Comments on: Write this word without lifting your pencil…

By: suineg

suineg — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:41:51 +0000

JAJAJA i know is even more complicated to understand it in words, but i could not put an image, because i was in the office and did not have any program to do that . :>(

By: Riyad

Riyad — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:27:54 +0000

Thanks RK.. It would have been nicer had I had a tablet.
For whoever is interested, I used the mouse and photoshop layers. Then I opened those layers in Photoshop Image Ready and did the animation there.
Cheers
Riyad

By: RK

RK — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:25:52 +0000

Riyad-great job with the Quicktime movie; much easier to see than the way I was going to show the answer.

Ian: Haven’t forgotten, I’m still saving it for 200 : )

By: RK

RK — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:21:49 +0000

My Gosh, Suineg!! We’re going to have to buy you a graphics pen & tablet! : )

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:47:28 +0000

and I wanted to point out that this is the 145th brain teaser on smart-kit.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:33:47 +0000

when it says you can’t cross a line, what does that really mean?

By: suineg

suineg — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:48:23 +0000

ups i miss a BL in my first explanation of the “Y” before the DSI, (sorry ).

By: suineg

suineg — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:42:41 +0000

Another way of doing the ” Y ” following the assumptions in my last comment is this:
USE-> ( LEFT EXTERIOR “\”, FSE->(LEFT UP “-”, DSI-> (LEFT INTERIOR “\”, BL->(“-” NOT PART OF THE LETTER), DSE->(LEFT EXTERIOR “|”, FSE ->( LEFT DOWN”-”, USI->( LEFT INTERIOR “|”, FL -> (“-” NOT PART OF THE LETTER), DSI-> ( RIGHT INTERIOR “|”, FSE-> ( RIGHT DOWN “-”, USE ( RIGHT EXTERIOR “|” , BL -> (“-” NOT PART OF THE LETTER), USI-> (RIGHT INTERIOR “/”, FSE->(RIGHT UP “-”, DSE->(RIGHT EXTERIOR “/”, FL-> (“-” NOT PART OF THE LETTER).
YOU FINISHED
i think this explanation with the simbols is more easy to understand, the other way i explaned before for the Y i think is possible to, i draw it both ways and both seems to work.
I explained only the Y because it was the harder to understand the way i draw it the first time, but both ways i was able to draw it without breaking the rules of the problem, i liked this problem very very much

By: Dan Harris

Dan Harris — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:06:26 +0000

Don’t know how to show each line, but I can indeed do it.

By: Slavco

Slavco — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:40:09 +0000

You can see 4 different ways of spelling this word here is the first, here is the second, here is the third, and here is the fourth.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:22:32 +0000

got it, easy peasy

By: Riyad

Riyad — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:28:36 +0000

Here is my answer..
It is in a Quicktime Movie, drawn by me.
Hope you all can see it!!
http://www.ranabtawi.com/RobRoy.mov

By: doug

doug — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:39:56 +0000

not as difficult as i thought it would be. you really only have to figure out 3 letters, as the R and B are pretty much the same. kind of a long-winded solution, so im not gonna elaborate…

By: suineg

suineg — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:51:34 +0000

this is maybe the cooler puzzle i have ever saw, it is hard, but i liked very much, i think this can be the solution( explain it is harder than do it):
Assumptions:
1) SE= exterior side of the letter, SI= interior side of the letter, L= the line that goes through the letters and its not part of the letters
2) F= foward, U= up, D= down, B=backward
Explanation:
the first thing that goes is the direction and then the part of the letter that i am going with the pencil now begin in the line before entering the first R in “rob”
example:USE= you are going up in the exterior side of the letter
1) FL
2)(In the first R)= (USE ,FSE, DSE)-> (up outer semi-circle),LB,(USI,BSI,DSI)–>( up inner semi-circle), BL,DSE,FSE,USI, FSI, DSI,FSE,USE,FL (you has drawn the first R and are in the line going to the O)
3)(In the O)=(USE,FSE,DSE)->(up outer semicircle),BL,(USI,BSI,DSI)->(up inner semi-circle),FL,(DSI,BSI,USI)->(down inner semi-circle), BL, (DSE, FSE, US)->(down outer semicircle),FL (you has drawn th O, and are in the line going to B)
4) (In the B)=USE, FSE, DSE, BL, USI, BSI, DSI, FL, DSI, BSI, USI, BL, DSE, FSE, USE,FL ( you has drawn the B and are in the line going to the next R)
5) (In the second R)= the same that in 2
6)(In the second O)= the same that in 3
7)(In the Y)–> (this letter was by far the harder one for me) USE(diagonally),FSE,DSI(diagonally),BL,DSE,FSE,USI,USI(diagonally),FSE,DSE(diagonally),DSI,FSE,USE,FL ( you finished)

While doing this explanation i learn something Napoleon said long ago “a picture worth more than a thousand words”, he was so right.

By: jason

jason — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:15:35 +0000

yes…..