kallend 2,118 #51 February 6, 2003 Mrs. Shrodinger: "Irwin, what have you been doing to the cat? It looks half dead".... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #52 February 6, 2003 Quote Mrs. Shrodinger: "Irwin, what have you been doing to the cat? It looks half dead". "I don't understand... The cat was ok, the last time I looked." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QTPi 0 #53 February 6, 2003 Quote Here's a brainteaser, what does your screenname mean? My 2 yr old called me a "coo-t-pie" one night and that's what came to mind when choosing a screen name. I used "Pi" because I'm a math teacher. -- A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. -Oliver Wendel Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #54 February 6, 2003 QuoteQuoteWhy is a man-hole cover round? This was actually an interview question I had once. Hook Because man-holes are round. Why would you put a square cover on a round hole? Actually, that is a common interview question, and there's a lot of right answers. It's more to see how you think than anything. Possible answers I've heard: So it doesn't fall through (and probably the most correct) Because the holes are round (easier to make circle than a square/more efficient use of space and material/whatever) So you can handle the cover better - roll it to move it if you have to Less possibility of snaging something (corners of a square could pinch something) Couple others that I can't think of at the moment...it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #55 February 6, 2003 Speaking of interview questions - this is supposedly one Microsoft has been known to ask: "U2" has a concert that starts in 17 minutes and they must all cross a bridge to get there. All four men begin on the same side of the bridge. You must help them across to the other side. It is night. There is one flashlight. A maximum of two people can cross at one time. Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2 people, must have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth, it cannot be thrown, etc. Each band member walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower man's pace: Bono:- 1 minute to cross Edge:- 2 minutes to cross Adam:- 5 minutes to cross Larry:-10 minutes to crossit's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #56 February 6, 2003 Yeah, I'm a brain teaser junkie. Here's another one - I'd say a good 75% of the people I've shown it to, don't figure it out without some kind of help. 1 11 21 1211 111221 What's the next line?it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmcd308 0 #57 February 6, 2003 Are you sure you didn't mess up the question? 1 11 112 1124 11248 Maybe this is just a different one. Anyone know the next line? ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chivo 0 #58 February 6, 2003 It takes them 19 minutes to cross. 10 & 1 goes across = 10 minutes 1 comes back = 1 minutes 5 & 1 goes across = 5 minutes 1 comes back = 1 minutes 2 & 1 goes across = 2 minutes now 10 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 2 = 19 minutes total Edit: I guess they arrive 2 minutes late! LOL! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #59 February 6, 2003 Bono and Edge cross: 2 minutes Bono goes back: 1 minute Adam and Larry cross: 10 minutes Edge goes back: 2 minutes Bono and Egde cross: 2 minutes Total: 17 minutes Hook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessd 0 #60 February 6, 2003 1124816? I've never been any good at these things. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #61 February 6, 2003 1124816 Hook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #62 February 6, 2003 I've always thought these kinds of things are not very fair. A solution to the puzzle should "feel" right, and you just don't feel right about the solution to this one. I've actually seen people who got it but dismissed the solution because it didn't seem right. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #63 February 6, 2003 2211111211? Hook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #64 February 7, 2003 You've got the U2 one right. Still don't have the next one right. And yes, I have it written correctly.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpCrazy 0 #65 February 7, 2003 A girl is locked in a room. In the room there is a only baseball bat, a piano, and a saw. This girl was clever enough to find three different ways out of the room by using these items. What are the three ways out?Flying Hellfish #470 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #66 February 7, 2003 Ok, I have one for you people: In a car there are 2 fathers and 2 sons, How many people are in the car?__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #67 February 7, 2003 3 father son and a grand sonif my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #68 February 7, 2003 QuoteNope! Answer is: 48 mph. I know I am a little late on this one, but the correct answer cannot be 48 mph. 48 mph is not a velocity. The average speed is 48, but not the average velocity as the original quesiton asked. Sorry. That was bothering me. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,118 #69 February 7, 2003 QuoteA girl is locked in a room. In the room there is a only baseball bat, a piano, and a saw. This girl was clever enough to find three different ways out of the room by using these items. What are the three ways out? 1. Saw the piano in half put the two halves together to make a whole, and climb through the (w)hole. 2. Ditto but with the bat. 3. Hit the piano with the bat to shake loose a key, then unlock the door with the key. I fact, she didn't need the saw - she could have hit her toe with the bat to make it a little sore, and used that saw. ANd having got out of the room, she should shout enough to make herself a little hoarse, and ride away on it.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,118 #70 February 7, 2003 A hole is drilled right through the center of a perfect sphere. The length of the hole is measured accurately using a micrometer. It is 2 inches. What is the remaining volume of material in the sphere?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #71 February 7, 2003 You are in a room with three light switches, each of which controls one of three light bulbs in the next room. Your task is to determine which switch controls which bulb. All lights are off. Your constraints are: you may flick only two switches and you may enter the room with the light bulbs only once. How would you set about determining which switch controls which bulb? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #72 February 7, 2003 QuoteA hole is drilled right through the center of a perfect sphere. The length of the hole is measured accurately using a micrometer. It is 2 inches. Didn't we do this one on here before? For the light switch one - flip any two switches, wait awhile, flip one of the switches back off, go in the room. The bulb that's warm is the one you flipped off, the one that's on is the sitch you left on, the one that's off and cold goes to the switch you didn't touch.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #73 February 7, 2003 Can't really pay attention to this thread right now, but here's a mean one for you: You have 12 steel balls (no jokes please). One of them is defective. It may be either heavier or lighter, you don't know. You have a balance scale but no weights, just the balls. Find the defective ball in exactly 3 measurements. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masher 1 #74 February 7, 2003 QuoteYou drive your car from your home to a certain destination, at 60 mph. Then you drive back home at 40 mph. What is your average velocity overall? Your velocity overall will be zero. Velocity is displacement/time. Your displacement is zero, as you've ended up where you started from, and the time doesn't matter. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #75 February 7, 2003 QuoteCan't really pay attention to this thread right now, but here's a mean one for you: You have 12 steel balls (no jokes please). One of them is defective. It may be either heavier or lighter, you don't know. You have a balance scale but no weights, just the balls. Find the defective ball in exactly 3 measurements. jesus christ that is mean... hang on, let me PM you my answer, see if anyone else can figure it out.... edit: nevermind, foudn a case where it doesn't work. edit #2: I think I have it now! I'll send you the revised solutionit's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
