[ExI] puzzle

[William Flynn Wallace]

Thanks, Adrian.  I will be a bit more careful next time.  bill w

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 6:21 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> If you reword it very very strictly to exclude all the alternative
> answers, maybe.
>
> "You were looking for one particular answer.  You got several valid
> answers." is the biggest problem you encountered.  Just because you're only
> thinking of one answer doesn't mean the other answers aren't correct too -
> and the standard is, any correct answer should be acceptable.
>
> As mentioned, start with using "partially full" instead of "half full",
> and maybe use "container, open only at the top" instead of "glass".  Think
> through each one of the other answers you were given, to see how you can
> reword to specify in advance that that is not the solution either.
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 1:48 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> OK, thanks. I am fairly new at making up puzzles and need all
>> the feedback I can get. Is there any way to salvage this one by rewording
>> it?  bill w
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 12:55 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
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>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 6:12 AM Dave Sill via extropy-chat <
>>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 8:50 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
>>>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Now will somebody tell me what made the puzzle so hard?  Aside from a
>>>>> minor wording that Will caught, which I have to think didn't confuse
>>>>> anyone, how could the puzzle be presented better?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You were looking for one particular answer. You got several valid
>>>> answers.
>>>>
>>>> The situation you envisioned is pretty contrived: most faucets are
>>>> easily adjustable to control the rate of flow.
>>>>
>>>> You said "half full" when you really meant "partially full". Half, in
>>>> this case, is overly specific and misleading.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This, pretty much.  Also, water being poured in with enough force that
>>> fully half the glass is air suggests a more secure & stable glass than
>>> typical.  I'd be worried about the glass toppling and breaking, if it was a
>>> typical drinking glass.
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