No, I reached that conclusion because I know it's possible for the houses to be left to right or right to left. What weird world is it where they only go one way?
It's wrong. House number 1 on the street I live in is on the right.
It can't be correct to presume which way the houses go. I worked it out without the assumption either way, but it obviously took longer.
I'm not peeved. Those working it out the wrong way don't get full marks, that's allYou seem to be a bit peeved that no one else on the internet is working it out the way you do.
Not all languages read and write from left to right, and I imagine this riddle is supposed to be universal. And the order of house numbers aren't related to the direction we read and write.
I'm not upset. I wanted to check if everyone was working it out without assuming which side number 1 was, and if they were working it out quickly, or if people were making assumptions. I'm a bit disappointed that the online 'solutions' made the assumption, and I'd be even more disappointed if Einstein himself made the same mistake.
I'm not peeved. Those working it out the wrong way don't get full marks, that's all
Not all languages read and write from left to right, and I imagine this riddle is supposed to be universal. And the order of house numbers aren't related to the direction we read and write.
I'm not upset. I wanted to check if everyone was working it out without assuming which side number 1 was, and if they were working it out quickly, or if people were making assumptions. I'm a bit disappointed that the online 'solutions' made the assumption, and I'd be even more disappointed if Einstein himself made the same mistake.
So it seems that one of the finest minds in human history has made a "mistake" in one of his now world famous conundrums.
No it isn't, it's nothing like that. The puzzle has a a simple rule that each person has one drink, it doesn't have a simple rule that the first house is always on the left.
Are you saying that you have a link to the great man's solution that shows that he too assumed that the first house had to be on the left? If not, let's not jump to conclusions eh. He may have done it the same way as me, who knows.
You can.
You're wrong, I didn't make a guess or get lucky. I'm hardly posting a lot of criticism, it's just one comment, that I don't think it's right that we should assume that the first house is left of the second house. One thing, that's all. I could post a way of doing it if needed, but I don't think anyone needs to see it.
This.
That's rich coming from you. If I'm wrong, show me how.
I could prove it if necessary, but if I did would you say 'fair enough Trig, I apologise', or would you just ignore it? If it's the former, I'll prove it for you, but I assume it's the latter so I won't bother.
I don't see how it's irrelevant. You said you think you need to assume the first house is leftmost, and I'm pointing out that SP worked it out without doing it your way.
Superb.
I apologised for a mistake on here only today. Ask [MENTION=1313]BadFish[/MENTION]. Jesus, you're NEVER wrong are you?
Your quote highlights that he didn't know who were in houses 3,4 or 5 until the end. It does NOT show that he didn't know who was in the first house and what colour it was. Because he did. You don't need to know #3, 4 or 5 to deduce #1.
Indeed [MENTION=17261]Iggle Piggle[/MENTION], I see you too have deduced the nationality and colour in the first phase.
But can I ask you? Did you ask [MENTION=4019]Triggaaar[/MENTION] how to spell "Norwegian"?
I have no problem admitting when I'm wrong. What exactly am I wrong about here?Jesus, you're NEVER wrong are you?
No, you said you weren't convinced it could be done without deducing the owner/colour of the leftmost house. If he knew the #1 was the leftmost, then he'd have deduced the others early on. Happy for SP to show his workings and how I've got that wrong.
I worked out the colour of the Norwegian's house early, but not whether it was on the left or right. Is that what you're wanting me to prove?
If you just say 'fair enough', that would do me.
Take solace in the fact that this thread is an oasis of calm whilst Triggaaar wastes his time furiously trawling through Google for riddle solutions, looking for one (and failing, obviously) where the left most house position and colour is not deduced early doors.
You don't seriously think I'm going to do that do you?*sigh* Why don't you post ONE solution where the Norwegian's position and colour is NOT deduced in the first phase, rather than quoting 14 snippets at a time and continuing a binfest which you apparently could so obviously put to bed.
Triggaaar said:
To be honest, it would probably save you some time. Personally what I *think* you're going to do is continue to reply to every triviality rather than post a solution that would prove you correct. Either that, or simply ignore this request, but I hope not as that would open you up to a charge of hypocrisy given that you implied I was likely to do that myself.
