titou56
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Strange paradoxes ...
We have higher buildings but less beautiful views;
Higher wages but less security;
Bigger houses but smaller families;
More appliances, but less time and rest;
More diplomas and degrees but less common sense;
More information and knowledge but less judgment;
More experts, more problems, more doctors, less care, more medicines, but more diseases;
We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values;
Successful in life but not our life;
Added years to life but not life to years;
We go to the moon, but are unable to talk to our neighbors;
We plan a lot, but not accomplish much;
We learn to rush, but are never patient;
We have higher incomes, but lower morale.
This is the time of fast food and slow digestion;
Greatest men but less character;
more recreation with less pleasure;
Beautiful houses with broken homes;
Lightning travels and adventures of an evening;
Pills to fall asleep or pills for laugh;
Of test tube babies, cloning and operations of a day.
This is the time of great technologies.
This message has reached the speed of light ...
You can click "delete" quickly or quietly meditate and change gradually ...
You decide.
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the answer is within yours
Hi Solbjerg :wink:
there are 8 combinations from the first sentence :
2X3X6 witch the sum is 11
2X2X9 witch the sum is 13
4X9X1 witch the sum is 14
4X3X3 witch the sum is 10
18X2X1 witch the sum is 21
12X3X1 witch the sum is 16
6X6X1 witch the sum is 13
36X1X1 witch the sum is 38
when the man said that the sum of their ages is the same of the porch and the other man answer that he can't deduce the solution that means that there are few possibilities... so the number is 13...
2X2X9 or 6X6X1
the oldest is blonde means that she is not twin, so 9X2X2 is the answer
the girls are 9, 2 and 2 years old :roll:
very best regards,
T2
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Enigma
Hi friends :wink:
Here's a riddle that no computer has yet resolved ...
A man asks another one the respective ages of his 3 daughters. He answers :
- The multiplication of their 3 ages is 36.
I can not deduce their ages ! exclaimed the first man.
- The sum of their ages gives the same number as that which is listed on the porch in front of us.
I still can not answer! said the first man.
- The eldest is blonde.
Ah, ok I understand their respective ages now!
How did he do it? Simply by reasoning like a human ....
Would you try ?
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how is it that ?
Hi friends :wink:
How is it that when playing dice, the number 7 does not come more often ?
7 is indeed the one that is most likely to appear !
for 2 and 12 there is just one combination : 1+1 and 6+6
for 3 and 11 there are two : 1+2, 2+1 and 6+5, 5+6
for 4 and 10 there are tree
for 5 and 9 there are four
for 6 and 8 there are five
for 7 there are six combinations !
so there are 6 time more likely for 7 to come than for 2...
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psycho test
Hi friends :wink:
here's a practical test to know someone better.
draw an array of 6 boxes.
a circle in the first,
a triangle in the 2nd,
a stair in the 3th,
a cross in the 4th,
a square in the 5th
a "m" rounded in 6th,
then ask the person to complete each box, to form something non-abstract. Then, to add an adjective beside each draw...
When done, you can examine the drawings, knowing that :
the circle case indicates how the person sees herself.
the triangle case indicates how the person believes others see her.
the stair case indicates how the person feels the life.
the cross case indicates how the person sees her spirituality.
the square case indicates how the person sees her family.
the "m" case indicates how the person feels her sexuality.
Obviously, this test has no other purpose than to look a bit, when waiting the dishes at the restaurant, but it may be an interesting indicator. :lol:
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we can't change the rules...
Hi friends :wink:
Mr. Blue must shoot in the air !
the best weapons of Mr. Blue are his opponents, so he must be sure not to kill any of them.
If Mr. Blue shoot in the air, Mr. White will hit Mr. Red because he is the most dangerous. if he misses, Mr. Red will shoot Mr. White for the same reason.
very best regards,
T2
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strategy...
Hi friends :wink:
Mr. Blue, Mr. White and Mr. Red will fight in duel to three, single-shot pistol...
Mr. Red is a sniper, he hits the target very regularly.
Mr. White hits the target half the time.
Mr. Blue, the worst of the three, hit the target once in three.
To make the duel équitable, Mr. Blue shoots first, then Mr. White, and finally Mr. red.
what is the strategy of Mr. Blue, to optimize its chances of survival?
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numbers and letters
Hi friends :wink:
In French, the words "conte" and "compte" have the same pronunciation.
it is true in English, to count and to recount
in Deutsch too, zablen and erzäblen
in Chinese ? shu and shu
it seems that letters and numbers are linked since the beginning
curious, isn't it ?
Don't you mean zahlen and erzählen?
Solbjerg
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Hi Solbjerg :wink:
very interresting subject, thank you !
We have also "prendre son pied", to take a foot, is to enjoy the situation
or "casser les pieds", to break foot, is what a pest !
or "à contre-pied", against the foot, is at the opposite...
or " au pied de la lettre", at foot of the letter, is to take litteraly...
This is very used... in current talking.
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my feet are Egyptians
Hi Solbjerg :wink:
In fact we always speak with Big Toe for Hallux and Little Toe for Quintus, in everyday langage...
it makes me think why, for the hand, one is called "annulus" ?:roll:
Egyptian foot : the toes are of decreasing size.
Greek foot : the second toe is bigger than the others.
Roman foot : three or four toes are nearly equal in length.
Yes, an other curiosity :lol:
In French there is an expression : "se mettre les doigts de pied en éventail", to put your toes in a fan, whitch is used for holydays, fare niante... means ‘to do absolutely nothing’, ‘to laze around’
Does it exist in Danish ?
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magic square
Hi friends :wink:
the SATOR magic square is the oldest square of letters. one was found in Pompeii, on castles and monuments across multiple cultures...
S A T O R : sower or creator.
A R E P O : from the creeping plant grows.
T E N E T : you possess.
O P E R A : implement.
R O T A S : wheels.
this is the perfect palindrome: it can be read in any direction !
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mysterious number
Hi friends :wink:
142857 is mysterious... by multiplying it, look what happens :
142857 x 1 = 142857
142857 x 2 = 285714
142857 x 3 = 428571
142857 x 4 = 571428
142857 x 5 = 714285
142857 x 6 = 857142
it is always the same numbers which appear, just moving like a ribbon !
And what about 142857 x 7 ? 999999 !
so, look : the addition 142 + 857 = 999 !
and 14 + 28 + 57 = 99 !
and the square now : 142857 ² = 20408122449 where 20408 + 122449 =142857
curious, isn't it ?
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awesome
Hi Solbjerg :wink:
interresting !
Phi is also true in nature. This is for example the ratio of distance between the leaves so that they do make each other's shadow. this is also the number that defines the location of the navel with respect to the entire human body ...
this sequence is found in nature ....
http://data.imagup.com/10/1143870386.jpg
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usual things...
Hi friends :wink:
The usual A4 sheet (21 × 29.7) is part of a serie of standard formats that have the following properties :
- When fold in half, a sheet of this format, we obtain the following one.
- The ratio height / width of these formats is the square root of 2 or 1.4142135 ...
The A0 sheet, the first of the series, has an area of one square meter, and other formats are deduced (rounding to mm) : A0 = 118.9 × 84.1 cm; A1 = 84.1 × 59.5 cm, A2 = 59.5 × 42.0 cm, A3 = 42.0 × 29.7 cm, A4 = 29.7 × 21 cm, A5 = 21 x 14, 9 cm, A6 = 14.9 × 10.5 cm etc..
There are also a variety of formats B0, B1, etc.. with the same ratio of square root of 2, but the format has an initial width of one meter.
This principle of balanced and ingenious format was invented by... Leonardo da Vinci !
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Hi Solbjerg
I'am not suffering of hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia :lol:
The translation of the Ecumenical Translation of the Bible gives for verses 15-18:
"It was given life to the image of the beast, so that it even makes the word and put to death anyone who would not worship the image of the beast. In all, young and old, rich and poor, freemen and slaves, it places a mark on the right hand or forehead. And no one may buy or sell, if it bears the mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name. It's time to have discernment: he who has understanding, it interprets the number of the beast, for it is a number of man: and the number is Six hundred sixty six. "
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Hi Solbjerg :wink:
From first read, the crocodile works for himself whereas the bee works for the community... :roll:
very best regards,
T2