Mon 31 Jul, 2006 06:56 am - [quote="thoh13"]a paradox?[/quote]
I can see it as a paradox, but I can also see it as not a paradox.
[quote="whimsical"]A measuring stick has no exception[/quote]
I... (view)
Sun 30 Jul, 2006 05:23 pm - [quote="markr"]The site that I provide a link to says 39 is possible with four weighings. It also provides a deterministic method for constructing what you call a simultaneous... (view)
Sun 30 Jul, 2006 09:10 am - The 36-loaf Problem
Okay, same problem, but now you have 36 loaves to sort through instead of 20. (This is the maximum that 4 weighings can determine).
I have not constructed a simultaneous... (view)
Wed 26 Jul, 2006 11:46 pm - [quote="rafiki282"]
i just noticed u skipped letters which might have thrown me off let me recheck[/quote]
When I do these sort of things, I skip "I," "O,"... (view)
Wed 26 Jul, 2006 11:26 pm - Is there Gold on the Island?
On the Isle of Truth and Lies, there live only two types of people: the
Truth-tellers, who always tell the truth; and the Liars, who always lie.
Everyone on the... (view)
Wed 26 Jul, 2006 11:13 pm - [quote="littlek"]And lucky for the world there is a new product to trap and kill mosquitos. It runs on electricity (adding more co2 in the environment) and, get this folks, EMITS co2 to... (view)
Wed 26 Jul, 2006 10:59 pm - Here's another way of solving the problem--one that doesn't require branching. (Branching = if ____ then ____ ) Instead, you do everything at once and just read the results to determine... (view)