Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux

[Ronald J. Yacketta]

"Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote:
> 
> David wrote:
> >
> > >
> dump 2 gallons water out fo bucket a and 3 out of bucket b, then dump
> bucket b into a giving 4 galons ;) *snicker* I know,its not the right
> answer, but it does give 4 gallons
> >
> > Hello All.......
> >
> > Ok maybe this is not a "Factoid" per se....but just a little quiz to burn some
> > brain cells, ( then again for some maybe not even that :) )
> >
> > U have 1, 3 gallon bucket
> > "  "   "   1, 5 gallon bucket
> >
> > u absolutely need "exactly" 4 gallon's of water
> >
> > How to do?
> >
> > Rule: the only measuring device allowed r the buckets
> > unlimited water supply
> >
> > "best to do while sober"
> >
> > as far as i know there r 2 answer's......
> >
> > it does help to straighten out your thoughts though
> >
> > actually what i am looking for is if anyone would be able to translate that into
> > a wee app for X,...... Written in C, as the song goes
> >
> > enjoy..
> > David

ops! (3- 2 = 1) + (5 -3 = 2) = 3 *blush*
should have been 
(3 -2 = 1) + (5 - 2 = 3 ) = 4