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Maybe if your on some moving or rotating surface, like an airplane or something.
Originally posted by The PlumberAha! Very interesting.
Not at sea, not using moving surfaces, not mixing magnetic and true north, etc. No tricks, honestly. You just have to think outside the box (just as you had to think outside the box to realize the north pole was the original answer). ...[text shortened]... cations where this can occur are near, but not at, the South Pole.
Originally posted by PBE6Well done....
Aha! Very interesting.
If the bear is less than 1 km from the south pole, the bear can't travel 1 km south (because when you get to the south pole, you're done going south).
If the bear is exactly 1 km from the south pole, the bear can't travel west because there is no direction to go other than north.
However, if the bear is more than 1 km from th ...[text shortened]... nds with a light saber and sleeps inside, but that a little bit outside the question, isn't it?
Originally posted by AThousandYoungOf course! (not!) π
Wow Plumber. Very smart. Did you come up with that yourself?
Originally posted by The PlumberI loved that series. I don't remember that puzzle though. Wasn't it actually called the Apprentice Adept series though?
Of course! (not!) π
Ever heard of Piers Anthony? In the early 80s he wrote a trilogy called the Adept Series. It's in one of those books (Split Infinity, Blue Adept, Juxtaposition), I don't recall which one. In the late 80s he ...[text shortened]... like that into his writing. Wish I could remember a few more....