A quick check indicates that "terminate" can be used as an adjective. Therefore, perhaps a better pun is to say "... it is indeterminate as well as terminate for the fly", with the last "a" pronounced as a short a.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Don Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > Initially I would say that it was going perpendicularly to the track but > as it is also in the process of reversing direction at this instant- it is > indeterminate > as well terminal for the fly > > Don Kelly > > > On 03/04/2014 2:53 PM, Jose Mario Quintana wrote: > >> Bonus question: Alright, the fly was flying at the constant speed of 100 >> mph the whole time; in which direction was it heading at exact the time >> when it was crushed? See below if you give up... >> >> >> >> ,.@|.@i. 11 >> >> 10 >> >> 9 >> >> 8 >> >> 7 >> >> 6 >> >> 5 >> >> 4 >> >> 3 >> >> 2 >> >> 1 >> >> 0 >> >> >> >> In all directions perpendicular to the line in which it was flying before >> the crash? >> >> >> >> Alright, alright, let us change the question to make it less messy, for >> example: the trains are running in still in opposite directions but in >> parallel tracks next to each other, the fly is flying in between the >> tracks >> in the same pattern as before ... (and with all the other necessary >> modifications). In which direction was the fly heading at exact the time >> when the two trains crossed each other? >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> There is a somewhat related anecdote. Two trains are 100 miles apart on >>> a >>> straight track, facing each other and travel at 25 miles per hour toward >>> the other. At the same time, a fly flies at 100 miles an hour from one >>> train to the other and, when it reaches the other train, turns around >>> instantaneously and flies toward the other train, and so on. When the >>> trains crash, what is the total distance the fly flew? >>> >>> There is an easy way and a harder way to compute the answer. Someone >>> posed >>> the question to John von Neumann. After a moment, he answered, 200 >>> miles. >>> >>> Correct. Now, Johnny, how did you figure it out? >>> >>> I summed the series. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
