dennis roberts wrote:
> there just is no good way to argue against the original choice C ... IN THE
> CONTEXT OF THE STEM OF THE QUESTION
I am reminded of the joke article that contains many `pollitically incorrect'
answers to the exam question "given a barometer how do you measure
the hight of a tower".
A point I only realised recently is that many of these spoof answers could
give a more accurate answer than the `textbook' method.
Peter
The first few that I remember.
1) Drop the barameter and time its fall.
2) Tie it to a long piece of string and use it as a lead-line, measuring the
length of the string.
3) Tie it to a long piece of string and use it as a lead-line, measuring the
period of the resultant pendulum.
=================================================================
Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about
the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at
http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/
=================================================================
