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| The contest rules are this: in each round, a given person may make one answer. Add your entries here, to the bottom of this section, and sign them (with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). A round ends whenever I add a line indicating that none of the above answers are correct, after which everyone may make another answer. The first person to give the correct answer wins a valuable item for the character of his or her choice. Obviously, you may not repeat another person's answer, since if it is correct, they've already won. Let the games begin... —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 11:59, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | The contest rules are this: in each round, a given person may make one answer. Add your entries here, to the bottom of this section, and sign them (with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). A round ends whenever I add a line indicating that none of the above answers are correct, after which everyone may make another answer. The first person to give the correct answer wins a valuable item for the character of his or her choice. Obviously, you may not repeat another person's answer, since if it is correct, they've already won. Let the games begin... —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 11:59, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
| - | My guess is a Moebius strip... [[User:Zyll|Zyll]] 12:00, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | + | My guess is a Moebius strip... [[User:Zyll|Zyll]] 12:00, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 7 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) |
| - | I was gonna say the infinity symbol, an 8 on its side. [[User:Ketsum|Ketsum]] 12:01, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | + | I was gonna say the infinity symbol, an 8 on its side. [[User:Ketsum|Ketsum]] 12:01, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 5 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) |
| - | I think it is the 3D surface (or brane) of 4 dimensional torus (hypertorus ?) [[User:Megnmax|Megnmax]] | + | I think it is the 3D surface (or brane) of 4 dimensional torus (hypertorus ?) http://www.dr-mikes-maths.com/4d-torus.html [[User:Megnmax|Megnmax]] | Rating: 8 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) |
| - | The circumpolar representation of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.. [[User:Seeker|Seeker]] | + | The circumpolar representation of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.. [[User:Seeker|Seeker]] | Rating: 3 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) |
| - | S the notation for Entropy --[[User:Fuego|Fuego]] 12:16, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | + | S the notation for Entropy --[[User:Fuego|Fuego]] 12:16, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 4 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) |
| - | It's what our Universe looks like -- [[User:Hangman|Hangman]] 12:15, 9 May 2008 | + | It's what our Universe looks like -- [[User:Hangman|Hangman]] 12:15, 9 May 2008 | Rating: 4 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) |
| - | It's from an escher drawing [[User:Maalcrum|Maalcrum]] 12:21, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | + | It's from an escher drawing [[User:Maalcrum|Maalcrum]] 12:21, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 2 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) |
| - | Ouroboros --[[User:Aemon|Aemon]] 12:39, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | + | Ouroboros --[[User:Aemon|Aemon]] 12:39, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 1 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) |
| - | The Magnum Rollar Coster [[User:Nerevarine|Nerevarine]] 14:42, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | + | The Magnum Rollar Coster [[User:Nerevarine|Nerevarine]] 14:42, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) |
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| + | The Logrus - [[User:Hatred|Hatred]] 15:42, 9 May 2008 (EDT) (aka Coma) | Rating: 8 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Archimedes Corkscrew, or boobs...boobies rule --[[User:Bladestorm|Bladestorm]] 16:55, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 1 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | I was thinking a lemniscate as well. Hell, I thought it '''was''' infinite for a long time =P [[User:Ryal|Ryal]] 21:25, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: n/a (duplicate) —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Klein bottle [[User:Esmene|Esmene]] 22:57, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 7 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Its the Sacred Chao but being a discordian everything looks like the Sacred Chao wigglewigglwigglewiggle [[User:Foy|Foy]] 02:31, 10 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 5 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | <b>None of the above answers are correct.</b> But I love the hypertorus brane and Logrus ones. <b>Round Two.</b> —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 10:43, 10 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | One of those climbing latches that people put on keychains [[User:Hatred|Hatred]] 13:00, 10 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | a bowtie [[User:Nerevarine|Nerevarine]] 13:12, 10 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | a celtic knot [[User:Ketsum|Ketsum]] 16:30, 10 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | It appears to be the symbol for infinity, usually used in mathematics. --[[User:Kian|Kian]] 09:32, 11 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: n/a (duplicate) —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | hmm ... well sticking with arcane goemetrics how about a hyperbolic paraboloid (which is the shape of a "Pringle") also possibly the 2D analog of the 3D surface geometry of our universe in 4D spacetime if it is open (not enuff mass to cause the "big crunch"), which has a nice syncronicity with "Pringles" !! [[User:Megnmax|Megnmax]] 13:55, 11 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 6 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | DNA Helix --[[User:Aedhan|Aedhan]] 16:04, 11 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 5 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | <b>None of the above answers are correct.</b> Seriously, no matter how many times you say "infinity symbol", it's <i>still</i> not going to be correct. <b>Round Three.</b> —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 04:24, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Chaos was half way through eating a giant pretzel and so made the zone in the shape of a half pretzel! I seen it in a vision! so that makes it true you can all stop guessing I win! honest! :p [[User:Ketsum|Ketsum]] 10:18, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | One of those little slide toys where either the penguins or weebles slide down it and ride the stairs back up, and then slide down again. --[[User:Bladestorm|Bladestorm]] 11:44, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | A Stella D'oro Breakfast [[http://www.stella-doro.com/breakfast_treats.html |Treat]] [[User:Nerevarine|Nerevarine]] 13:44, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | An electron cloud [[User:Hatred|Hatred]] 15:07, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 5 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toroid_%28geometry%29 Toroid]] -- [[User:Jensendied|Jensendied]] 16:06, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 4 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Azathoth's bathroom -- [[User:Ryal|Ryal]] 20:39, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 6 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Splash Mountain -- [[User:Esmene|Esmene]] 21:49, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | My Kitchen plumbing -- [[User:Haaru|Haaru]] 23:38, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | chaos's panties after coding marathons. (what's my prize?) [[User:Msb|Msb]] 01:34, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 1 —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | <b>None of the above answers are correct.</b> I got your prize <i>right here</i>. <b>Round Four.</b> —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 18:34, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | <b>Rules modification:</b> After each round, I will now go back and rate each entry on a scale of 0 to 10 on how conceptually "close" it is to the correct answer. —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | a fractal [[User:Foy|Foy]] 22:32, 13 May 2008 (EDT)foy | ||
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| + | the letters LS for lostsouls. [[User:Ketsum|Ketsum]] 23:06, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Transport_Network interplanetary transport network] -- [[User:Esmene|Esmene]] 02:40, 14 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | A Wormhole [[User:Maalcrum|Maalcrum]] 09:12, 14 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | A scaletrix track!!! And even if it isn't that's my favorite answer :) --[[User:Aedhan|Aedhan]] 11:14, 14 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | The Lorenz Attractor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz_attractor [[User:Zyll|Zyll]] 11:36, 14 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Mills Mess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_Mess-- [[User:Eyerish|Eyerish]] 15:32, 14 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | <b>We have a winner!</b> The correct answer is the Lorenz attractor! Congratulations to Zyll! —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 22:05, 14 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Also an honorable mention for Esmene, because it certainly <i>should</i> have been based on the ITN. How awesome. —[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] 22:06, 14 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Srsly - I read through the whole first section and didn't see infinity /anywhere/. I feel so stupid now ;) | ||
Current revision
Source Identification Contest
Now that someone has finally mapped out Tethys, the challenge is this: figure out what I based its shape on. This was attempted for a while on OOC channel, and evidently it's nothing particularly obvious to anyone. For further hints, it is also not anything stupid or ridiculous, and it is something that not everyone knows about.
The contest rules are this: in each round, a given person may make one answer. Add your entries here, to the bottom of this section, and sign them (with ~~~~). A round ends whenever I add a line indicating that none of the above answers are correct, after which everyone may make another answer. The first person to give the correct answer wins a valuable item for the character of his or her choice. Obviously, you may not repeat another person's answer, since if it is correct, they've already won. Let the games begin... —Chaos 11:59, 9 May 2008 (EDT)
My guess is a Moebius strip... Zyll 12:00, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 7 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
I was gonna say the infinity symbol, an 8 on its side. Ketsum 12:01, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 5 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
I think it is the 3D surface (or brane) of 4 dimensional torus (hypertorus ?) http://www.dr-mikes-maths.com/4d-torus.html Megnmax | Rating: 8 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
The circumpolar representation of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.. Seeker | Rating: 3 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
S the notation for Entropy --Fuego 12:16, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 4 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
It's what our Universe looks like -- Hangman 12:15, 9 May 2008 | Rating: 4 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
It's from an escher drawing Maalcrum 12:21, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 2 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
Ouroboros --Aemon 12:39, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 1 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
The Magnum Rollar Coster Nerevarine 14:42, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
The Logrus - Hatred 15:42, 9 May 2008 (EDT) (aka Coma) | Rating: 8 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
Archimedes Corkscrew, or boobs...boobies rule --Bladestorm 16:55, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 1 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
I was thinking a lemniscate as well. Hell, I thought it was infinite for a long time =P Ryal 21:25, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: n/a (duplicate) —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
Klein bottle Esmene 22:57, 9 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 7 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
Its the Sacred Chao but being a discordian everything looks like the Sacred Chao wigglewigglwigglewiggle Foy 02:31, 10 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 5 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
None of the above answers are correct. But I love the hypertorus brane and Logrus ones. Round Two. —Chaos 10:43, 10 May 2008 (EDT)
One of those climbing latches that people put on keychains Hatred 13:00, 10 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
a bowtie Nerevarine 13:12, 10 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
a celtic knot Ketsum 16:30, 10 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
It appears to be the symbol for infinity, usually used in mathematics. --Kian 09:32, 11 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: n/a (duplicate) —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
hmm ... well sticking with arcane goemetrics how about a hyperbolic paraboloid (which is the shape of a "Pringle") also possibly the 2D analog of the 3D surface geometry of our universe in 4D spacetime if it is open (not enuff mass to cause the "big crunch"), which has a nice syncronicity with "Pringles" !! Megnmax 13:55, 11 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 6 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
DNA Helix --Aedhan 16:04, 11 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 5 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
None of the above answers are correct. Seriously, no matter how many times you say "infinity symbol", it's still not going to be correct. Round Three. —Chaos 04:24, 12 May 2008 (EDT)
Chaos was half way through eating a giant pretzel and so made the zone in the shape of a half pretzel! I seen it in a vision! so that makes it true you can all stop guessing I win! honest! :p Ketsum 10:18, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
One of those little slide toys where either the penguins or weebles slide down it and ride the stairs back up, and then slide down again. --Bladestorm 11:44, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
A Stella D'oro Breakfast [|Treat] Nerevarine 13:44, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
An electron cloud Hatred 15:07, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 5 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
A [Toroid] -- Jensendied 16:06, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 4 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
Azathoth's bathroom -- Ryal 20:39, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 6 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
Splash Mountain -- Esmene 21:49, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
My Kitchen plumbing -- Haaru 23:38, 12 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 0 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
chaos's panties after coding marathons. (what's my prize?) Msb 01:34, 13 May 2008 (EDT) | Rating: 1 —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
None of the above answers are correct. I got your prize right here. Round Four. —Chaos 18:34, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
Rules modification: After each round, I will now go back and rate each entry on a scale of 0 to 10 on how conceptually "close" it is to the correct answer. —Chaos 20:16, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
a fractal Foy 22:32, 13 May 2008 (EDT)foy
the letters LS for lostsouls. Ketsum 23:06, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
The interplanetary transport network -- Esmene 02:40, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
A Wormhole Maalcrum 09:12, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
A scaletrix track!!! And even if it isn't that's my favorite answer :) --Aedhan 11:14, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
The Lorenz Attractor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz_attractor Zyll 11:36, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
Mills Mess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_Mess-- Eyerish 15:32, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
We have a winner! The correct answer is the Lorenz attractor! Congratulations to Zyll! —Chaos 22:05, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
Also an honorable mention for Esmene, because it certainly should have been based on the ITN. How awesome. —Chaos 22:06, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
Srsly - I read through the whole first section and didn't see infinity /anywhere/. I feel so stupid now ;)
