| Author | Message | ||
| tricia harvey (Trixie)
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"Unseasonably warm for the time of year, eh Marcus?" "Couldn't agree more, Cassius." | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Are Marcus and Cassius humans? Ancient Romans? Location relevant? Is the weather actually warmer than it usually is in this place and time? | ||
| tricia harvey (Trixie)
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Are Marcus and Cassius humans? Yes, but imaginary, just illustrating the point.Ancient Romans? Yes Location relevant? Yes Is the weather actually warmer than it usually is in this place and time? Yesish - OTRT | ||
| Brian Pamandanan (Sciguy47)
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Pompeii? | ||
| tricia harvey (Trixie)
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Pompeii? No - not that warm! | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Had they forgotten to take their coats off? | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Is there a fire nearby? Some source of heat other than the sun? Are our heroes in danger of any sort? | ||
| Chuck Raby (Wildcard)
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Are our hero's outside? Fictitious human adult males? Season relevant? Weather relevant? Additional heat provided by some fictitious creature? A phoenix? The puzzle take place during a Greek myth? Gods relevant? mythological characters present? relevant? mythological beasts present? relevant? | ||
| tricia harvey (Trixie)
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Had they forgotten to take their coats off? No. I don't think Ancient Romans wore coats. By Eliot (Eliot) on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 07:50 pm: Is there a fire nearby? No Some source of heat other than the sun? No Are our heroes in danger of any sort? Not at all By Chuck Raby (Wildcard) on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 08:11 pm: Are our hero's outside? Probably but not really relevant Fictitious human adult males? Totally, I'm afraid! Season relevant? Yesish Weather relevant? Yesish Additional heat provided by some fictitious creature? A phoenix? The puzzle take place during a Greek myth? Gods relevant? mythological characters present? relevant? mythological beasts present? relevant? None of these | ||
| tricia harvey (Trixie)
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I realise I may have been a little hasty when I answered Brian's question about Pompeii with "No". In actual fact, Pompeii would have been affected by the event in the puzzle, as it took place prior to 79AD. Sorry, Sciguy47,  . | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Is there an actual weather anomally occuring? A historical one? Has the ground somehow become warmer? The general atmosphere? The breeze? The sun? | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Any volcanoes relevant? Etna? | ||
| tricia harvey (Trixie)
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By Eliot (Eliot) on Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 12:40 pm: Is there an actual weather anomally occuring? No. The weather itself remained normal. A historical one? Yes. The event is historical. Has the ground somehow become warmer? The general atmosphere? \The breeze? The sun? No to all these. By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 01:34 pm: Any volcanoes relevant? Etna? No to both | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Has some event occurred that has affected the weather? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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So is it likely that Cassius and Marcus would have had this convosation? Or is this more metaphorical, just stating that they are Roman and it's hot - weather wise or no? (although if they did it'd be more like: "Intepstiuus percalesco tempestuas et annus, Marcus?" "Ego concordo, Cassius"  ) | ||
| tricia harvey (Trixie)
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By David Burn (Woubit) on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 12:45 am: Has some event occurred that has affected the weather? An event certainly occurred. Although the weather itself did not change, it is probably true to say that the event changed Josephus Publicus' perception of it. By Benjamin Moore (Zenith) on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 02:58 am: So is it likely that Cassius and Marcus would have had this convosation? Quite possibly, had they been real Romans! Or is this more metaphorical, just stating that they are Roman and it's hot - weather wise or no? See previous answer. (although if they did it'd be more like: "Intepstiuus percalesco tempestuas et annus, Marcus?" "Ego concordo, Cassius" ) Et tu, Zenithus! Yes I know "Zenith" isn't Latin but it's the best I could come up with! | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Did humans do something that would make it seem warmer? Was some sort of heating system relevant? | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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e-mailed | ||
| Kapil Kapur (Dinkie)
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Fire ? Nero ? | ||
| tricia harvey (Trixie)
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By Eliot (Eliot) on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 05:08 pm: Did humans do something that would make it seem warmer? There was human involvement.... Explore. Was some sort of heating system relevant? No. By Kapil Kapur (Dinkie) on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:00 pm: Fire ? No Nero ? Not this time! | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Is the environment in anyway relevant? their clothing? Season: Winter? Summer? Autumn? Spring? Warmth = feeling warm on skins' surface? warm in personality? feeling warm towards someone? Roman Baths relevant? | ||
| tricia harvey (Trixie)
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By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 06:30 pm: Is the environment in anyway relevant? No their clothing? No Season: Winter? Summer? Autumn? Spring? All these, but could be misleading. Warmth = feeling warm on skins' surface? this one warm in personality? feeling warm towards someone? Roman Baths relevant? No | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Was there something external to them making them feel warmer? something from inside them? such as food? drink? | ||
| tricia harvey (Trixie)
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By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 09:18 pm: Was there something external to them making them feel warmer? Yes but ..... something from inside them? such as food? drink? No to all these | ||
| Chuck Raby (Wildcard)
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The additional warmth...original source is the sun? Additional heat being somehow channeled to our heroes? Additional heat from the earth? Some kind of stellar phenominon relevant? Solar flare going on? Meteor involved? | ||
| Tricia Harvey (Trixie)
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By Chuck Raby (Wildcard) on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 06:22 pm: The additional warmth...original source is the sun? Yes Additional heat being somehow channeled to our heroes? No Additional heat from the earth? Some kind of stellar phenominon relevant? Solar flare going on? Meteor involved? None of these | ||
| Chuck Raby (Wildcard)
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So humans somehow used the heat from the sun to make it warmer than it would be otherwise? Magnifying glass invloved? Is something made to absorb more heat than normal? Something painted black? The people who somehow created additional heat using the sun, are they Greek? relevant? Are these people assoicated somehow that is relevant? Did the people who increased the heat somehow remove a cooling device? | ||
| Tricia Harvey (Trixie)
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By Chuck Raby (Wildcard) on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 10:59 pm: So humans somehow used the heat from the sun to make it warmer than it would be otherwise? No Magnifying glass invloved? Is something made to absorb more heat than normal? Something painted black? The people who somehow created additional heat using the sun, are they Greek? relevant? Are these people assoicated somehow that is relevant? Did the people who increased the heat somehow remove a cooling device? Interesting line of questions but all F/A I'm afraid. | ||
| Tricia Harvey (Trixie)
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HINT: This was a single real historical event devised by humans. The heat from the sun was not changed per se. The event itself is what is important here. | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Is the actual heat reaching these Romans the same it has always been? Has their perception of the heat changed? has an accelerated greenhouse effect occured due to a Volcano eruption nearby? | ||
| Tricia Harvey (Trixie)
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By Benjamin Moore (Zenith) on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 03:14 am: Is the actual heat reaching these Romans the same it has always been? Yes Has their perception of the heat changed? Yesish but could be misleading has an accelerated greenhouse effect occured due to a Volcano eruption nearby? No and no volcanoes were involved | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Did somebody invent something relevant? the barometer? a thermomter? something along these lines? | ||
| Tricia Harvey (Trixie)
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By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Monday, April 18, 2005 - 10:02 pm: Did somebody invent something relevant? Yesish. More of a refinement of something that already existed than an invention. the barometer? no a thermomter? no something along these lines? not really | ||
| Ian (Image)
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The calander? | ||
| Tricia Harvey (Trixie)
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By Ian (Image) on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 09:26 pm: The calander? PRECISELY! I think I'd better post a ...... *****SPOILER****** 46BC was a long year, a very long year - it lasted 445 days. The reason for this was that Julius Caesar - yes, that one - decided to commission a new calendar. The old one, based on lunar months, was hopelessly out of sync with the seasons, the Spring Equinox then arriving around the middle of May, instead of mid-March, hence the clue. In order to get the seasons back into kilter, an extra 80 days were calculated to be needed, 23 added to February and two months added between November and December. The year, unsurprisingly, became known as the Year of Confusion. Thanks to everyone who contributed and well done to Ian who finally cracked it! | ||
| Quintus Marcius (Philippus)
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This was a good subject for a lateral puzzle, and a well-phrased puzzle statement. I particularly liked the clue to Caesar in using the names of the most famous of his assassins. | ||
| Tricia Harvey (Trixie)
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By Quintus Marcius (Philippus) on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 12:08 am: This was a good subject for a lateral puzzle, and a well-phrased puzzle statement. I particularly liked the clue to Caesar in using the names of the most famous of his assassins. Thanks, Philippus. I'm glad someone noticed the names. I considered "Brutus" but decided it was far too obvious! Glad you enjoyed the puzzle. | ||
| Ian (Image)
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Actually, the names are sort of what led me to the calendar... I thought of Cæsar, and we'd just started the play in my English class, so our teacher had told us of the "great deads" of Julius Cæsar, so.... | ||
| Tricia Harvey (Trixie)
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Ian, I have posted a message for you in the Chatroom if you would like to read it. Trixie |
