The way I came to the solution is to use a grid that I remember from puzzle books when I was a kid. Putting Y's where the crossing conditions were true and n's where they are not. I don't have all the steps (there were quite a few) but here is a pic of the full solution.
It's a bit misleading, the fish being highlighted in yellow, it makes it seem like it belongs to the owner of the yellow house when in fact that is not true. Also, the sheet is titled "results.xls". How am I to know what this is the result to? Is there more than one result, as indicated by the plurality of the title? This is possibly the most confusing document in modern human history. Please clarify.
just kidding
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It seems I have been revealed 'results' refered to attempt to use the grid to predict the 3.15 at Cheltenham as well as this little riddle. I was however unsuccessful, it seems Dirk Gently was wrong.
That's funny when I view the document it says Result.xls. I must be seeing a different document because a Super Moderator wouldn't make a mistake like that. More detective work is needed!
Originally posted by TimD
It seems I have been revealed 'results' refered to attempt to use the grid to predict the 3.15 at Cheltenham as well as this little riddle. I was however unsuccessful, it seems Dirk Gently was wrong.
That would be great if Mr. Gently and his holistic detective agency were real. But guess what.
Originally posted by bmacri
That's funny when I view the document it says Result.xls. I must be seeing a different document because a Super Moderator wouldn't make a mistake like that. More detective work is needed!
Ah, yes. That seems to be because I didn't even look at the image. I looked at it in binary, and as such, it is easy to miss a single letter as my eyes zip past the 0s and 1s. But it appears TimD was using the grid to find multiple results, as confessed above, thus supporting my point irregardless.
SolarFlare
Those who cling to life die and those who defy death live. -Sun Tzu
you have four digits that are the same for example 1,1,1 and... 1 (funny huh) try to get 4 using all mathematical operations you know but without using anu more digits. for example 1+1+1+1 = 4
So do this for the other nine digits (0,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) Good luck!
PS this is one dead thread
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