mro wrote:
Here's one for you all. Print it out and take some time for mind crunching
fun. Admittedly, it took me quite some time to figure out.
There are 5 houses in five different colors. In each house lives a person
with a different nationality. These five owners drink a certain
Here is what I think we concensed at tonight.
We're going to try for two presentation tracks. Call them the newbie
track and the advanced track. Each track will have a presentation
once a month. (I personally have my doubts about us being able to
keep up that pace -- prove me wrong.)
Since
Bob,
Elegant solution.
The solving concept seems similar to linear programming. You may also be
interested in 'pysimplex' at http://www.pythonpros.com/arw/pysimplex/
Pysimplex tries to be an engine to solve this general genre of problems.
The tricky part is to figure out how to represent the
I think Einstein just rolled over in his grave. I've
never seen that level of ingenuity applied to a
'simple' logic puzzle. This would have to be
classified as genius just because of the route taken
to find a solution. Thanks for the bit of amusement
Bob.
--- Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This same puzzle was posted about a year ago. I figured it
out by making notes on a piece of paper, although it took
me about an hour. I don't remember what the answer was but
I remember that it was fun and challenging to figure out.
Dexter
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I think part of the point of these puzzles is that if you actually draw a chart, you
will figure it. Not drawing a chart proves some kind of point as well...
I think it's a sociological thing.
TimH
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:34:35 -0700
Dexter Graphic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This same
Bandwidth throttling to stop music and video swapping.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021010/D7MIIBVO0.html
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This is just to remind people that the second meeting in the series
is Tuesday eveing.
ADVANCED TOPICS MEETINGS
The Portland Linux/Unix Group
and
Axian Software Consulting and Training
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021009/D7MIB1400.html
Bowing to criticism, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday backed off a
copyright protection scheme that would have restricted the use
of TV programs recorded on computers that run an upcoming
version of the Windows XP operating system.
Windows
Microsoft Wins Software Case
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021011/D7MJERD81.html
Oct 11, 11:26 AM (ET)
HONG KONG (AP) - A judge ordered a computer retailer to pay
Microsoft the equivalent of $4.5 million in damages for the
retailer's unlicensed use of the software giant's products.
High
Radio stations can now broadcast CD-quality music.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021010/D7MIU0G83.html
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On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 09:28:46AM -0700, Leo Clark wrote:
Is it posible to create multiple bridges on a FreeBSD 4.7 box? I have a
need for two small firewalls and I would rather use one box with 4 nics
then two boxes with 2 nics a piece. Is this posible?
I tried putting two
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