The older you are the harder this is...apparently

[PostmodernProphet]

I WAS RIGHT! the ends justify the means. I also didn't really devote much time to it. (unless damo is also wrong and the answer isn't 2)

lol, you didn't say the answer was two, you ASKED if the answer was two......

 

[Canceled.2014.1]

Ok, its not a word problem, but this still fits.

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

lol, you didn't say the answer was two, you ASKED if the answer was two......

i said the number was two and provided my own logic that backed up my conclusion. did I just make up that logic out of thin air too?

 

[Althea]

i said the number was two and provided my own logic that backed up my conclusion. did I just make up that logic out of thin air too?

But could a preschool kid come up with the answer in that way?

 

[PostmodernProphet]

i said the number was two and provided my own logic that backed up my conclusion. did I just make up that logic out of thin air too?

what, then, was the question mark behind the sentence......to be honest, when I first read it and saw the = 3 in your "spoiler" I assumed you were arguing with me and Damo and claiming it was 3 instead of 2.....

 

[PostmodernProphet]

ok i am right... the pattern fits with every number. soooooo unless it's a total coincidence that the cipher works when you plug it in in every spot, i dont' know

does your solution explain 0000=4

 

[Damocles]

Spoiler

1111 = 0
2222 = 0
3333 = 0
5555 = 0
7777 = 0

6666 = 4 (i.e 6 = 1)

9313 = 1

1's and 3's are place holders for 0's, so 9 must be a 1 (durrr)

8193 = 3 (2 + 0 + 1 + 0)

etc

No.

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

does your solution explain 0000=4

yes

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

0 = 1
1-5 = 0
6 = 1
7 = 0
8 = 2
9 = 1

works for every number.

where you guys think like preschoolers, I came up with an entirely different solution that works in every instance.

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

i basically skipped the circle counting and went straight to the cipher. So i was not wrong. Suck ittttt

 

[Damocles]

0 = 1
1-5 = 0
6 = 1
7 = 0
8 = 2
9 = 1

works for every number.

where you guys think like preschoolers, I came up with an entirely different solution that works in every instance.

Do you know what would work for pre-schoolers?

Spoiler

Count the circles in the numbers...

 

[PostmodernProphet]

lol, grind.....you didn't skip anything, you just added a step of substituting a value for each character......

 

[cancel2 2022]

i basically skipped the circle counting and went straight to the cipher. So i was not wrong. Suck ittttt

Maybe you were especially precocious when you were a sprog but most kid's minds operate on a very simple level!

 

[Phantasmal]

9

everything is always

9

I thought it was always 42

 

[PostmodernProphet]

I thought it was always 42

no, it's your age that's always 42......

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

Maybe you were especially precocious when you were a sprog but most kid's minds operate on a very simple level!

and apparently so does most of JPP

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

i said the number was two and provided my own logic that backed up my conclusion. did I just make up that logic out of thin air too?

It's like talking to the sphinx. If I give an answer that is entirely consistent with the riddle, but it juts doesn't happen to be the "clever" one he had in his head, does he still eat me? Yes. Yes he does.

 

[christiefan915]

Maybe you were especially precocious when you were a sprog but most kid's minds operate on a very simple level!

I can't wait until I have grandkids so I can call them "sprogs."