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axn 2010-10-27 23:39

[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;234572]All specific things mentioned as examples (a modern car, a modern computer, etc.) can be clearly eliminated, so it's none of those.[/QUOTE]

How did you eliminate a modern car?

Uncwilly 2010-10-27 23:45

[QUOTE=cheesehead;234575](14) Is it one of multiple identical, or practically identical items?[/QUOTE]It is still lavalamp's turn. The answer to #13 was a yes, see rule 4.

Mini-Geek 2010-10-28 02:32

[QUOTE=axn;234577]How did you eliminate a modern car?[/QUOTE]

With this: "No, there is no selection of colors."
Admittedly, if the object is a particular modern car or a very unusual class of modern car, there might be no selection of colors, so my assessment wasn't necessarily 100% accurate. But it does eliminate common general types of modern cars (e.g. it can't be a type of car like "Chevy Volt" or "VW Beetle" or whatnot).
Uncwilly, on #10, can you please clarify which definition you answered Yes to? Was it, as I assumed, this definition? "Would something that is battery powered be considered "chemically powered"? Would you considered a camper that resides in the bed of a pickup to be 'chemically powered', because the pick-up that moves it is chemically powered?"

Uncwilly 2010-10-28 05:19

[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;234587]Uncwilly, on #10, can you please clarify which definition you answered Yes to?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=lavalamp;234485]10) Is it chemically powered?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Uncwilly;234486]Would something that is battery powered be considered "chemically powered"? Would you considered a camper that resides in the bed of a pickup to be 'chemically powered', because the pick-up that moves it is chemically powered?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=lavalamp;234504]Yes, I meant chemically powered in the sense of a fuel that is burned up in a heat engine.[/QUOTE]If lavalamp's answer is affirmative to [B]either[/B] of my questions or both, then yes is the answer to his initial question. Question 6 might help out.

lavalamp 2010-10-28 07:13

14) Since it is chemically powered, but does not use a heat engine, does it contain a fuel cell?

Uncwilly 2010-10-28 12:19

[QUOTE=lavalamp;234608]14) Since it is chemically powered, but does not use a heat engine, does it contain a fuel cell?[/QUOTE]No, it does not contain a fuel cell.

Next person.

Mini-Geek 2010-10-28 12:34

(15) Is it made to transport more than two people?
(I would've just said "Can it hold ..." but how much you can fit in/on something isn't the same as what it's made to carry)

Uncwilly 2010-10-28 12:37

[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;234633](15) Is it made to transport more than two people?[/QUOTE]You made a brave assumption that is is made to transport people.


Yes, it is made to transport more than 2.

You have the next go.

Mini-Geek 2010-10-28 13:15

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;234634]You made a brave assumption that is is made to transport people.[/QUOTE]
Perhaps, but I'd think most things that are 'a form of transport' in this size range are made to transport people.

(16) Does it move under its own power?

Uncwilly 2010-10-28 13:34

[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;234635](16) Does it move under its own power?[/QUOTE]No, it does not.

Next person.
[lavalamp's 12 hour pause has not expired yet.]

retina 2010-10-28 13:36

This puzzle format reminds a little bit of charades:

[quote="Blackadder"]"Ah ha. Lets see if I've got this straight."
"If I admit that I'm in love with ..."
[guard shakes his head]
"No?"
[guard does a half somersault]
"Oh, If I say that I'm [i]head over heels[/i] in love with Satan and all his little wizards, you will remove my testicles with a blunt instrument resembling some kind of gardening tool, but we can't quite make that out, and roast them over a large fire."
"Whereas, if I don't admit that I'm head over heels in love with Satan and all his little wizards, you will hold me upside down in a vat of warm marmalade."
[Blackadder sees the guard expecting more]
"... [b]and[/b] remove my testicles with a blunt instrument resembling some kind of gardening tool."
[guard nods]
"Well in that case, I love Satan."
[guard produces a scythe]
"Oh, it's a [i]scythe[/i]."[/quote]

(17) Does it have sails?


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