Guest Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 this is borrowed from a video game. i liked the puzzle and decided to share it with bd. two aliens from a distant planet were visiting earth and saw a strange event: "Interesting. An earthling is poking a hole in a piece of paper and marking it with a line to show the other earthlings where it is." what could the aliens be talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unreality Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 a ballot for elections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 A map. Showing the location and route. But I suppose you wouldn't poke a hole in it....hmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 perhaps dotting an i and crossing a t to show what i t is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Can we ask questions? If so, did they see it from the air or from ground level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 drawing a line between two points on a map and using thumbtacks to mark the endpoints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Could it be a demonstration of folding space. As in fold the paper to show the shortest route. Then draw a line to show how long it would take to travel in a straight line? Just a guess, lol :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Drawing a circle with a compass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 maybe ,he is experimenting in the psychics lab,hmmm...drawing refractions with a glass prisms that invovled marking light points.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 compass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unreality Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 there's an ambiguity in the phrase "marking it with a line". The 'it' could refer to the 'hole' or the 'piece of paper'. I still stick by the answer I gave though. I'm probably wrong though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 'you are here' singular point in the timespace continuum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 an arrow into an archery target. The shaft of the arrow being the line - perpendicular to the paper as no-one said otherwise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Archery or Shooting target practice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 may be marking sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 a sun dial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Can we ask questions? If so, did they see it from the air or from ground level? either way they would be seeing the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 maybe the strange event was a solar eclipse and the human was making a pinhole projector and marking the projected image with a line to show where it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 I THINK WE ARE WASTING OUR TIME ON THIS AMBIGUOUS QUESTION JUST TELL THE ANSWER AND MOVE ON.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 I THINK WE ARE WASTING OUR TIME ON THIS AMBIGUOUS QUESTION JUST TELL THE ANSWER AND MOVE ON.... i guess some people are getting frustrated. sorry? the right answer was given already. sorry i just checked right now (i replied before and had to leave. then i checked the rest of the answers) it's a compass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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this is borrowed from a video game. i liked the puzzle and decided to share it with bd.
two aliens from a distant planet were visiting earth and saw a strange event:
"Interesting. An earthling is poking a hole in a piece of paper and marking it with a line to show the other earthlings where it is."
what could the aliens be talking about?
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