Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions
I meant despise! Jon - Original Message - From: "Marc A. Schindler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions I knew it was familiar for some reason, although I can't say I'd ever heard of it being used in place of or with cocoa (but it does explain one thing I remember: cans labelled "Karob" in German supermarkets next to the coffee and tea). And I'm sorry, I've already forgotten who it was who posted the excellent lttle article on carobs yesterday, because I wanted to add a comment to that. Its other names are "locust bean" and "St. John's Bread" in the belief that when it said in the NT that John the Baptist ate honey and locust, modern translators couldn't see him actually eating insects. Besides the yuck factor, they thought it wasn't kosher. However, locusts are indeed kosher, it turns out, (Leviticus 11:20-21) and the Greek word in the NT refers quite clearly to an insect. So he really did eat bugs. "Elmer L. Fairbank" wrote: > At 19:45 12/18/2002 -0700, M Marc wrote: > >There is a carob bean, actually, and I know it's grown in tropical > >climates, but > >that's about all I know about it. I'm not sure what they do with it, except > >perhaps use its oil (like canola, linseed or safflower). > > Haven't you ever had carob brownies? It's often used around here as a > cocoa substitute. Dang, lad, you need to make a pilgrimage to Ithaca. > > Till > > // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > / > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh." - Lord Chesterfield Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author's employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions
Where were you people during the sixties, and have none of you ever gone to a health food store? Look at a vegan brownie, and odds'll getcha that it has carob rather than cocoa. I know we're not supposed to be OF the world, but every once in a while you can go out into it! :-) Jon P.S. I dispise carob! - Original Message - From: "Marc A. Schindler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions I knew it was familiar for some reason, although I can't say I'd ever heard of it being used in place of or with cocoa (but it does explain one thing I remember: cans labelled "Karob" in German supermarkets next to the coffee and tea). And I'm sorry, I've already forgotten who it was who posted the excellent lttle article on carobs yesterday, because I wanted to add a comment to that. Its other names are "locust bean" and "St. John's Bread" in the belief that when it said in the NT that John the Baptist ate honey and locust, modern translators couldn't see him actually eating insects. Besides the yuck factor, they thought it wasn't kosher. However, locusts are indeed kosher, it turns out, (Leviticus 11:20-21) and the Greek word in the NT refers quite clearly to an insect. So he really did eat bugs. "Elmer L. Fairbank" wrote: > At 19:45 12/18/2002 -0700, M Marc wrote: > >There is a carob bean, actually, and I know it's grown in tropical > >climates, but > >that's about all I know about it. I'm not sure what they do with it, except > >perhaps use its oil (like canola, linseed or safflower). > > Haven't you ever had carob brownies? It's often used around here as a > cocoa substitute. Dang, lad, you need to make a pilgrimage to Ithaca. > > Till > > // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > / > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh." - Lord Chesterfield Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author's employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions
At 12:46 12/19/2002 -0700, M Marc wrote: I knew it was familiar for some reason, although I can't say I'd ever heard of it being used in place of or with cocoa (but it does explain one thing I remember: cans labelled "Karob" in German supermarkets next to the coffee and tea). And I'm sorry, I've already forgotten who it was who posted the excellent lttle article on carobs yesterday, because I wanted to add a comment to that. Its other names are "locust bean" and "St. John's Bread" in the belief that when it said in the NT that John the Baptist ate honey and locust, modern translators couldn't see him actually eating insects. Besides the yuck factor, they thought it wasn't kosher. However, locusts are indeed kosher, it turns out, (Leviticus 11:20-21) and the Greek word in the NT refers quite clearly to an insect. So he really did eat bugs. Somehow, we knew about the kosher part. The Greek? Well, it's all greek to me. Till the BTW Back-bacon's not kosher! // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions
I knew it was familiar for some reason, although I can't say I'd ever heard of it being used in place of or with cocoa (but it does explain one thing I remember: cans labelled "Karob" in German supermarkets next to the coffee and tea). And I'm sorry, I've already forgotten who it was who posted the excellent lttle article on carobs yesterday, because I wanted to add a comment to that. Its other names are "locust bean" and "St. John's Bread" in the belief that when it said in the NT that John the Baptist ate honey and locust, modern translators couldn't see him actually eating insects. Besides the yuck factor, they thought it wasn't kosher. However, locusts are indeed kosher, it turns out, (Leviticus 11:20-21) and the Greek word in the NT refers quite clearly to an insect. So he really did eat bugs. "Elmer L. Fairbank" wrote: > At 19:45 12/18/2002 -0700, M Marc wrote: > >There is a carob bean, actually, and I know it's grown in tropical > >climates, but > >that's about all I know about it. I'm not sure what they do with it, except > >perhaps use its oil (like canola, linseed or safflower). > > Haven't you ever had carob brownies? It's often used around here as a > cocoa substitute. Dang, lad, you need to make a pilgrimage to Ithaca. > > Till > > // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > / > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. Lord Chesterfield Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the authors employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^^=== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===
Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions
At 19:45 12/18/2002 -0700, M Marc wrote: There is a carob bean, actually, and I know it's grown in tropical climates, but that's about all I know about it. I'm not sure what they do with it, except perhaps use its oil (like canola, linseed or safflower). Haven't you ever had carob brownies? It's often used around here as a cocoa substitute. Dang, lad, you need to make a pilgrimage to Ithaca. Till // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions
OK. How do you pronounce the word "iron?" Do you say "I earn" or do you say "I Ron" or what? Jon - Original Message - From: "Marc A. Schindler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions There is a carob bean, actually, and I know it's grown in tropical climates, but that's about all I know about it. I'm not sure what they do with it, except perhaps use its oil (like canola, linseed or safflower). This reminds me of an incident that happened when JWR was at our house. I said the word "amalgam" but pronounced it AM-al-gam. John wanted to know if that was a Canadian pronunciation, as he'd always said ah-MAL-gam. And he was right -- I had put the em-PHAS-is on the wrong syl-LAB-le. I guess I just hadn't heard the word spoken often enough for its pronunciation to sink in. There are a lot of words like that that I've encountered while reading, that I'd be too embarrassed to say out loud for fear I'd be mangling the pronunciation -- the sure sign of an over-dilettantish but sincere amateur ;-) ...I just did a google search and found an FAO publication which says it's also known as the locust bean, and its gum is apparently used as a laxative. Now you know I couldn't have just made that one up! Ya learn something knew every day... Stephen Beecroft wrote: > -Marc- > > No wonder Microsoft's spellchecker is so lousy ;-) (carabiners, > > from a German word for "carbine hook". > > Ah. I had never seen/heard the term, and the guy (Russian) > called/spelled them "carob-beaners". I wondered how that term had come > about. What's a "carob bean", anyway? > > But I had nothing to do with Microsoft's spell-checker. Otherwise, it > wouldn't suggest "Bereft" every time I write my name. > > > IIRC, aren't Italy's alpine police known as carabinieri?) > > Yes, the special forces guys who carry machine guns. Also known as > carob-beaners. > Ah, so maybe "carob" is the north Italian word (what's that funny Rhaeto-Romanish dialect they speak up in some of the valleys in the Alps near the Swiss border, Ladino or something like that?) for "head." They bop people on the carobs with their machine guns. -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh." - Lord Chesterfield Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author's employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions
There is a carob bean, actually, and I know it's grown in tropical climates, but that's about all I know about it. I'm not sure what they do with it, except perhaps use its oil (like canola, linseed or safflower). This reminds me of an incident that happened when JWR was at our house. I said the word "amalgam" but pronounced it AM-al-gam. John wanted to know if that was a Canadian pronunciation, as he'd always said ah-MAL-gam. And he was right -- I had put the em-PHAS-is on the wrong syl-LAB-le. I guess I just hadn't heard the word spoken often enough for its pronunciation to sink in. There are a lot of words like that that I've encountered while reading, that I'd be too embarrassed to say out loud for fear I'd be mangling the pronunciation -- the sure sign of an over-dilettantish but sincere amateur ;-) ...I just did a google search and found an FAO publication which says it's also known as the locust bean, and its gum is apparently used as a laxative. Now you know I couldn't have just made that one up! Ya learn something knew every day... Stephen Beecroft wrote: > -Marc- > > No wonder Microsoft's spellchecker is so lousy ;-) (carabiners, > > from a German word for "carbine hook". > > Ah. I had never seen/heard the term, and the guy (Russian) > called/spelled them "carob-beaners". I wondered how that term had come > about. What's a "carob bean", anyway? > > But I had nothing to do with Microsoft's spell-checker. Otherwise, it > wouldn't suggest "Bereft" every time I write my name. > > > IIRC, aren't Italy's alpine police known as carabinieri?) > > Yes, the special forces guys who carry machine guns. Also known as > carob-beaners. > Ah, so maybe "carob" is the north Italian word (what's that funny Rhaeto-Romanish dialect they speak up in some of the valleys in the Alps near the Swiss border, Ladino or something like that?) for "head." They bop people on the carobs with their machine guns. -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. Lord Chesterfield Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the authors employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^^=== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===
RE: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions
-Marc- > No wonder Microsoft's spellchecker is so lousy ;-) (carabiners, > from a German word for "carbine hook". Ah. I had never seen/heard the term, and the guy (Russian) called/spelled them "carob-beaners". I wondered how that term had come about. What's a "carob bean", anyway? But I had nothing to do with Microsoft's spell-checker. Otherwise, it wouldn't suggest "Bereft" every time I write my name. > IIRC, aren't Italy's alpine police known as carabinieri?) Yes, the special forces guys who carry machine guns. Also known as carob-beaners. Stephen // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Microsoft interview questions
Stephen Beecroft wrote: > The funnest thing about interviewing at Microsoft are the famous (or > infamous) "interview questions", of which you're likely to get at least > one per interview. A classic example is: > > You have three closed barrels in front of you, one filled with black > marbles, one filled with white marbles, and one filled with a mix of > black and white marbles. You also have three labels, one to a barrel, > reading "Black", "White", and "Mixed". You are told that each barrel has > the wrong sign on it. You are allowed to draw one marble from a barrel. > What is the least number of marbles you can draw to put the signs > aright, and from which barrel(s) do you draw it/them? *(Answer below) > > Here's one I just got this afternoon that I hadn't heard before, though > I'm pretty sure it's an old question: > > You wish to market a climbing chain consisting of some lengths of chain > that can be joined together by carob-beaners (removeable links). Regular No wonder Microsoft's spellchecker is so lousy ;-) (carabiners, from a German word for "carbine hook". IIRC, aren't Italy's alpine police known as carabinieri?) [as in "cheap spelling flame] -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. Lord Chesterfield Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the authors employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^^=== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===
