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| Dave Rathbun |
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject: What Am I? Challenge #2 |
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What Am I Challenge #2
This is #2 in a series of pictures. I will post a picture of something at 200x magnification, then 60x, then 10x, and finally at 1x. The first person to identify the item gets prize money based on the current magnification level of the picture.
- 200x = e$10,000
- 60x = e$5,000
- 10x = e$1,000
- 1x = e$500
As people make guesses I might add clues that will help (or misdirect ) your guesses. To help spread the wealth, the prior winner (conbrio) is not eligible to win.
Hall of Fame
What Am I? #1 conbrio
Total prizes paid to date: e$5,000
And here is the current picture at 200x. I actually think someone should be able to guess what this is even at this magnification, so it's an easy shot at e$10,000:
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| frusnak |
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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grain of salt  |
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| geb9696 |
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave Rathbun |
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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| frusnak wrote: | grain of salt  |
I told you it was easy. Nailed it on the first guess. Here are the 60x and 10x pictures of some grains of salt.
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NaCl aka Sodium Chloride aka table salt. Nice job, frusnak. I'll send your prize money shortly. I'll see what I can get as far as pictures for the next challenge shortly. |
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| frusnak |
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave Rathbun wrote: | | frusnak wrote: | grain of salt  |
I told you it was easy. Nailed it on the first guess. Here are the 60x and 10x pictures of some grains of salt.
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NaCl aka Sodium Chloride aka table salt. Nice job, frusnak. I'll send your prize money shortly. I'll see what I can get as far as pictures for the next challenge shortly. |
Thank you very much! |
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| Kiman4 |
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Could have been sugar too |
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| Dave Rathbun |
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Sugar isn't quite as regularly square as salt.  |
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| BallJacker |
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Iodine or sea salt? The crystals form slightly different.
Sugar BTW forms hexagon crystals. |
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| Dave Rathbun |
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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I have sugar too, guess I won't be using it for the game now. Sugar - from my pics anyway - exhibited a variety of shapes. The salt picture is ordinarly table salt. |
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| Dave Rathbun |
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| frusnak, I have awarded your e$10,000 prize money. I'll be posting a new "What Am I?" picture shortly. |
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| Dave Rathbun |
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: What Am I? Challenge #3 |
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What Am I Challenge #3
This is #3 in a series of pictures. I will post a picture of something at 200x magnification, then 60x, then 10x, and finally at 1x. The first person to identify the item gets prize money based on the current magnification level of the picture.
- 200x = e$10,000
- 60x = e$5,000
- 10x = e$1,000
- 1x = e$500
As people make guesses I might add clues that will help (or misdirect ) your guesses. To help spread the wealth, the prior winner (frusnak) is not eligible to win.
Hall of Fame
What Am I? #1 conbrio Oatmeal @60x
What Am I? #1 frusnak Salt @200x
Total prizes paid to date: e$15,000
And here is the current picture at 200x.
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| BallJacker |
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| soap scum on a red enamel cooking utensil. |
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| Kiman4 |
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave Rathbun |
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:41 am Post subject: |
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I like both guesses, but both are incorrect. I need to come up with a good clue... |
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| MrT |
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:36 am Post subject: |
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