Comments on: Ambiguous "true-false" answer http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: rogerdebris http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1434907 rogerdebris Sat, 26 May 2012 22:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1434907 Damn the comments are more creative than the original post!  Damn the comments are more creative than the original post! 

]]> By: Alkwerte Alk http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1434496 Alkwerte Alk Sat, 26 May 2012 10:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1434496 Frue that  Frue that 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433941 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 25 May 2012 20:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433941 I had a high school history teacher who gave the final exam on the first and last day of class. The whole class did worse after the semester. Yeah, he was going through a bitter divorce that year. I had a high school history teacher who gave the final exam on the first and last day of class. The whole class did worse after the semester. Yeah, he was going through a bitter divorce that year.

]]> By: Sparg http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433748 Sparg Fri, 25 May 2012 18:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433748  Was just thinking of "sombunall".  Was just thinking of “sombunall”.

]]> By: Vincenzo Ravina http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433745 Vincenzo Ravina Fri, 25 May 2012 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433745  I had a not particularly smart teacher in high school and so on a test, when I didn't know the answer to a question, I wrote nonsensical sentences made up of words I figured she wouldn't know the meanings of. And it paid off. I got a check mark next to them.  I had a not particularly smart teacher in high school and so on a test, when I didn’t know the answer to a question, I wrote nonsensical sentences made up of words I figured she wouldn’t know the meanings of. And it paid off. I got a check mark next to them.

]]> By: Lurking_Grue http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433611 Lurking_Grue Fri, 25 May 2012 15:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433611 I did pass a test once by using creative bad handwriting.  I did pass a test once by using creative bad handwriting. 

]]> By: GTMoogle http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433602 GTMoogle Fri, 25 May 2012 15:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433602 I had to write  several 20 page papers for geography in high school, and combine them into one long paper at the end of the year.  Around the time of one of the turn ins, his wife's cancer took a turn for the worse, and that paper ended up being graded entirely based on how accurate the margins on the first page were.  I... I can't really fault him for that.  He was a great guy.  :( I had to write  several 20 page papers for geography in high school, and combine them into one long paper at the end of the year.  Around the time of one of the turn ins, his wife’s cancer took a turn for the worse, and that paper ended up being graded entirely based on how accurate the margins on the first page were.  I… I can’t really fault him for that.  He was a great guy.  :(

]]> By: Ambiguity http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433581 Ambiguity Fri, 25 May 2012 15:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433581  Very well done! That movie is my wife's favorite. Now I can see why :)  Very well done!

That movie is my wife’s favorite. Now I can see why :)

]]> By: snagglepuss http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433558 snagglepuss Fri, 25 May 2012 14:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433558 And thus we see how a young George Walker Bush got through the "business ethics" classes at Harvard Business School. And thus we see how a young George Walker Bush got through the “business ethics” classes at Harvard Business School.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433499 Felton / Moderator Fri, 25 May 2012 12:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433499 <a href="http://boingboing.net/2009/01/11/princess-bride-dvd-a.html" rel="nofollow">Also...</a> Also…

]]> By: Ambiguity http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433493 Ambiguity Fri, 25 May 2012 12:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433493 If you all like this kind of thing, check out Scott Kim's lettering work. His <a href="http://www.scottkim.com/inversions/index.html" rel="nofollow">ambiagrams</a> should appeal. If you all like this kind of thing, check out Scott Kim’s lettering work. His ambiagrams should appeal.

]]> By: Ambiguity http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433492 Ambiguity Fri, 25 May 2012 12:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433492  Watch it, buddy!  Watch it, buddy!

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433491 awjt Fri, 25 May 2012 12:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433491 In high school we all had a similar stupidly huge assignment in American History.  I embedded in my first draft a non sequitur phrase: "If you read this, Mr. xxxxx, and point it out to me, I will give you ten bucks."  I received a 100 on that assignment in red on the front when he handed it back.  He never told me he'd read it, so therefore I knew he hadn't read *any* of it and I could bullshit the remaining ones, save the first page or so.  I showed it to my friends and we had a good laugh and got a lot more rest and free time after that. (Acts of Congress are written in much the same way, to this day) In high school we all had a similar stupidly huge assignment in American History.  I embedded in my first draft a non sequitur phrase: “If you read this, Mr. xxxxx, and point it out to me, I will give you ten bucks.”  I received a 100 on that assignment in red on the front when he handed it back.  He never told me he’d read it, so therefore I knew he hadn’t read *any* of it and I could bullshit the remaining ones, save the first page or so.  I showed it to my friends and we had a good laugh and got a lot more rest and free time after that.

(Acts of Congress are written in much the same way, to this day)

]]> By: mistersquid http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433486 mistersquid Fri, 25 May 2012 12:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433486 That answer is rong, I mean, wright. That answer is rong, I mean, wright.

]]> By: marukosu http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433454 marukosu Fri, 25 May 2012 10:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433454 As a teacher, when you're running through the answers to dozens of tests quickly, and chanting an answer key in your head like "A-C-D-A-False-False-True; A-C-D-A-False-False-True...", there's only a split second for your brain to register the mark. Personally, I'm not sure I'd catch this one. As a teacher, when you’re running through the answers to dozens of tests quickly, and chanting an answer key in your head like “A-C-D-A-False-False-True; A-C-D-A-False-False-True…”, there’s only a split second for your brain to register the mark. Personally, I’m not sure I’d catch this one.

]]> By: bryan rasmussen http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433441 bryan rasmussen Fri, 25 May 2012 09:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433441 By the way Frue in Danish is an old lady, often when discussing if something technical will be acceptable to the general public or bits of policy someone will always refer to what Frue Hansen will think of the matter.  By the way Frue in Danish is an old lady, often when discussing if something technical will be acceptable to the general public or bits of policy someone will always refer to what Frue Hansen will think of the matter. 

]]> By: bryan rasmussen http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433425 bryan rasmussen Fri, 25 May 2012 08:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433425 ok well, obviously that answer is 70% true, 30% false, due to the fact that there is insufficient ambiguity about the second character.  ok well, obviously that answer is 70% true, 30% false, due to the fact that there is insufficient ambiguity about the second character. 

]]> By: AlexG55 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433416 AlexG55 Fri, 25 May 2012 07:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433416 Reminds me of the "accent horizontale" that people would write in French class when they couldn't remember if the accent on a letter was acute or grave... Reminds me of the “accent horizontale” that people would write in French class when they couldn’t remember if the accent on a letter was acute or grave…

]]> By: redesigned http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433407 redesigned Fri, 25 May 2012 07:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433407 That paper would be easy to grade. :-) That paper would be easy to grade. :-)

]]> By: MythicalMe http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433375 MythicalMe Fri, 25 May 2012 06:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433375 Honestly, "indeterminate" is a valid answer for true/false questions. No fudging necessary. Honestly, “indeterminate” is a valid answer for true/false questions. No fudging necessary.

]]> By: flickerKuu http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433342 flickerKuu Fri, 25 May 2012 04:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433342  Yes- and no...  Yes- and no…

]]> By: flickerKuu http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433341 flickerKuu Fri, 25 May 2012 04:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433341 Hey its captcha. If you don't know what the answer is, your'e  in-human(e?). Hey its captcha. If you don’t know what the answer is, your’e  in-human(e?).

]]> By: liquidstar http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433318 liquidstar Fri, 25 May 2012 03:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433318  I thought that's what I said?  I thought that’s what I said?

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433314 jeligula Fri, 25 May 2012 03:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433314  The presence of something this awesome precludes outcome based education.  The presence of something this awesome precludes outcome based education.

]]> By: BombBlastLightingWaltz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433244 BombBlastLightingWaltz Fri, 25 May 2012 01:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433244 works on so many levels... thank you works on so many levels… thank you

]]> By: liquidstar http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433226 liquidstar Fri, 25 May 2012 01:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433226 They get a checkmark with a backslash through it :) They get a checkmark with a backslash through it :)

]]> By: Joe Alfano http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433208 Joe Alfano Fri, 25 May 2012 01:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433208 It's a lovely example of a "perceptual shift ambigram". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigram It’s a lovely example of a “perceptual shift ambigram”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigram

]]> By: BongBong http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433198 BongBong Fri, 25 May 2012 00:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433198 That story made me hapgry. That story made me hapgry.

]]> By: Tom Buckholz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433189 Tom Buckholz Fri, 25 May 2012 00:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433189  yes, which could be fixed with a capital R A combo  yes, which could be fixed with a capital R A combo

]]> By: corydodt http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/ambiguous-true-false-answe.html#comment-1433143 corydodt Thu, 24 May 2012 23:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162822#comment-1433143 The "r" is the problem. it doesn't look anything like an "a". The “r” is the problem. it doesn’t look anything like an “a”.

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