What's on the desk

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:59 pm

Jonsey asked (5)

Was it made in China?

No, it was NOT made in China.

I'll give this one away.. It was made in Hong Kong.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:01 pm

Tdarcos asked (6)

DOES THE DEVICE GENERATE, USE OR PROCESS VISUAL IMAGES OR SOUND?

Yes, it does generate sound and to a lesser extent visual images.

Thank you for posting the official question in caps. It makes my life easier.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:09 pm

Summary #1

Here's what you know about the object on my desk so far:

It does NOT have a cord
It is battery powered.
It does NOT connect to a computer.
It is NOT amber vision glasses..
It was made in Hong Kong
It does generate sound and to a lesser extent visual images.

THE
CLARITY
AARDVARK

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:17 pm

BOOM. Count it.

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:23 pm

Is it bigger than a breadbox?

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:36 pm

AArdvark wrote:Summary #1

Here's what you know about the object on my desk so far:

It does NOT have a cord
It is battery powered.
It does NOT connect to a computer.
It is NOT amber vision glasses..
It was made in Hong Kong
It does generate sound and to a lesser extent visual images.

Question: DOES THE DEVICE RECEIVE OR TRANSMIT RADIO-FREQUENCY SIGNALS SUCH AS A RADIO, TV, WALKIE-TALKIE OR CELL PHONE?

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:21 am

(7) it is NOT bigger than a breadbox.

(8) It does NOT transmit or receive any kind of radio signals.

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:35 am

AArdvark wrote:(7) it is NOT bigger than a breadbox.
(8) It does NOT transmit or receive any kind of radio signals.

Well, that helped but I'm getting stumped. I want to ask if it's an MP4 player but those connect to a computer. Or maybe not. Oh wait; I never owned one so I wasn't thinking of it.

Question: IS THE DEVICE A DVD OR BLU-RAY DISC, OR MP3 AUDIO OR MP4 AUDIO/VIDEO PLAYER?

Only if the preceding question is answered "no", Question: IS THE DEVICE ITSELF A COMPUTER OR IN SOME FASHION A COMPUTING DEVICE?

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:13 pm

IS THE DEVICE A DVD OR BLU-RAY DISC, OR MP3 AUDIO OR MP4 AUDIO/VIDEO PLAYER?

(9) The object is NOT a blu-ray, MP4, MP3, Mp6-3/8 or any other kind of media player.

IS THE DEVICE ITSELF A COMPUTER OR IN SOME FASHION A COMPUTING DEVICE?

(10) Hmmm, interesting. A quandary on my part.....

I will say that YES, it IS in some fashion a computing device.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:16 pm

summary #2

here's what you know about the object on my desk so far:

It does NOT have a cord
It is battery powered.
It does NOT connect to a computer.
It is NOT amber vision glasses..
It was made in Hong Kong
It does generate sound and to a lesser extent visual images.
it is NOT bigger than a breadbox.
It does NOT transmit or receive any kind of radio signals.
It is NOT any kind of media player.
It IS in some fashion a computing device.

Only five more questions!

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:53 pm

AArdvark wrote:summary #2

here's what you know about the object on my desk so far:

1. It does NOT have a cord
2. It is battery powered.
3. It does NOT connect to a computer.
4. It is NOT amber vision glasses..
5. It was made in Hong Kong
6. It does generate sound and to a lesser extent visual images.
7. it is NOT bigger than a breadbox.
8. It does NOT transmit or receive any kind of radio signals.
9. It is NOT any kind of media player.
10. It IS in some fashion a computing device.

Only five more questions!

At this point I'm stumped and need time to think about it. But I'll pass on some things it can't be and the item or items that disqualify it.

DISQUALIFIED:
* Anything that is not battery powered (#2)
* Pencil Sharpener (#6 (no video)).
* Any phone, hard wired (#1, #6 (no video)), wireless home phone (#8) or cell phone(#8, #3).
* Video Camera (#9).
* Stapler (#6).
* Flashlight (#6 (no sound), #10), Lamp(#1, #6, #10),
* Uninterruptable Power Supply (#1, #6).
* Any printer (#7, #3).
* Any computer part (#3): Keyboard, Mouse, Joystick, Light Pen, Speakers (#1, #3, #8)
* Any headphones (#1, #3, #8, #10)
* Any radio or TV
* disc player, MP3 or MP4 player
* Any personal item: eyeglasses or sunglasses (#2), hearing aid (#6), false teeth (#2),
* A Commodore 64 or older computers (#5, they were made partially in Japan or the USA, not in HKSAR).
* Any storage device including jump drives (#3)
* Any simple tool such as a power screwdriver.
* Postage Scale (#6, no audio)
* iPod (#9)
* It can't be an iPad because an ipad has a wifi radio (#8)

I've gone and googled "things on a desk" for ideas, and it's allowed me to exclude items.

I have a feeling this game is too hard. I don't even know if the item is routinely found on a desk, if not it could be almost anything. I think he should have given us twenty questions, each one is so precious I don't want to waste any but I lack data to be able to exclude items or zero in on what it might be.

I'm going to sleep on this and think about it. But I'm not eating the plate full of shit; if you read my comment to Hormel, I did that already.

In theory I could technically disqualify the whole quiz since Hong Kong is a "Special Administrative Region" of China and he originally said it was not "made in China". It would have been valid to say no that Hong Kong was not part of China before 1998; it was a British territory and China had no jurisdiction there.

But I'm still thinking about this and I've basically drained my idea tank; right now I'm stumped and wracking my brain. But there is no time limit, I've got several years to think about the next question to ask. :)

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:59 pm

OK, I'll give you a couple hints.

It is NOT commonly found on a desk. Certianly not in this generation. It is not something that would normally be on a desk (unless you were me)

There is a picture of it here somewhere, taken inadvertently, when I was working on something else.

THE
THAT'S ALL YOU GET
AARDVARK

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:05 pm

AArdvark wrote:OK, I'll give you a couple hints.

It is NOT commonly found on a desk. Certianly not in this generation. It is not something that would normally be on a desk (unless you were me)

There is a picture of it here somewhere, taken inadvertently, when I was working on something else.

THE
THAT'S ALL YOU GET
AARDVARK

Thank you for the hint. The "computing device" and "audio and video" requirements allow me to exclude something else.

It is not a snowblower. (Which is also larger than a breadbox anyway.)

I have my own desk pictured on another thread here.

Question: IS IT A MULTIMETER, VOLTMETER OR OTHER DEVICE FOR REGISTERING OR MEASURING ELECTRICAL CURRENT OR POWER?

If I'm wrong I'm kicking myself in the ass, which is quite an accomplishment even if you're not wheelchair bound!

Knuckles the CLown · Post by **Knuckles the CLown** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:27 am

calculator

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:15 pm

Knuckles the CLown wrote:calculator

Knuckles, if you'd read his hint, he said it is not usually on a desk; calculators are still very common. Go visit a bank sometime. Also he said there's a photo of it here when he was doing something else. There's a multimeter in the snowplow photos. Which picture did you see a calculator?

RealityCheck · Post by **RealityCheck** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:21 pm

If it's a Speak n Spell, you made my night.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:26 pm

If I had a speak and spell I would hack it to communicate with E.T. and
have him send me a bag of Reece's pieces.

(11) it is NOT a multimeter or any kind of testing device on my desk.

Not a calculator either, but all guesses meet the criteria so far.

I bet everyone is digging back through my posts right now.

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FOUR QUESTIONS
AARDVARK

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:30 pm

Does it vibrate? (If so, is it a vibrator?)

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:55 am

(12) No, it is NOT a vibrator on my desk.

That would not be a computing device of sorts.

THE
HEHEHEHEHE
AARDVARK

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:59 am

More like an I/O device, amirite?