01-25-2007, 04:59 PM
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Re: The Riddle Thread
spyke is hanging out on a heavily forested island that's really narrow: it's a narrow strip of land that's ten miles long. let's label one end of the strip A, and the other end B. a fire has started at A, and the fire is moving toward B at the rate of 1 mph. at the same time, there's a 2 mph wind blowing in the direction from A toward B. what can spyke do to save himself from burning to death?! assume that spyke can't swim and there are no boats, jetcopters, teleportation devices, etc.. (if he does nothing, spyke will be toast after at most 10 hours, since 10 miles / 1 mph = 10 hours)
Assume he knows basic survival skills, and that he doesn't want to die, i.e. the answer is not "Let him go drown to death so he won't burn to death"
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Originally Posted by Tokzic
is the repetition of the last line a metaphorical comparison of the dependance of society on technology today versus the more natural lifestyle of the late nineteenth century
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