Engineering Puzzels/Games, interesting questions? 1

[zenegata]

Engineering Puzzels/Games, interesting questions?

I can only think of engineering.com which had some cool things. Please post any link if you have any.

 

[MikeHalloran]

Try this:

http://www.gchq.gov.uk/codebreaking/index.html

It's the UK's equivalent of the CIA. On an irregular basis, they change the 'challenge'. They typically draw on a wide scope of knowledge, most of which an engineer will have at hand.

It can be challenging. I solved one a couple of years ago. It took 24 hours. Not 1hr/day for 24 days; 24 straight hours without sleep.

That's why I hate puzzles.



( Hint: page loading was much faster after I used a site ripper to copy the whole thing to a local drive. )



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[JStephen]

Martin Gardiner's books?

 

[dik]

One of the few computer games I ever got involved with was called Lemmings. It was written for DOS, but is now available free on the internet in a version written for Windows... It's a problem solving game with some extremely difficult puzzles.

Try to dig up a copy... There are 120 puzzles and the first 30 are a cakewalk... then they start to get difficult... guaranteed to bring hours of frustration.

Dik

 

[Tunalover]

Who's got time for games?


Tunalover

 

[IRstuff]

Just got PC-version Splinter Cell: Double Agent for my kid at Fry's. It's on sale for 39.99 until Tuesday.

TTFN

 

[gearguru]

http://www.mathpuzzle.com

and links from there...

 

[stick1]

Has anyone ever tried "The Incredible Machine" (TIM)? The objective is to create a machine out of a series of devices that performs a specific task. There are free demos to try, just google the name.

 

[swearingen]

A fun and educational one for all is West Point Academy's Bridge Designer. It's actually a contest for school-age children, but anyone can download the program and play with it. Build and test bridges to failure with an animated truck that rolls over your bridge. It teaches the basics of economical strucural design - and it's fun!

Just go to West Point's site:

http://bridgecontest

DOT usma DOT edu/

 

[zuccus]

Stick1,

I got so addicted to The Incredible Machine" a couple of years ago. I would stay up all night playing it for hours on end. I finally uninstalled it from my machine and threw the disc away. I went through withdrawels for weeks after that. It is a great game for kids also.

Zuccus

 

[stick1]

At the risk of restarting zuccus" addiction, here is another TIM knock-off in the form of a online, free game.

http://www.teagames.com/games/blueprint/play.php

 

[boldfish]

I found this website once:

http://community.engineering.com/puzzler/

and return to it occasionally to attempt again but haven't yet figured it out.

Does anyone know the solution?

 

[SLemin]

Arghhh you git!!

I'm up to the one about a lithuanian band?! and now I'm stuck!!

 

[telecomguy]

Here are are couple of Spoiler links that will at least get you deeper into the puzzle:

http://groups.google.com.na/group/r...hread/962d804acb103601/df3ef01d5a940177?hl=en

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=community.engineering.com/puzzler

Anybody figure out who that guy is? It's not Richard James as far as I can tell.

<tg>

 

[SLemin]

Look at the properties of the picture, it's title will give you a clue...

 

[smcadman]

Mensa has some tough puzzles and brain-teasers (though not engineering related).
Mensa

As far as pc games, I'm hooked on Battlefield 2142 (it has an engineer class).



Flores

 

[jistre]

boldfish, the way I look at, it you owe me. I've spent way too much time on the puzzler, and I'm at what it claims is the last level and I'm dead stuck. If you'll kindly give me your address, I can send you a bill to cover all of the billable hours that I figure you cost me by posting that link.;-)

There will also be a surcharge for emotional and mental distress caused by being stuck on the level I'm on.

 

[wes616]

I'm stuck on the bar. Any ideas?

Wes C.
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No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

 

[boldfish]

Sorry for causing all the anguish; it causes great frustration for me too but I've only been able to get through a few levels and then give up for a couple of weeks.

As you admit that you have not completed the task, I cannot accept responsibility for compensation.

Emotional and mental distress?? My dad always told me those build character -- so maybe I should be receiving payment for helping you become a better person.

 

[jistre]

As for the bar, I took a WAG and was correct. The logic behind it, though, escapes me.