| Author | Message | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1088 Registered: 6-2008 |
Since Balin asked for more "theory" puzzles, here's another. What is the immersion principle? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 584 Registered: 9-2010 |
literal immersion = plunging an object into liquid so as to cover it completely? figurative immersion = studying hard or otherwise absorbing oneself in reading/learning something or keeping busy? (for example, I've immersed myself in the LTPF all day, but I haven't gotten wet, although my monitor did...) | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1089 Registered: 6-2008 |
literal immersion = plunging an object into liquid so as to cover it completely?Yes. Well, not completely, but most of it. And I think FA. figurative immersion = studying hard or otherwise absorbing oneself in reading/learning something or keeping busy?No (for example, I've immersed myself in the LTPF all day, but I haven't gotten wet, although my monitor did...) I'm curious how... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 585 Registered: 9-2010 |
(for example, I've immersed myself in the LTPF all day, but I haven't gotten wet, although my monitor did...) I'm curious how... Refer to my "Fruit Loops" puzzle for that one...it needs solving, anyway, it's not quite done. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 586 Registered: 9-2010 |
also, FA...because I said "object"? Was the immersed "thing" having to do with the principle rather a person? Animal? Or is the FA that it doesn't matter whether it's an object or a living thing? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1090 Registered: 6-2008 |
also, FA...because I said "object"?Yes Was the immersed "thing" having to do with the principle rather a person?Yes Animal? Or is the FA that it doesn't matter whether it's an object or a living thing?No | ||
| Lordofthegeeks1000 (Lordofthegeeks1000)
New member Username: Lordofthegeeks1000 Post Number: 41 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is it relevant that the "thing" is not immersed completely? Does the theory have to do with the part of the "thing" not immersed? Does it have to do with how much is immersed? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6261 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the person in a tub? Archimedes relevant? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1097 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is it relevant that the "thing" is not immersed completely?Only in that the "thing" (which we've established is a person) would not be able to stay fully submerged in water for a significant amount of time--unless he had a snorkel that is. Does the theory have to do with the part of the "thing" not immersed?No Does it have to do with how much is immersed?Yope Is the person in a tub?Yes Archimedes relevant?No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6274 Registered: 4-2010 |
Toes/fingers getting wrinkly relevant? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1099 Registered: 6-2008 |
Toes/fingers getting wrinkly relevant?No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6278 Registered: 4-2010 |
Length of a bath relevant? Water temperature? Height of the water level? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1100 Registered: 6-2008 |
Length of a bath relevant? Water temperature? Height of the water level? No to all, except maybe with an -ish to "length" and "water level". | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3432 Registered: 9-2009 |
Soap relevant? Suds? Other stuff you put into a bathtub? Waves? Spilling water over the edge? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1103 Registered: 6-2008 |
Soap relevant? Suds? Other stuff you put into a bathtub? Waves? Spilling water over the edge? No to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6331 Registered: 4-2010 |
How much of the body is actually in the tub? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6332 Registered: 4-2010 |
That question is kind of ambiguous - I mean "Is it relevant how much of the body is in the tub", not "Can you tell me how much of the body is in the tub". | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6333 Registered: 4-2010 |
That question is kind of ambiguous - I mean "Is it relevant how much of the body is in the tub", not "Can you tell me how much of the body is in the tub". | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6334 Registered: 4-2010 |
And sorry for the bold/double post. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1104 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is it relevant how much of the body is in the tub?As I answered before, Yope. The principle, as I heard it, was of the form "When one is fully immersed in the bath, ___________", where "fully" is taken to mean "as far as one ever will be". One could, without much loss of precision, say "when one has started to bathe", and then the level of immersion is never mentioned. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6373 Registered: 4-2010 |
...they will realize they have forgotten a towel? Or clothes to change into? And have to walk dripping to get it? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1107 Registered: 6-2008 |
...they will realize they have forgotten a towel? Or clothes to change into? And have to walk dripping to get it? No to all, but that's at least as good a theory as the real one, in my opinion. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6377 Registered: 4-2010 |
...someone will desperately need to use the bathroom? Or they will desperately need to use the bathroom? ...the phone will ring? ...the doorbell will ring? ...someone will knock on the door? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1108 Registered: 6-2008 |
...someone will desperately need to use the bathroom? Or they will desperately need to use the bathroom? ...the phone will ring? This! ...the doorbell will ring? ...someone will knock on the door? *************SPOILER************************ The immersion principle: At the moment when someone is fully submerged in a bathtub, the phone will ring. |
