July 4th, 2005

Some holiday fun: Puzzle #5

(Note: Read the puzzles in order from 1 to 6 for them to make sense.)

Number five is an old-style riddle.

My first is an avatar, you are guardian of its soul.
My second you must vanquish if you wish to reach your goal.
My third you may injure if you slide too hard to third.
My whole is a place where dead people can be heard.

My friend said this was the hardest of the puzzles to solve, but perhaps that’s just because she’s not used to them.

Answers to all puzzles will be posted tomorrow. Please do not post spoilers.

Onward to the last puzzle

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Author

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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