George's lights












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Here's a short and easy one:




Me and my friend were hanging out in a restaurant and on the way back we saw a strange looking, abandoned castle. We wanted to check it out, so that's what we did.



The lights were off, and we saw 3 switches, and it wasn't immediately obvious what they did. For example, when one of those switches was turned on, it turned off the lights although the other 2 switches were on.



I told my friend it was weird that each switch didn't just turn on a light and asked if he knew how these lights worked, and he said:




______, duh!







word story







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    Wondering why (if) it is important that the story starts out in a restaurant.
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    Also wondering who George is.
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    To the close-voter: I don't see at all how this is too broad, could you explain why so I don't make the mistake in the future?
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    It wasn't me that voted to close, but perhaps it was because there is no question in your puzzle? Everybody appears to be filling in the blank, but it isn't obvious. Is it one word? A sentence? Make it clear what form you expect the answer to be in.
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    @Astralbee This puzzle was tagged "enigmatic-puzzle". However it was edited out and I wasn't sure whether I made a mistake. So the ambiguity is intentional.
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4












$begingroup$


Here's a short and easy one:




Me and my friend were hanging out in a restaurant and on the way back we saw a strange looking, abandoned castle. We wanted to check it out, so that's what we did.



The lights were off, and we saw 3 switches, and it wasn't immediately obvious what they did. For example, when one of those switches was turned on, it turned off the lights although the other 2 switches were on.



I told my friend it was weird that each switch didn't just turn on a light and asked if he knew how these lights worked, and he said:




______, duh!







word story







share|improve this question











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    Wondering why (if) it is important that the story starts out in a restaurant.
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    Dec 3 '18 at 22:17








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    Also wondering who George is.
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    To the close-voter: I don't see at all how this is too broad, could you explain why so I don't make the mistake in the future?
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    – FireCubez
    Dec 4 '18 at 16:39








  • 1




    $begingroup$
    It wasn't me that voted to close, but perhaps it was because there is no question in your puzzle? Everybody appears to be filling in the blank, but it isn't obvious. Is it one word? A sentence? Make it clear what form you expect the answer to be in.
    $endgroup$
    – Astralbee
    Dec 5 '18 at 12:13






  • 1




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    @Astralbee This puzzle was tagged "enigmatic-puzzle". However it was edited out and I wasn't sure whether I made a mistake. So the ambiguity is intentional.
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    – FireCubez
    Dec 5 '18 at 12:46














4












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4


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$begingroup$


Here's a short and easy one:




Me and my friend were hanging out in a restaurant and on the way back we saw a strange looking, abandoned castle. We wanted to check it out, so that's what we did.



The lights were off, and we saw 3 switches, and it wasn't immediately obvious what they did. For example, when one of those switches was turned on, it turned off the lights although the other 2 switches were on.



I told my friend it was weird that each switch didn't just turn on a light and asked if he knew how these lights worked, and he said:




______, duh!







word story







share|improve this question











$endgroup$




Here's a short and easy one:




Me and my friend were hanging out in a restaurant and on the way back we saw a strange looking, abandoned castle. We wanted to check it out, so that's what we did.



The lights were off, and we saw 3 switches, and it wasn't immediately obvious what they did. For example, when one of those switches was turned on, it turned off the lights although the other 2 switches were on.



I told my friend it was weird that each switch didn't just turn on a light and asked if he knew how these lights worked, and he said:




______, duh!







word story




word story






share|improve this question















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    Wondering why (if) it is important that the story starts out in a restaurant.
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    To the close-voter: I don't see at all how this is too broad, could you explain why so I don't make the mistake in the future?
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    It wasn't me that voted to close, but perhaps it was because there is no question in your puzzle? Everybody appears to be filling in the blank, but it isn't obvious. Is it one word? A sentence? Make it clear what form you expect the answer to be in.
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    – Astralbee
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    @Astralbee This puzzle was tagged "enigmatic-puzzle". However it was edited out and I wasn't sure whether I made a mistake. So the ambiguity is intentional.
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    Wondering why (if) it is important that the story starts out in a restaurant.
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    $begingroup$
    Also wondering who George is.
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    To the close-voter: I don't see at all how this is too broad, could you explain why so I don't make the mistake in the future?
    $endgroup$
    – FireCubez
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    $begingroup$
    It wasn't me that voted to close, but perhaps it was because there is no question in your puzzle? Everybody appears to be filling in the blank, but it isn't obvious. Is it one word? A sentence? Make it clear what form you expect the answer to be in.
    $endgroup$
    – Astralbee
    Dec 5 '18 at 12:13






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    @Astralbee This puzzle was tagged "enigmatic-puzzle". However it was edited out and I wasn't sure whether I made a mistake. So the ambiguity is intentional.
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Wondering why (if) it is important that the story starts out in a restaurant.
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Wondering why (if) it is important that the story starts out in a restaurant.
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– Chowzen
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$begingroup$
Also wondering who George is.
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To the close-voter: I don't see at all how this is too broad, could you explain why so I don't make the mistake in the future?
$endgroup$
– FireCubez
Dec 4 '18 at 16:39






$begingroup$
To the close-voter: I don't see at all how this is too broad, could you explain why so I don't make the mistake in the future?
$endgroup$
– FireCubez
Dec 4 '18 at 16:39






1




1




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It wasn't me that voted to close, but perhaps it was because there is no question in your puzzle? Everybody appears to be filling in the blank, but it isn't obvious. Is it one word? A sentence? Make it clear what form you expect the answer to be in.
$endgroup$
– Astralbee
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$begingroup$
It wasn't me that voted to close, but perhaps it was because there is no question in your puzzle? Everybody appears to be filling in the blank, but it isn't obvious. Is it one word? A sentence? Make it clear what form you expect the answer to be in.
$endgroup$
– Astralbee
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1




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@Astralbee This puzzle was tagged "enigmatic-puzzle". However it was edited out and I wasn't sure whether I made a mistake. So the ambiguity is intentional.
$endgroup$
– FireCubez
Dec 5 '18 at 12:46




$begingroup$
@Astralbee This puzzle was tagged "enigmatic-puzzle". However it was edited out and I wasn't sure whether I made a mistake. So the ambiguity is intentional.
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Is the answer to this




Series-ly?




Because




The lights and switches work in series (as opposed to in parallel)?







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    Nope, not on the right track. Also I just noticed the pun hehehe
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    Just the switches could be in series, and the lights in parallel.
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Maybe your friend said




Alternating current, duh!




His comment is condescending because it is obvious to him since he is




George Westinghouse, inventor of AC, and it's his castle you're standing in front of. I don't know how these switches' reliance specifically on AC causes this behavior unless it is simply a multiway switch setup, which has already been suggested. But he probably does because he rigged them up using one of his proprietary train signal switching techniques.







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    Electricity, duh!
    You asked how the lights worked, not the switches. Your friend responded in kind.







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      Also not on track. :P
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      Dec 3 '18 at 14:43



















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    I think the answer to this problem is that:




    The switches work fine - it's the lights that don't work.




    Because:




    This is an abandoned castle. The lights were already out when you arrived, so perhaps the bulbs need replacing or the electricity has been cut off.







    share|improve this answer









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      Lights-out, duh!




      The way that the switches work reminds me of




      Lights Out, a game where pressing a button reverses the state of the buttons around it. It is not intuitive to turn all of the lights on or off.







      share|improve this answer









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        How about silly answer?




        Boolean logic, duh!


        Because when you write down how the switches work, you get 5 boolean expressions, which of course can be simmlified and written down as a single expression in CNF form.

        However the answer seems silly, because on one side i doubt the friend had the time to figure the expressions.
        On the other side, friend just could have heard that there is such thing as booolen logic, and that any expression can be written down in CNF form, and remembered it, however unlikely it is
        It could be also said that the friend studied serious maths including boolean logic.


        I am not sure I should have posted the answer, because in reality it's just a more clever way of saying Multiway switching, Series-ly and Code/Combination







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          You are so so so close
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          I hate to even suggest it, but rot13(Gur sevraq fnvq gung gur yvtugf jbex Pbaqvgvbanyyl? Gung frrzf gbb fvzvyne gb fbzr bgure fbyhgvbaf neernql cbfgrq.).
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        Partial answer (?):




        There's a lot of weird stuff on this one, and I don't know if it's intended to guide us towards the solution, but abandoned castles shouldn't have electricity in the first place, and if the lights were off, you probably couldn't see the switches either. I'm maybe guessing this is a toy castle rather than a full sized-one, but this is just a very incomplete attempt at an answer.







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          The castle is powered with magic.
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          – FireCubez
          Dec 3 '18 at 14:51



















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        Alright, how about:




        a Code or Combination?




        explanation:




        The kind of lights aren't explained. Maybe you need all the lights to be green to get into the castle or something.




        Probably isn't. Last attempt for now, don't want to spam.




        Is it one of these?




        Nope, duh!




        or




        Magic, duh!




        or




        Exclusively, duh!




        or




        Multiway switching, duh!







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          Nope, none of those.
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          Dec 3 '18 at 18:15



















        0












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        I think he said :




        That's the main breaker, duh!




        or something along those lines






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          just realized there was a comment by the OP that mentioned the castle was powered by magic, kinda renders my guess invalid :|
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          – casualcoder
          Dec 5 '18 at 12:24











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        Is the answer to this




        Series-ly?




        Because




        The lights and switches work in series (as opposed to in parallel)?







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          Nope, not on the right track. Also I just noticed the pun hehehe
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          Just the switches could be in series, and the lights in parallel.
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        Is the answer to this




        Series-ly?




        Because




        The lights and switches work in series (as opposed to in parallel)?







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          Nope, not on the right track. Also I just noticed the pun hehehe
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          – FireCubez
          Dec 3 '18 at 14:39












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          Just the switches could be in series, and the lights in parallel.
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          – hat
          Dec 3 '18 at 14:53














        8












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        $begingroup$

        Is the answer to this




        Series-ly?




        Because




        The lights and switches work in series (as opposed to in parallel)?







        share|improve this answer









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        Is the answer to this




        Series-ly?




        Because




        The lights and switches work in series (as opposed to in parallel)?








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        answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:38









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          Nope, not on the right track. Also I just noticed the pun hehehe
          $endgroup$
          – FireCubez
          Dec 3 '18 at 14:39












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          Just the switches could be in series, and the lights in parallel.
          $endgroup$
          – hat
          Dec 3 '18 at 14:53


















        • $begingroup$
          Nope, not on the right track. Also I just noticed the pun hehehe
          $endgroup$
          – FireCubez
          Dec 3 '18 at 14:39












        • $begingroup$
          Just the switches could be in series, and the lights in parallel.
          $endgroup$
          – hat
          Dec 3 '18 at 14:53
















        $begingroup$
        Nope, not on the right track. Also I just noticed the pun hehehe
        $endgroup$
        – FireCubez
        Dec 3 '18 at 14:39






        $begingroup$
        Nope, not on the right track. Also I just noticed the pun hehehe
        $endgroup$
        – FireCubez
        Dec 3 '18 at 14:39














        $begingroup$
        Just the switches could be in series, and the lights in parallel.
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        – hat
        Dec 3 '18 at 14:53




        $begingroup$
        Just the switches could be in series, and the lights in parallel.
        $endgroup$
        – hat
        Dec 3 '18 at 14:53











        7












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        Maybe your friend said




        Alternating current, duh!




        His comment is condescending because it is obvious to him since he is




        George Westinghouse, inventor of AC, and it's his castle you're standing in front of. I don't know how these switches' reliance specifically on AC causes this behavior unless it is simply a multiway switch setup, which has already been suggested. But he probably does because he rigged them up using one of his proprietary train signal switching techniques.







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          7












          $begingroup$

          Maybe your friend said




          Alternating current, duh!




          His comment is condescending because it is obvious to him since he is




          George Westinghouse, inventor of AC, and it's his castle you're standing in front of. I don't know how these switches' reliance specifically on AC causes this behavior unless it is simply a multiway switch setup, which has already been suggested. But he probably does because he rigged them up using one of his proprietary train signal switching techniques.







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            7








            7





            $begingroup$

            Maybe your friend said




            Alternating current, duh!




            His comment is condescending because it is obvious to him since he is




            George Westinghouse, inventor of AC, and it's his castle you're standing in front of. I don't know how these switches' reliance specifically on AC causes this behavior unless it is simply a multiway switch setup, which has already been suggested. But he probably does because he rigged them up using one of his proprietary train signal switching techniques.







            share|improve this answer









            $endgroup$



            Maybe your friend said




            Alternating current, duh!




            His comment is condescending because it is obvious to him since he is




            George Westinghouse, inventor of AC, and it's his castle you're standing in front of. I don't know how these switches' reliance specifically on AC causes this behavior unless it is simply a multiway switch setup, which has already been suggested. But he probably does because he rigged them up using one of his proprietary train signal switching techniques.








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            answered Dec 5 '18 at 11:41









            WAFWAF

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                Electricity, duh!
                You asked how the lights worked, not the switches. Your friend responded in kind.







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                • $begingroup$
                  Also not on track. :P
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                  – FireCubez
                  Dec 3 '18 at 14:43
















                2












                $begingroup$


                Electricity, duh!
                You asked how the lights worked, not the switches. Your friend responded in kind.







                share|improve this answer









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                • $begingroup$
                  Also not on track. :P
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                  – FireCubez
                  Dec 3 '18 at 14:43














                2












                2








                2





                $begingroup$


                Electricity, duh!
                You asked how the lights worked, not the switches. Your friend responded in kind.







                share|improve this answer









                $endgroup$




                Electricity, duh!
                You asked how the lights worked, not the switches. Your friend responded in kind.








                share|improve this answer












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                answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:41









                generalcrispygeneralcrispy

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                • $begingroup$
                  Also not on track. :P
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                  – FireCubez
                  Dec 3 '18 at 14:43


















                • $begingroup$
                  Also not on track. :P
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                  – FireCubez
                  Dec 3 '18 at 14:43
















                $begingroup$
                Also not on track. :P
                $endgroup$
                – FireCubez
                Dec 3 '18 at 14:43




                $begingroup$
                Also not on track. :P
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                – FireCubez
                Dec 3 '18 at 14:43











                2












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                I think the answer to this problem is that:




                The switches work fine - it's the lights that don't work.




                Because:




                This is an abandoned castle. The lights were already out when you arrived, so perhaps the bulbs need replacing or the electricity has been cut off.







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                  2












                  $begingroup$

                  I think the answer to this problem is that:




                  The switches work fine - it's the lights that don't work.




                  Because:




                  This is an abandoned castle. The lights were already out when you arrived, so perhaps the bulbs need replacing or the electricity has been cut off.







                  share|improve this answer









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                    2












                    2








                    2





                    $begingroup$

                    I think the answer to this problem is that:




                    The switches work fine - it's the lights that don't work.




                    Because:




                    This is an abandoned castle. The lights were already out when you arrived, so perhaps the bulbs need replacing or the electricity has been cut off.







                    share|improve this answer









                    $endgroup$



                    I think the answer to this problem is that:




                    The switches work fine - it's the lights that don't work.




                    Because:




                    This is an abandoned castle. The lights were already out when you arrived, so perhaps the bulbs need replacing or the electricity has been cut off.








                    share|improve this answer












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                    answered Dec 5 '18 at 12:19









                    AstralbeeAstralbee

                    6,13111152




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                        Lights-out, duh!




                        The way that the switches work reminds me of




                        Lights Out, a game where pressing a button reverses the state of the buttons around it. It is not intuitive to turn all of the lights on or off.







                        share|improve this answer









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                          1












                          $begingroup$


                          Lights-out, duh!




                          The way that the switches work reminds me of




                          Lights Out, a game where pressing a button reverses the state of the buttons around it. It is not intuitive to turn all of the lights on or off.







                          share|improve this answer









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                            1












                            1








                            1





                            $begingroup$


                            Lights-out, duh!




                            The way that the switches work reminds me of




                            Lights Out, a game where pressing a button reverses the state of the buttons around it. It is not intuitive to turn all of the lights on or off.







                            share|improve this answer









                            $endgroup$




                            Lights-out, duh!




                            The way that the switches work reminds me of




                            Lights Out, a game where pressing a button reverses the state of the buttons around it. It is not intuitive to turn all of the lights on or off.








                            share|improve this answer












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                            answered Dec 3 '18 at 22:39









                            KevinKevin

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                                $begingroup$

                                How about silly answer?




                                Boolean logic, duh!


                                Because when you write down how the switches work, you get 5 boolean expressions, which of course can be simmlified and written down as a single expression in CNF form.

                                However the answer seems silly, because on one side i doubt the friend had the time to figure the expressions.
                                On the other side, friend just could have heard that there is such thing as booolen logic, and that any expression can be written down in CNF form, and remembered it, however unlikely it is
                                It could be also said that the friend studied serious maths including boolean logic.


                                I am not sure I should have posted the answer, because in reality it's just a more clever way of saying Multiway switching, Series-ly and Code/Combination







                                share|improve this answer











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                                • $begingroup$
                                  You are so so so close
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 12:47












                                • $begingroup$
                                  I hate to even suggest it, but rot13(Gur sevraq fnvq gung gur yvtugf jbex Pbaqvgvbanyyl? Gung frrzf gbb fvzvyne gb fbzr bgure fbyhgvbaf neernql cbfgrq.).
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Eugene Anisiutkin
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 13:01
















                                1












                                $begingroup$

                                How about silly answer?




                                Boolean logic, duh!


                                Because when you write down how the switches work, you get 5 boolean expressions, which of course can be simmlified and written down as a single expression in CNF form.

                                However the answer seems silly, because on one side i doubt the friend had the time to figure the expressions.
                                On the other side, friend just could have heard that there is such thing as booolen logic, and that any expression can be written down in CNF form, and remembered it, however unlikely it is
                                It could be also said that the friend studied serious maths including boolean logic.


                                I am not sure I should have posted the answer, because in reality it's just a more clever way of saying Multiway switching, Series-ly and Code/Combination







                                share|improve this answer











                                $endgroup$













                                • $begingroup$
                                  You are so so so close
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 12:47












                                • $begingroup$
                                  I hate to even suggest it, but rot13(Gur sevraq fnvq gung gur yvtugf jbex Pbaqvgvbanyyl? Gung frrzf gbb fvzvyne gb fbzr bgure fbyhgvbaf neernql cbfgrq.).
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Eugene Anisiutkin
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 13:01














                                1












                                1








                                1





                                $begingroup$

                                How about silly answer?




                                Boolean logic, duh!


                                Because when you write down how the switches work, you get 5 boolean expressions, which of course can be simmlified and written down as a single expression in CNF form.

                                However the answer seems silly, because on one side i doubt the friend had the time to figure the expressions.
                                On the other side, friend just could have heard that there is such thing as booolen logic, and that any expression can be written down in CNF form, and remembered it, however unlikely it is
                                It could be also said that the friend studied serious maths including boolean logic.


                                I am not sure I should have posted the answer, because in reality it's just a more clever way of saying Multiway switching, Series-ly and Code/Combination







                                share|improve this answer











                                $endgroup$



                                How about silly answer?




                                Boolean logic, duh!


                                Because when you write down how the switches work, you get 5 boolean expressions, which of course can be simmlified and written down as a single expression in CNF form.

                                However the answer seems silly, because on one side i doubt the friend had the time to figure the expressions.
                                On the other side, friend just could have heard that there is such thing as booolen logic, and that any expression can be written down in CNF form, and remembered it, however unlikely it is
                                It could be also said that the friend studied serious maths including boolean logic.


                                I am not sure I should have posted the answer, because in reality it's just a more clever way of saying Multiway switching, Series-ly and Code/Combination








                                share|improve this answer














                                share|improve this answer



                                share|improve this answer








                                edited Dec 5 '18 at 8:07

























                                answered Dec 4 '18 at 15:35









                                Eugene AnisiutkinEugene Anisiutkin

                                1539




                                1539












                                • $begingroup$
                                  You are so so so close
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 12:47












                                • $begingroup$
                                  I hate to even suggest it, but rot13(Gur sevraq fnvq gung gur yvtugf jbex Pbaqvgvbanyyl? Gung frrzf gbb fvzvyne gb fbzr bgure fbyhgvbaf neernql cbfgrq.).
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Eugene Anisiutkin
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 13:01


















                                • $begingroup$
                                  You are so so so close
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 12:47












                                • $begingroup$
                                  I hate to even suggest it, but rot13(Gur sevraq fnvq gung gur yvtugf jbex Pbaqvgvbanyyl? Gung frrzf gbb fvzvyne gb fbzr bgure fbyhgvbaf neernql cbfgrq.).
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Eugene Anisiutkin
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 13:01
















                                $begingroup$
                                You are so so so close
                                $endgroup$
                                – FireCubez
                                Dec 5 '18 at 12:47






                                $begingroup$
                                You are so so so close
                                $endgroup$
                                – FireCubez
                                Dec 5 '18 at 12:47














                                $begingroup$
                                I hate to even suggest it, but rot13(Gur sevraq fnvq gung gur yvtugf jbex Pbaqvgvbanyyl? Gung frrzf gbb fvzvyne gb fbzr bgure fbyhgvbaf neernql cbfgrq.).
                                $endgroup$
                                – Eugene Anisiutkin
                                Dec 5 '18 at 13:01




                                $begingroup$
                                I hate to even suggest it, but rot13(Gur sevraq fnvq gung gur yvtugf jbex Pbaqvgvbanyyl? Gung frrzf gbb fvzvyne gb fbzr bgure fbyhgvbaf neernql cbfgrq.).
                                $endgroup$
                                – Eugene Anisiutkin
                                Dec 5 '18 at 13:01











                                0












                                $begingroup$

                                Partial answer (?):




                                There's a lot of weird stuff on this one, and I don't know if it's intended to guide us towards the solution, but abandoned castles shouldn't have electricity in the first place, and if the lights were off, you probably couldn't see the switches either. I'm maybe guessing this is a toy castle rather than a full sized-one, but this is just a very incomplete attempt at an answer.







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                                $endgroup$









                                • 2




                                  $begingroup$
                                  The castle is powered with magic.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 3 '18 at 14:51
















                                0












                                $begingroup$

                                Partial answer (?):




                                There's a lot of weird stuff on this one, and I don't know if it's intended to guide us towards the solution, but abandoned castles shouldn't have electricity in the first place, and if the lights were off, you probably couldn't see the switches either. I'm maybe guessing this is a toy castle rather than a full sized-one, but this is just a very incomplete attempt at an answer.







                                share|improve this answer









                                $endgroup$









                                • 2




                                  $begingroup$
                                  The castle is powered with magic.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 3 '18 at 14:51














                                0












                                0








                                0





                                $begingroup$

                                Partial answer (?):




                                There's a lot of weird stuff on this one, and I don't know if it's intended to guide us towards the solution, but abandoned castles shouldn't have electricity in the first place, and if the lights were off, you probably couldn't see the switches either. I'm maybe guessing this is a toy castle rather than a full sized-one, but this is just a very incomplete attempt at an answer.







                                share|improve this answer









                                $endgroup$



                                Partial answer (?):




                                There's a lot of weird stuff on this one, and I don't know if it's intended to guide us towards the solution, but abandoned castles shouldn't have electricity in the first place, and if the lights were off, you probably couldn't see the switches either. I'm maybe guessing this is a toy castle rather than a full sized-one, but this is just a very incomplete attempt at an answer.








                                share|improve this answer












                                share|improve this answer



                                share|improve this answer










                                answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:48









                                S. M.S. M.

                                953419




                                953419








                                • 2




                                  $begingroup$
                                  The castle is powered with magic.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 3 '18 at 14:51














                                • 2




                                  $begingroup$
                                  The castle is powered with magic.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 3 '18 at 14:51








                                2




                                2




                                $begingroup$
                                The castle is powered with magic.
                                $endgroup$
                                – FireCubez
                                Dec 3 '18 at 14:51




                                $begingroup$
                                The castle is powered with magic.
                                $endgroup$
                                – FireCubez
                                Dec 3 '18 at 14:51











                                0












                                $begingroup$

                                Alright, how about:




                                a Code or Combination?




                                explanation:




                                The kind of lights aren't explained. Maybe you need all the lights to be green to get into the castle or something.




                                Probably isn't. Last attempt for now, don't want to spam.




                                Is it one of these?




                                Nope, duh!




                                or




                                Magic, duh!




                                or




                                Exclusively, duh!




                                or




                                Multiway switching, duh!







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                                $endgroup$













                                • $begingroup$
                                  Nope, none of those.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 3 '18 at 18:15
















                                0












                                $begingroup$

                                Alright, how about:




                                a Code or Combination?




                                explanation:




                                The kind of lights aren't explained. Maybe you need all the lights to be green to get into the castle or something.




                                Probably isn't. Last attempt for now, don't want to spam.




                                Is it one of these?




                                Nope, duh!




                                or




                                Magic, duh!




                                or




                                Exclusively, duh!




                                or




                                Multiway switching, duh!







                                share|improve this answer











                                $endgroup$













                                • $begingroup$
                                  Nope, none of those.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 3 '18 at 18:15














                                0












                                0








                                0





                                $begingroup$

                                Alright, how about:




                                a Code or Combination?




                                explanation:




                                The kind of lights aren't explained. Maybe you need all the lights to be green to get into the castle or something.




                                Probably isn't. Last attempt for now, don't want to spam.




                                Is it one of these?




                                Nope, duh!




                                or




                                Magic, duh!




                                or




                                Exclusively, duh!




                                or




                                Multiway switching, duh!







                                share|improve this answer











                                $endgroup$



                                Alright, how about:




                                a Code or Combination?




                                explanation:




                                The kind of lights aren't explained. Maybe you need all the lights to be green to get into the castle or something.




                                Probably isn't. Last attempt for now, don't want to spam.




                                Is it one of these?




                                Nope, duh!




                                or




                                Magic, duh!




                                or




                                Exclusively, duh!




                                or




                                Multiway switching, duh!








                                share|improve this answer














                                share|improve this answer



                                share|improve this answer








                                edited Dec 3 '18 at 18:23

























                                answered Dec 3 '18 at 18:03









                                DorrulfDorrulf

                                2,32719




                                2,32719












                                • $begingroup$
                                  Nope, none of those.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 3 '18 at 18:15


















                                • $begingroup$
                                  Nope, none of those.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – FireCubez
                                  Dec 3 '18 at 18:15
















                                $begingroup$
                                Nope, none of those.
                                $endgroup$
                                – FireCubez
                                Dec 3 '18 at 18:15




                                $begingroup$
                                Nope, none of those.
                                $endgroup$
                                – FireCubez
                                Dec 3 '18 at 18:15











                                0












                                $begingroup$

                                I think he said :




                                That's the main breaker, duh!




                                or something along those lines






                                share|improve this answer









                                $endgroup$













                                • $begingroup$
                                  just realized there was a comment by the OP that mentioned the castle was powered by magic, kinda renders my guess invalid :|
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – casualcoder
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 12:24
















                                0












                                $begingroup$

                                I think he said :




                                That's the main breaker, duh!




                                or something along those lines






                                share|improve this answer









                                $endgroup$













                                • $begingroup$
                                  just realized there was a comment by the OP that mentioned the castle was powered by magic, kinda renders my guess invalid :|
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – casualcoder
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 12:24














                                0












                                0








                                0





                                $begingroup$

                                I think he said :




                                That's the main breaker, duh!




                                or something along those lines






                                share|improve this answer









                                $endgroup$



                                I think he said :




                                That's the main breaker, duh!




                                or something along those lines







                                share|improve this answer












                                share|improve this answer



                                share|improve this answer










                                answered Dec 5 '18 at 12:22









                                casualcodercasualcoder

                                577211




                                577211












                                • $begingroup$
                                  just realized there was a comment by the OP that mentioned the castle was powered by magic, kinda renders my guess invalid :|
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – casualcoder
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 12:24


















                                • $begingroup$
                                  just realized there was a comment by the OP that mentioned the castle was powered by magic, kinda renders my guess invalid :|
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – casualcoder
                                  Dec 5 '18 at 12:24
















                                $begingroup$
                                just realized there was a comment by the OP that mentioned the castle was powered by magic, kinda renders my guess invalid :|
                                $endgroup$
                                – casualcoder
                                Dec 5 '18 at 12:24




                                $begingroup$
                                just realized there was a comment by the OP that mentioned the castle was powered by magic, kinda renders my guess invalid :|
                                $endgroup$
                                – casualcoder
                                Dec 5 '18 at 12:24


















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