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3CorsaMeal

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21st Jul 14 at 09:20

You wake up in the middle of a field, you have no idea where you are and the stuff growing in the field is too high to see over (even if you jump) you have a watch, a compass and a ball of string.

How do you find the quickest way out of the field?

Marc

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21st Jul 14 at 09:29

Is it a fake watch or a genuine one?

Shane

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21st Jul 14 at 10:02

I would just stay in the filed. its alot more easier then finding your way out.

sc0ott

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21st Jul 14 at 10:14

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
You wake up in the middle of a field, you have no idea where you are

Youre in the middle of a field?

Reecemac

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21st Jul 14 at 10:16

Follow North on the compass, it's only a field, you will eventually get out . . .

tom130691

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21st Jul 14 at 10:17

wait for it to be harvested and climb on the combine

DaveyLC

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21st Jul 14 at 10:20

Walk perfectly straight in one direction until you're out.. simples.

sc0ott

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21st Jul 14 at 10:24

But if the field is a rectangle shape and is 1 mile wide by 10 miles long, you could end up walking 5 miles and not half a mile.

Neo

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21st Jul 14 at 10:56

Use the string to force yourself to walk in a fibonnaci spiral pattern ?

spencer88

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21st Jul 14 at 10:58

I'd sit down, cry and wank whilst humming the Super Mario them tune.

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21st Jul 14 at 12:36

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Walk perfectly straight in one direction until you're out.. simples.

http://vimeo.com/17083789

/QI

Dom

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21st Jul 14 at 12:40

quote:
Originally posted by ed

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Walk perfectly straight in one direction until you're out.. simples.

http://vimeo.com/17083789

/QI

....but you've got a compass

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21st Jul 14 at 12:42

Yea, but the field is surrounded by magnetic rocks

LukesCorsaSXi

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21st Jul 14 at 12:46

Pull up whatever is in the floor and make something to stand on.

Depending on how high the stuff is just keep piling it up until you can see over the top.

chris_uk

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21st Jul 14 at 13:10

If ive woken up in the middle of the field then i probably had a good night and therefore a terrible hangover so id go back to sleep..

If i had not been found by the time i woke up id follow the path of broken plants and be on my merry way.

sc0ott

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21st Jul 14 at 14:21

I bet this turns out to be a flight mh17 joke.

Dom

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21st Jul 14 at 14:33

Use the string as 'beadcrumbs' to get back to middle, then march in a number of directions using the compass until to reach the edge and note the time taken. Do this enough times and you'll plot the field and be able to find the quickest exit.

Alternatively, pick a direction and run

John

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21st Jul 14 at 14:40

Never sure with 3cm if it's a genuine riddle or a riddle riddle.

You could walk in a straight line using any of the 3 items you had, but you could probably fairly reliably walk in a straight line using the sun.

The field could be any size and shape so I've not yet thought of a benefit to walking in a certain direction, which you could again probably work out using all 3 items, given enough time.

Skinz

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21st Jul 14 at 14:48

quote:
Originally posted by John
Never sure with 3cm if it's a genuine riddle or a riddle riddle.

Or a load of piddle

Dom

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21st Jul 14 at 15:01

quote:
Originally posted by John
.....so I've not yet thought of a benefit to walking in a certain direction...

If you measure the time and distance (using the string) then you can plot the field and in turn find the quickest route out.

Could also use trigonometry.

Edit - Curious to know what the answer is, although my Google-fu couldn't find anything

[Edited on 21-07-2014 by Dom]

3CorsaMeal

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21st Jul 14 at 15:24

I made it up, its not on google.

Quickest way would be just run out the field, no point messing about with anything. Didn't ask for the shortest route, just the quickest way.

John

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21st Jul 14 at 15:28

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by John
.....so I've not yet thought of a benefit to walking in a certain direction...

If you measure the time and distance (using the string) then you can plot the field and in turn find the quickest route out.

Could also use trigonometry.

Edit - Curious to know what the answer is, although my Google-fu couldn't find anything

[Edited on 21-07-2014 by Dom]

I hadn't read the whole thing obviously.

I was thinking about getting out of the field quickest instead of spending time finding the quickest method of getting out of the field.

spencer88

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21st Jul 14 at 15:39

All useless any way as time is relative...

Dom

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21st Jul 14 at 16:16

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Quickest way would be just run out the field, no point messing about with anything. Didn't ask for the shortest route, just the quickest way.

Not what you asked; you said -

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
How do you find the quickest way out of the field?

Which indicates there's a form of measurement involved, so running straight out wouldn't be correct.
If you said "What's the quickest way out" then yes, you could argue that running in one constant direction until you reached the edge of the field is the quickest method.

Either way, F- and a

for not thinking it through 3CM.

[Edited on 21-07-2014 by Dom]

3CorsaMeal

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21st Jul 14 at 16:47

Lol. I don't mind if people what to work it out. Could be interesting. I knew it was a fail as soon as someone said the field could be 1m x 10m and the middle isn't equal distance from the edge.

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