Alarmclock puzzle

Georg Michelitsch gm_ail at gmx.at
Tue May 13 16:43:30 CEST 2008


Alexander Frøyseth wrote on 05/13/2008 02:49 PM:
> Hello again
> I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you 
> want) to the alarmclock
> Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
> Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2 
> alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking 
> about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, 
> and not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle 
> like this:
> http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21 
>
> another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows 
> fours digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. 
> Perhaps like an antibot test on websites.
>
> I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.
>
> NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you 
> sets the clock
> Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.
>
> Alexander Frøyseth
>
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Possibly the turn-off puzzles shouldnt be too hard to solve, otherwise 
this'll result in alot of people (including me) removing their battery, 
smashing their neo while you're totally woozy in the morning, not really 
thinking about what they're doing simply to gain a few more minutes in 
bed :D

cu, Georg




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