Posers and Puzzles
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23 Feb 18
Originally posted by @kewpieYes, I did, but not as long before as some people think. Homer and even Pericles are historical figures to me.
Did you live and die in the period before the Christian Era?
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23 Feb 18
Originally posted by @shallow-blueWere you a mathematician and inventor?
Yes, I did, but not as long before as some people think. Homer and even Pericles are historical figures to me.
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24 Feb 18
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Originally posted by @shallow-blueThis game seems to be about doling out just enough information to allow one of the players a decent chance to get the answer in 5 guesses.
Yup. Your turn.
I played an important role in the coming of the computer age. Guess my name.
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24 Feb 18
Originally posted by @js357I'm a computer programmer by trade... I'll bow out of this one.
This game seems to be about doling out just enough information to allow one of the players a decent chance to get the answer in 5 guesses.
I played an important role in the coming of the computer age. Guess my name.
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24 Feb 18
Originally posted by @shallow-blueDammit Jim, I am shallow-blue!
I'm a computer programmer by trade... I'll bow out of this one.
Just kidding.
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25 Feb 18
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Originally posted by @kewpieI played an important role in the coming of the computer age.
Did you make lots of money out of doing so?
I find no evidence that I made lots of money, but others profited from my work. In my later years I had a college professor’s salary.
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25 Feb 18
Originally posted by @js357Were you born in the US?
I played an important role in the coming of the computer age.
I find no evidence that I made lots of money, but others profited from my work. In my later years I had a college professor’s salary.
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26 Feb 18
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Originally posted by @kewpieI was born before 1940.
Were you born before 1940?
I came to believe that championing a controversial idea that was outside my field of education and accomplishment, was the most important work I could do.
If needed, there will be one more clue after the next question.