Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux

[PadLocke]

The buckets were built by automated machines being run by a Linux machine AND
the water is straight from Linus T's faucet :)

On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> David wrote:
> 
> > U have 1, 3 gallon bucket
> > "  "   "   1, 5 gallon bucket
> > 
> > u absolutely need "exactly" 4 gallon's of water
> 
>       Fill the 3-gallon bucket, empty it into the 5-gallon one.  Fill it
> again, empty what will fit into the 5-gallon bucket.  Pour the remainder
> (in the 3-gallon bucket, which will be 1 gallon) wherever you need it. 
> Refill the 3-gallon bucket and pour it wherever you need it, which will
> give you 4 gallons there.  What does this have to do with a Linux list?
> 
> --
> Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> with ketchup.
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