> This is the real answer the guy wanted. Mission accomplished. No
> offer of $5 though.
>
> Kirby
Still here at Pauling House (near 39th & Hawthorne, SE Portland). The
dog owner remembered about the $5. I said I'm narrating the story in
quasi real time, that his giving me a fiver would enter
Tim Peters wrote:
> That vaguely reminds me of a puzzle I enjoyed much as a kid: on what
> day will you be half as old as your father? a third as old? a
> quarter as old? three-quarters as old? nine-tenths as old? ... It's
> a good way of showing that x/(x+d), for fixed positive d, approaches
Michael --
Here's a cut and paste from Pauling House (boyhood home of Portland
*other* famous Linus).
IDLE 1.1.1
>>> import datetime
>>> me = datetime.date(1952,12,17)
>>> dog = datetime.date(1999, 1,2)
>>> print me + (7 * (dog - me)/6)
2006-09-04
This is the real answer the guy wanted. Mission
Yeah, that looks like the Jon Bunce formula. Packing lap top. Hoping
to claim $5 (I owe you a beer).
Kirby
On 3/7/06, Michael Tobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> # I love Python!
>
> import datetime# batteries included!
>
> me = datetime.date(1954,9,1)
> dog = datetime.date(2006,3,7)
> prin
[kirby urner]
> Here's a quick puzzle, that'd make a good source of Python programs,
> or programs in other languages:
>
> Assume dogs live at 7 times the rate of a man, such that when a man
> ages but one year, the dog ages by 7
That vaguely reminds me of a puzzle I enjoyed much as a kid: on
# I love Python!
import datetime# batteries included!
me = datetime.date(1954,9,1)
dog = datetime.date(2006,3,7)
print me + (7 * (dog - me)/6)
# mt
On 3/7/06, kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here's a quick puzzle, that'd make a good source of Python programs,
> or programs in othe
I see the long-planned reskinning of the Python website is finally
going down. edu-sig is as good a place as any to check out the
handsome new template:
http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/edu-sig/
I'm glad I had the foresite to put a direct link to this archive at
the very bottom of the
Here's a quick puzzle, that'd make a good source of Python programs,
or programs in other languages:
Assume dogs live at 7 times the rate of a man, such that when a man
ages but one year, the dog ages by 7. Now assume a dog is born later
than you, and you get her as a puppy (feel free to mess wit
Dear Edu-Sig,
Below is the announcement we made earlier today regarding our intro
and advanced Python courses for the remainder of 2006. There are
significant discounts for students/teachers.
Please snip this msg and forward the attachment below to anyone whom
you think would be interested or wo
> For my taste, you are getting your rap down way too well.
>
Wait'll you hear the music that goes with it! (I haven't yet either). ;-D
> For the record - I found it necessary to walk out of - yes - a Monty Python
> movie.
>
I had a lot of trouble with 'The Meaning of Life' when I saw it. I
- Original Message -
From: kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> We're trying to recruit more girls by taking the edge off of
> technology some (more dolls, fewer bayonets). A kinder gentler CS?
> Doesn't mean we stop with the war games. Quakers play Quake. But
> it's metaphoric violen
> Digital, actually is cold. And children are too sensitive not to perceive it
> as cold.
>
Yes, but they love cartoons.
> Anything we can actually pet around?
>
I'm all for that too. Not either/or.
> I'd feel better about it if I knew what problem, exactly, we were solving.
>
We're trying
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