Hah.
I am so sick of rain.
Mal: So we run. Nandi: I understand, Captain Reynolds. You have your people to think of, same as me. And this ain't your fight. Mal: Don't believe you do understand, Nandi. I said 'we run'. We.
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
sarameg - Nov 14, 2009 2:54:50 am PST #19266 of 30001
Calli - Nov 14, 2009 3:10:23 am PST #19267 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Matt Bomer is ridic pretty. Skinny little thing, though.
He's not skin and bones, though. Check out the pics a little past half way down. [link]
The whole Kays marketing thing bugs me. "Every kiss begins with Kay?" Way to make every woman sound like either a whore or a magpie.
Sheryl - Nov 14, 2009 4:29:04 am PST #19268 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Once again Nova woke us up too early with her meeping. Good thing she's so cute...
tommyrot - Nov 14, 2009 4:35:02 am PST #19269 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Puzzle time!
Google's Famously Difficult Job Interview Questions
I thought about this one for a bit:
You have eight balls all of the same size 7 of them weigh the same, and one of them weighs slightly more. How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weighings?
Eventually I figured it out. Then I realized I could do it if there were nine balls in total (with one weighing more) as well....
tommyrot - Nov 14, 2009 4:43:45 am PST #19270 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2009 4:58:50 am PST #19271 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know if he still has all that weight on him, Calli. We'll need another shirtless scene to be sure. I didn't think he was skinny in the pilot, but he does look it now.
Calli - Nov 14, 2009 5:09:52 am PST #19272 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
*nods* Constant quality checks are key.
Jesse - Nov 14, 2009 5:11:02 am PST #19273 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You guys are really committed to valid research, huh? Replication, replication!
tommyrot, I can only figure out ways to figure that out with three weighings. Hmmm.
Lee - Nov 14, 2009 5:11:16 am PST #19274 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
God, I have so much TV to catch up on this weekend.
tommyrot - Nov 14, 2009 5:19:33 am PST #19275 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot, I can only figure out ways to figure that out with three weighings. Hmmm.
Since I solved it, I've been thinking about my unconscious assumptions that initially prevented me from figuring it out. (Which is interesting to think about.)
But anyway, here's the solution (for nine balls, but eight uses the same technique):
Put three balls on one side of the scale and three on the other. If one side or the other weighs more, the heavy ball is one of those three. If the two sides weigh the same, it's one of the remaining 3 balls. Now that you have it narrowed down to three, put one ball on one side and another on the other side. As before, the scale will tell you if one side (i.e one ball) is heavier, the other side or if they're the same (in which case it's the remaining ball).