RoyCook
2003-09-24 11:25:29 |
First timer
I've been floating around for a few days and decided to write a "hello!" type thing. I am a philosophy lecturer in scotland (specializing in Logic), so I tend to spend a good bit of time playing around with logic puzzles, etc. I am looking forward to finding a lot of new puzzles here, and also to sharing one or two of my own creations (not to brag, but I once shared one of my puzzles with the Master of Knights and Liars himself, Raymond Smullyan, and his first comment was "That's solvable?"- Of course, a moment later he saw the general idea behind the solution). Anyway, I am going to control the urge to post puzzles here, and will just have to wait until the powers that be decide to honour me with the oh-so-coveted student status so that I can post puzzles. Solving other people's (o at least trying) will keep me entertained for awhile. |
levik
2003-09-24 21:50:27 |
Re: First timer
The Student status is not all that coveted - nor is it hard to achieve. Moreover, you will be disappointed to know that the "powers that be" you have referred to are actually embodied in a PHP script that runs nightly :)
Anyway, welcome to the site - I hope to see your puzzles in the queue (though as others will no doubt warn, they will take A WHILE to trickle through and show up on the site's public areas) |
Aspiring Novice
2003-09-24 23:28:31 |
Re: First timer
*sigh*... yeah...
I've been on this site for almost ten years... and my puzzles haven't reached the front yet. (And I'm prone to slight exaggeration.) |
levik
2003-09-25 07:50:51 |
Re: First timer
Aspiring Novice, I should point out that posting under multiple personalities is generally frowned upon here. Ask anyone the sad tale of Tim Axoy... |
SilverKnight
2003-09-26 15:48:22 |
Re: First timer
Well... *I'm* dying of curiousity .... whatever happened to Tim Axoy? |
aydontknow
2003-09-26 18:35:10 |
Re: First timer
Hehe, im also a first timer too, and I'm very addicted to scottish ppol right now, not in a "lusty" way :)...it's just that, Im reading books about them, and it's interesting to see if wat i read is exactly how they act/talk, etc...
ur probably wondering, wat the heck im talking about...I just happen to read that Roy is from scotland(though, not necessarily scottish)...which reminded me of my interest for scotland...anyway, back to puzzles and logic, i love solving both of them, but im not a "fast thinker", nor a "philosopy proffesor"...so im pretty intimidated with all of the ppol here...but, i guess i can learn to think things in a systematic way, by hanging out with u guys...
pls dont butcher this mssg, coz i also noticed, that a lot of people(esp. the scholars), here are burning the novices...so pls be nice...im not doinga nything wrong, am i? :D |
Tristan
2003-09-26 19:11:30 |
Re: First timer
To SilverKnight,
It shows Tim Axoy's story in the reference forum, second thread. |
SilverKnight
2003-09-26 20:41:27 |
Re: First timer
hey... thanks, Tristan. |
RoyCook
2003-09-28 15:03:12 |
Re: First timer
For aydontknow:
I am actually not Scottish, but am from the USA. I have lived in Bonny Scotland for 3 years or so now, and it is lovely. I do not know that much about Scottish history or anything, but have picked up a bit about day to day life.
As far as your ability to solve puzzles and such go- I think you have the right attitude- after years of teaching math and logic (and that's really what most of the puzzles here amount to) I have found that the only real way to learn the stuff is by constantly working with it. So just try some of the puzzles- even if you do not come up with anything that you think is good enough to post in the comments section at first, you will most likely quickly become better at figuring them out as time goes on. Eventually, you will end up solving some.
Roy |
Gamer
2003-09-28 15:42:00 |
Re: First timer
I would also advise new users if you don't feel you are getting anywhere, just narrow down individual cases. Why can't you use this answer? for problems like 4-digit number. When I use the same reason 10 or so times, I begin to evaluate it. ;)
Usually when you don't think you are getting anywhere you just haven't seen the big picture. It's like working on a jigsaw puzzle of unknown dimensions. You might get mad if you have the two sides done but can't hook them in the middle, but you may only need 1 or 2 pieces to do so. |
