at all because it was too risky.[/hide]
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Post by Grimbal on Dec 5th, 2006, 6:41am

on 12/04/06 at 20:31:48, cheesepuff wrote:
[hide]He puts the message in the napkin on the table he is sitting at. The other spy knows it is him because of the newspaper he is reading. He prepared this right before the spy came, and all the other sp had to do was take the napkin[/hide]

This is all ancient spy stuff.  Does the restaurant have a wifi hot-spot?  If so, one of the spies sits down and reads some news from http://news.bbc.co.uk/ on his laptop while the other one sits down and downloads confidential trade secrets over bluetooth.  They could have sent the stuff over e-mail, but it spoils all the fun of being a spy, doesn't it?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 10:48am

on 12/05/06 at 01:09:06, Laudie wrote:
Since you answered no to this, does this mean that the second spy did not even have to glance at the first spy even once or be in hearing distance of they first spy?


Yes, and I forgot to mention that the spies left 5 minutes apart from eachother.




No to everything else.
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Post by cchris on Dec 5th, 2006, 12:25pm
Did he [hide]leave the newspaper on the table[/hide]?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 12:34pm
No
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 5th, 2006, 2:04pm
Had this taken place somewhere other than this particular restaurant, would they have been able to get the message?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 2:08pm
I suppose they could do the same thing at a different building.
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 5th, 2006, 2:40pm
Must that building be a restaurant?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 2:57pm
No, but a restraunt would seem like the least suspecting place for them to be.
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 5th, 2006, 3:01pm
That rules out a bunch of things.  Hmm...

Was the message written?  Typewritten?
Was the message delivered in an envelope?
Could other people see the message?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 3:10pm
Written
Possibly
No
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 5th, 2006, 3:24pm
Was the message at any point held in either of the spies' hands?
Could other people around the spies see the method of delivery?
Paper airplane?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 3:33pm
lol, paper airplane.  ;D

No to all.
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 5th, 2006, 3:39pm
Is the newspaper telling the second spy anything?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 4:10pm
No
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Post by cheesepuff on Dec 5th, 2006, 4:49pm
Did they sit at the same table?
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Post by Noke Lieu on Dec 5th, 2006, 5:28pm
Were they shepherd spies?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 5:54pm

on 12/05/06 at 16:49:04, cheesepuff wrote:
Did they sit at the same table?


What kind of professional spies do u think they are?  ::)

Not shepard spies anyways.
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 5th, 2006, 6:24pm
Is another party involved in the transmission of the message?
If so, does this person or group of people know they are involved?
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Post by Noke Lieu on Dec 5th, 2006, 6:26pm
Nicely put.

I was going with them being shepherd's pies, but
I guess now they're [hide]industrial[/hide] spies.
Probably checking out the fabrication method of the new tables and chairs at the factories cafe.

Or perhaps chef spies- and they orderd the same meal to reconstruct it for their own restaurant.
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 6:39pm
No to all. And they are just plain normal spies.
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Post by cheesepuff on Dec 5th, 2006, 7:06pm
[hide]He tells the waitress to order the other spy something, and the other spy knows what the code is when he gets whatever food he gets. Anywone watched Spy Game? I'll order that man a double scotch, the cheapest one you have.[/hide] 8)
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 7:12pm
No.
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 5th, 2006, 7:14pm
Do the spies have to sit at specific tables?  That is, do they know ahead of time where they will be sitting?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 7:17pm
Well, not other than the fact that they have done the same procedure many times.
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 5th, 2006, 7:21pm
Does this procedure involve where they sit within the restaurant?
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Post by cheesepuff on Dec 5th, 2006, 7:35pm
did it cost any money?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 7:40pm
No and cheesepuff's question is arguable for reasons I can not disclose.
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 5th, 2006, 7:58pm
Are the events time dependant?
Would the message have been transmitted if the second spy had arrived first?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 8:47pm
No
Yes, as long as they were both there before either one left.
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Post by cchris on Dec 5th, 2006, 10:08pm
One spy is just a distraction while the other communicates with yet another spy...?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 5th, 2006, 10:09pm
No
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Post by TheNumberScott on Dec 6th, 2006, 1:11am
did either of them have any other items of note other than a newspaper?

Did either of them have any food that they brought from somewhere else?

and to clarify, the message is written, but not in a letter or note?

I'm confused about when they left? At first you said they leave after 15 minutes. But now they leave 5 minutes apart? Are they each there only for 15 minutes or what?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 6th, 2006, 6:55am
1. Depends on how u define "of note"
2. No
3. Where did u get that from? It is in a letter or note.
4. One spy walked in, other came in in 5 min., 15 minutes later one left, 5 minutes later the other one left.
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Post by Grimbal on Dec 6th, 2006, 7:26am

on 11/29/06 at 21:56:48, flamingdragon wrote:
A spy needs to deliver a message to another one, and they develope a way to do it. The first spy walks into a resturaunt, and sits down and takes out a newspaper to read. Minutes later the second spy walks in and sits down. After 15 minutes they both leave. They did not communicate with each other in any way, how was the message delivered?

"They did not communicate with each other in any way" excludes that the message was passed from the one to the other.  So the message was delivered at some other time.  Or to some other person(s).

Since they had to meet to develop the way to deliver the message, they could have exchanged the message at the same time.
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Post by TheNumberScott on Dec 6th, 2006, 9:53am

on 11/30/06 at 07:37:27, flamingdragon wrote:
He didn't pass him a letter.  ::)


perhaps I misinterpreted this.
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Post by Sir Col on Dec 6th, 2006, 10:19am
I am a little confused by the answers to my last questions and all the latest questions.

I asked if the second spy took anything physical away from the meeting.

You answered, in a round about way, no. So the message was "received" during the meeting and memorised. I am happy with this, but...

Then I asked a sequence of questions relating to the mode of transmission: touch, sight, hearing, smell, or taste, to which you replied no to all!?!

So as I understand it, the second spy discerned the message during the meeting without seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, or tasting anything. In other words the message was conveyed by some extrasensory perception?
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Post by Sameer on Dec 6th, 2006, 2:21pm
The spies were binars from the planet Binar coming from the binary system...
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 6th, 2006, 3:16pm

on 12/06/06 at 09:53:03, TheNumberScott wrote:
perhaps I misinterpreted this.


Indeed u did, as just because one spy didn't pass another a note does not mean there was not a note.

And the spy got the meassage but did not yet know what it was, Sir Col.


And although Sameer's answer is very creative it is just as equally wrong.
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Post by cheesepuff on Dec 6th, 2006, 5:22pm
Did the clothes they were wearing matter?

[hide]Did he slip the note into a menu the other spy was going to get (like the paper menus that you can take away.)[/hide]
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 6th, 2006, 5:30pm
The answer to question is yes.  :'(
This was supposed to be for WTF to solve but now u gave him to big of a hint.  :'(

No to the solution.
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Post by cheesepuff on Dec 6th, 2006, 5:31pm
[hide]So was it a color code or brand name code of the clothes or what?[/hide]
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 6th, 2006, 5:36pm
No, and I obviously can't answer "or what".  ::)
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Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 6th, 2006, 5:43pm
Sorry, dragon.  I'm not too good at these, like I said before.  Too many ways out of the chicken coop.

So he leaves the jacket?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 6th, 2006, 6:22pm
No, and so u don't like these riddles b/c their hard.  ::)
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Post by cchris on Dec 6th, 2006, 6:25pm
I was about to ask if [hide]the menu was the message[/hide]. But I think that if he [hide]leaves a message in the menu, the waiter collects his menu, then the other walks in on a particularly slow (for business) day, and the other spy gets the same menu, [/hide] that might convey the message.
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 6th, 2006, 6:28pm
No, and why do you guys always ignore hints and things that have already been established?
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Post by cheesepuff on Dec 6th, 2006, 6:57pm
lol, I can think of a way to tell someone womething with my fcuk British radio shirt. (No, its not a curse word spelled wrong)
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 6th, 2006, 7:40pm

on 12/06/06 at 18:57:57, cheesepuff wrote:
lol, I can think of a way to tell someone womething with my fcuk British radio shirt. (No, its not a curse word spelled wrong)


Hmm, u sure the term "womething fcuk" isn't some hint that has the answer?
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Post by cchris on Dec 6th, 2006, 10:11pm
snice you olny need the frist and lsat ltteers of ecah wrod to udnerstnad the wrod, I can trsanltae waht yuor sihrt maens.
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Post by Grimbal on Dec 7th, 2006, 4:03am
Did they [hide]leave their hats at the entry of the restaurant [/hide]?
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Post by flamingdragon on Dec 7th, 2006, 7:13am
No and what made you come up with that question Grimbal?  :'( Yes.
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Post by Grimbal on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:58am
Is it no :( or yes 8) ?

Someone mentioned leaving a jacket.  Why not a coat or a hat?
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by cchris on Dec 7th, 2006, 10:32am
wlel taht wuold sitll wrok.
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 7th, 2006, 3:56pm

on 12/07/06 at 08:58:31, Grimbal wrote:
Is it no :( or yes 8) ?

Someone mentioned leaving a jacket.  Shy not a coat or a hat?


No to cchris and yes to you.
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by cchris on Dec 7th, 2006, 6:56pm
I didn't even suggest an answer...
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by TheNumberScott on Dec 7th, 2006, 7:17pm
sooo...he solved it? or are you waiting for more?
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by cheesepuff on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:00pm
[hide]well, you could easily leave a coded message on the inside line on the cap...[/hide] we need more riddles like this flamingdragon
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:08pm
The riddle is not solved, that just was a big hint that almost solved it and cchris suggested:


Quote:
snice you olny need the frist and lsat ltteers of ecah wrod to udnerstnad the wrod, I can trsanltae waht yuor sihrt maens.
lol
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:10pm
So it's in his hat, then.
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:18pm
yes, however u must state the full solution.
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:20pm
Put the message in the hat, left it at the coat check or in the lost and found.  Other guy picked it up either on the way in or the way out.
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:22pm
Not the full solution, wouldnt it seem suspicous if they saw one guy wearing the others hat?
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:24pm
Well, they can both leave the same type of hat at the door, then.
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:30pm
Correct!

Now I have to get to work remembering another one of those puzzles my old geometry teacher gave me.  ;)
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:33pm
So is the answer that they simply leave their hats on different hooks?  If someone else has the same hat, then what do they do?
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:37pm
They get a very out of the ordinary hat and dress up as clowns?  ;)
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 7th, 2006, 8:40pm
Or since they had been in town a while, they both got hats that no one else in the town was wearing.
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by Grimbal on Dec 8th, 2006, 5:10am
Maybe they are german officers in full uniform.  It should be quite rare in London during the war.
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by cchris on Dec 8th, 2006, 7:30am
Basically the same as the briefcase swap?
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by raven on Dec 10th, 2006, 8:07pm
Okay, this one has been solved... I just got to read it through (there should be a flag that a riddle is solved, or still in progress, or partially solved...at the main listing) and what I thought of was that they signed a waiting list to be seated at the restaurant--and depending on the name signed (one of several pre-established code names) by the first spy, the second spy would have his instructions!

:-*
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 10th, 2006, 8:42pm
But that would be communicating, now wouldn't it?  :P
Title: Re: German Spies, I think?
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 10th, 2006, 9:53pm
Ya!  :P


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