Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
That's a Gaaame??? I thought it was some nightmarish exercise in recurssion my old functional programming prof tortured us with *wink* Take a look at the Towers of Hanoi game inside Emacs. The code should be similar to what you're trying to solve. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't
Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
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 sebut 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
Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
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] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't!
Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
That is one method, there other is to pour off 3 gallons from the 5 gallon leaving 2 gallons. Empty the Three gallon bucket and put the 2 gallons of water into it. Fill the five and pour off 1 galolon into the three. probably the most meaningful contribution I can make to this list G R - Original Message - From: Andrew M George [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 7:12 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux hmmm 1. Go to video Store 2. Rent Die hard III 3. Fast Forward to the park scene 4. Take notes (sorry...couldn't resist) On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: 1. Fill the 5 gallon bucket using the 3 gallon bucket. Now there is 3 gallon of water in the 5 gallon bucket. And you can add 2 more gallon of water to fulfil it. 2. Once again fill the 5 gallon bucket using the 3 gallon bucket. Now you have exactlt 1 gallon of water left in your 3 gallon bucket. (it's only take 2 gallon of water to fulfil the 5 gallon bucket. 3. Empty the 5 gallon bucket. Then put your 1 gallon of water into it (it was in the 3 gallon bucket). 4. Add exactly 3 more gallon of water (of course using the 3 gallon bucket). 5. Now you have exactly 4 gallon of water. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Sent: November 19, 1999 5:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux Hello All... Ok maybe this is not a "Factoid" per sebut 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 snip
RE: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
hmmm 1. Go to video Store 2. Rent Die hard III 3. Fast Forward to the park scene 4. Take notes (sorry...couldn't resist) On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: 1. Fill the 5 gallon bucket using the 3 gallon bucket. Now there is 3 gallon of water in the 5 gallon bucket. And you can add 2 more gallon of water to fulfil it. 2. Once again fill the 5 gallon bucket using the 3 gallon bucket. Now you have exactlt 1 gallon of water left in your 3 gallon bucket. (it's only take 2 gallon of water to fulfil the 5 gallon bucket. 3. Empty the 5 gallon bucket. Then put your 1 gallon of water into it (it was in the 3 gallon bucket). 4. Add exactly 3 more gallon of water (of course using the 3 gallon bucket). 5. Now you have exactly 4 gallon of water. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Sent: November 19, 1999 5:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux Hello All... Ok maybe this is not a "Factoid" per sebut 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 snip
Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
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] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
"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 sebut 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
Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: what i was thinking of, was more or less an interative game type, which will take user input too move the buckets around ie: poring water between them , with both sollutions incorperated into the game. Does this make sence? Oh yes most definitely. trying to visualize a bit to see how UI needs to be setup. . .this could be neat. . .im seeing all kinds of possibilities. . .might be a WHILE b4 i have some workable code but i'll see if anything comes up. . . -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) The Functional Design of the UNIX Operating System is probably one of the few truly beautiful things left in the world.
RE: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
Fill the 5 gallon bucket twice and pour it into the 3 gallon bucket each time letting the 3 gallon bucket overflow. You will have exactly 4 gallons of water all over the ground. You didn't specify where you wanted the water so I assumed an overflow condition would be acceptable. :) Ken Wilson First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Sent: November 19, 1999 5:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux Hello All... Ok maybe this is not a "Factoid" per sebut 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 snip
RE: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
Fill up the 3gallon bucket with water. Empty it into the 5 gallon bucket. You now have exactly 3 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket. Fill up the 3 gallon bucket again. Empty it into the 5 gallon bucket until you have exactly 5 gallons. This means you have removed 2 gallons from the 3 gallon bucket and now have exactly 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon bucket. Dump out the 5 gallon bucket. Pour the 1 gallon of water out of the 3 gallon bucket, into the 5 gallon bucket. You now have an empty 3 gallon bucket and exactly 1 gallon in the 5 gallon bucket. Fill up the 3 gallon bucket and pour it into the 5 gallon bucket. The 3 gallons you just poured into the bucket, plus the 1 gallon that was already there, gives you exactly, 4 gallons. As for creating an algorithm for it... maybe someone else can work it out. I'm pooped. :-) Rick Friedman Salant Corp. - MIS 800-472-8013 x75105 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On November 19, 1999 David wrote: Hello All... Ok maybe this is not a "Factoid" per sebut 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
Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
Fill 3 gal empty into 5 gal Fill 3 gal fill 5 gal full. You have 1 gal left in bucket. Empty 5 gal pail. pour remaining one gal into 5 gal file three gal and empty into 5 gal pail. voila, you have 4 gal in the five gal pail. Sorry all, I couldn't resist. Ron David wrote: Hello All... Ok maybe this is not a "Factoid" per sebut 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 -- Ron Marriage E-Mailmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage http://www.seidata.com/~marriage
RE: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
1. Fill the 5 gallon bucket using the 3 gallon bucket. Now there is 3 gallon of water in the 5 gallon bucket. And you can add 2 more gallon of water to fulfil it. 2. Once again fill the 5 gallon bucket using the 3 gallon bucket. Now you have exactlt 1 gallon of water left in your 3 gallon bucket. (it's only take 2 gallon of water to fulfil the 5 gallon bucket. 3. Empty the 5 gallon bucket. Then put your 1 gallon of water into it (it was in the 3 gallon bucket). 4. Add exactly 3 more gallon of water (of course using the 3 gallon bucket). 5. Now you have exactly 4 gallon of water. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Sent: November 19, 1999 5:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux Hello All... Ok maybe this is not a "Factoid" per sebut 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 snip
