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How to make a developer's brain busy ;-)

Well easy show him this picture, ask him to count the people before and after the shift,and yes I know it's very irritating.

Believe me you will spend all the day scratching your head on the solution or turn mad (yourself and your colleagues too)

Source:  Randy

 

Posted: Nov 25 2003, 11:22 AM by help.net | with 19 comment(s)
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OmegaSupreme said:

yep its driving me mad :) LOL
# November 25, 2003 7:19 AM

Paschal said:

I know me too !
# November 25, 2003 10:07 AM

OmegaSupreme said:

I read the explaination and I still dont get it :D
# November 25, 2003 10:34 AM

Paschal said:

You have really to concentrate on each part. Look at the fella on the left who has a strange haircut ;-)
Don't worry this seems to turn nuts half of the planet already !
# November 25, 2003 10:46 AM

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson said:

Also make sure that you have animated gifs enabled. I didn't and was completely oblivious as to what all the fuss was about :D
# November 25, 2003 1:28 PM

Kevin Vargas said:

if u look at the second guy to the left in the second frame..when he moves..no one takes its spot..do thats why there is 1 less in the 1st frame :D
# November 26, 2003 7:57 PM

Paschal said:

Kevin spot on ;-)
# November 27, 2003 4:34 AM

nba said:

The guy on the far left loses his hair and get nothing in return. His hair, however, becomes another persons missing half head. That persons former head is exchanged with another ones. So we have a hariless dude's head, the other guys now smaller head with the new hair and the other part of his head on someone elses half-head, thus 1 more than we started out with.

... I think...
# November 27, 2003 7:47 AM

Pokute said:

Well, it's pretty easy to see that on the other position, the other people have eaten one person - that's why they are significantly taller too. Because the picture is cut just where some peoples' feet (the black shoes on the top row conveniently lack the detail) are, it is easy to just leave the lower half of the feet on its place and move the rest to other place - both halfs can really be seen as a pair of feet too (albeit smaller).
# November 27, 2003 5:15 PM

Sanna said:

Haha
# November 28, 2003 1:40 PM

Cynik said:

Yeah... well... I guess I'm going mad :)
# December 2, 2003 5:07 AM

Kwijibo said:

well...i THINK i got it....or it will help you a lot more to find it out maybe...the third guy from the right witha black t-shirt, when he move...he his cutted at his feet...but he he dont take any part of another guy when he go to the left of the screen and somebody took his feet (the third one from the left)..took me around 10 minute to find that and i believe that this is the right answer
# December 2, 2003 8:32 AM

Kwijibo said:

woops..wich would mean 13 people in the picture
# December 2, 2003 8:34 AM

MetalGearLiquid said:

In the 12 guys model, many people are getting a bit longer, they all inherit a small part of the missing person (well it's not maybe the best way to explain - in fact there are many small body parts/organes donation implied in this character disappearence)
# December 2, 2003 12:20 PM

Ss_PluS47 said:

Got the solution the guy on the left don t have his hair when the 2nd picture so we can t count him as an entire guy that makes 12 personnes on the first and 13 -1 =12 on the 2 nd

Easy huh ?
# December 3, 2003 12:07 AM

DragonDracGrrr said:

12 guys and 13 guys !
# December 3, 2003 2:32 AM

Bigmidget said:

If you have access to a digital camera...Take a few pictures while the "boys" are in motion...Print & cut them out in the sequence of their movements...Move them in the same order as shown...Low & Behold the answer will be in front of you....
# December 29, 2003 11:44 AM

TrackBack said:

# December 29, 2003 7:08 PM

craigc said:

The bottom (static) tile has 12 dudes (counting the sliver of feet for a couple of them.)

The two top tiles also have 12 guys, counting tips of hair and so forth.

In one configuration, the 12 top guys match the 12 bottom dudes and their are 12 guys total.

In the other configuration, one of the bottom guys is missing a bit of hair and one of the top guys is missing a bit of feet and their appear to be 13 guys.
# January 6, 2004 10:16 AM