Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter .38 Special  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:02:20 pm PDT #9078 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

How did you get 2?

Fill the 7-gallon, fill the 5-gallon from the 7-gallon, what remains is 2.


Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:05:49 pm PDT #9079 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Excellent! Thank you, Sean. Following that pattern, it just takes a couple extra steps.


Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:08:47 pm PDT #9080 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Unfortunately, I was supposed to be solving that problem by working backward, so having found the solution I now have to figure out how I would have gotten it the other way.


Strega - Sep 19, 2005 7:16:40 pm PDT #9081 of 10002

...Where did the 7-gallon container come from?

I feel very Jack Bauer. You aren't telling us everything! Who are you working for?

Allyson, who is doing the show? Part of my curiosity is because a friend of mine works for a teeny little production company, or did, and it sounds like something they'd do. Although I don't know why I think that.


billytea - Sep 19, 2005 7:18:01 pm PDT #9082 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Fill the 7-gallon, fill the 5-gallon from the 7-gallon, what remains is 2.

Ah. You'd said a 5-gallon and a 10-gallon before. Your 4-gallon is pretty easy with a 5 and 7. Get your 2-gallon as above, then pour it into the (emptied) 5-gallon. Fill the 7-gallon again, and fill the 5-gallon the rest of the way (another 3 gallons). You'll have 4 gallons left in the 7 gallon.


Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:20:48 pm PDT #9083 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

You'd said a 5-gallon and a 10-gallon before.

Did I? Sorry. Also, I was looking for 1 gallon, not 4. It's all set now, except for the working backwards part.


Burrell - Sep 19, 2005 7:23:11 pm PDT #9084 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

The Allyson N Kristen show! I'd watch!

If memory serves me right, it was a very popular series back on WX before it got cancelled.


Kristen - Sep 19, 2005 7:23:25 pm PDT #9085 of 10002

I feel very Jack Bauer. You aren't telling us everything! Who are you working for?

HA! Yes, I too was wondering where the 7 gallon bucket came from.

If memory serves me right, it was a very popular series back on WX before it got cancelled.

Allyson left me for a better deal with some other production company.


Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:26:12 pm PDT #9086 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Do you have a one quart saucepan or pitcher. Fill that up four times.

You guys are all about the thinking outside the box, though, and I value that.


billytea - Sep 19, 2005 7:27:25 pm PDT #9087 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Did I? Sorry. Also, I was looking for 1 gallon, not 4. It's all set now, except for the working backwards part.

Oh, ok. then you fill the 5-gallon three times, and keep emptying it into the 7-gallon.