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Today at the bookstore, Karen asked Neal: "To be or not to be?"

What is the only correct answer to her question?

NOTES:

Be nice, use the spoiler tags.

If you can't explain it, you just read the answer somewhere.

Edited April 10, 2008 by KarenClark

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Neal's response would be, "What the heck is the question in reference to ?" seeing as she didn't give it any context. Then Neal should just find a good book to 'get lost' in

[Guest]

2B, when converted from hexadecimal to decimal is 43. But, hexadecimal is also used for colours. #2B0000 equates to a dark brown colour, so maybe she is asking which version of Hamlet to take out, the black or the brown?

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0010 1011 or 1101 0100 = 1111 1111= FF = 255

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! FF is the answer (the question was asked in hex so it makes sense for the answer to be in hex too). Give the man a sticker.

"to be or not to be"

=> 2B or not 2B

=> 2B || (2B)'

=> 0010 1011 or 1101 0111 (do a bitwise or on them)

= 1111 1111

= FF

[bonanova]

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! FF is the answer (the question was asked in hex so it makes sense for the answer to be in hex too). Give the man a sticker.

"to be or not to be"

=> 2B or not 2B

=> 2B || (2B)'

=> 0010 1011 or 1101 0111 (do a bitwise or on them)

= 1111 1111

= FF

And 4 stars for the lady's puzzle!

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what did you say?

Edited April 14, 2008 by frozen_in_fire

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To be or not to be:That is the question,

Whether ´tis nobler in the mind to suffer

the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

and by opposing end them? to die:to sleep;

the answer is, "soixante neuf" (the next line of the soliloquy)