If only I'd seen Die Hard 3 *slaps self* On 11/7/07, Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Blindraven wrote: > > Alright, so today I was all prep and keen for a job interview (my first > in a > > year and a half) working with what seems like a pretty in.the.know team > of > > guys (Linux web-hosters/service providers). I get about half way through > the > > initial testing papers (before the verbal) and stumble upon this > question > > which just failed me - and then, in between stairing vaguely off in to > the > > distance and ignoring my at.the.time rambling mrs (something about > guitar > > hero 3.. not entirely sure there) I got it... but all to late. > > > > Has anyone been in a situation where a mostly obvious/logical questions > is > > put forward but you are just to damn nervous to answer it and your brain > > just halts and then begins to work so overtime the answer which is right > in > > front of you fails? > > > > So here it is... don't laugh. > > > > You are standing by a river, you have 2 jugs - one 5 gallons and the > other > > 3, you need exactly 4 gallons. How do you go about achieving this? > > First convert to litres as this is Australia. > Fill the 3L container. > Pour 3 litres into the 5 litre container. > Fill the 3L again and pour as much as will fit into the 5L. > ( 1L will be left in the 3L container. ) > Tip out the 5L. > Pour the 1L remaining from the 3L container into the 5L. > Now fill the 3L and then pour all this into the 5L. > Convert back to gallons. > > Or you can solve it with an open source expert system: > http://www.it.uom.gr/project/clips/tutorial/expert.htm > > Mike > -- > Michael Lake > Computational Research Support Unit > Science Faculty, UTS > Ph: 9514 2238 > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >
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