ION, I am unicorn, destroyer of ponies
I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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.
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).
Sue - Nov 14, 2009 5:24:14 am PST #19276 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I've already been up and to the farmer's maerket, but I don't want to go out again. The problem is I have errands to do all over the city and transit sucks. Also, all the rain is headed our way tomorrow, so today's the day I need to be out and about.
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2009 5:38:17 am PST #19277 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm still re-watching S3 of Buffy, and I remain committed to my position that the Mayor was the best villain of the 7 seasons.
tommyrot - Nov 14, 2009 5:41:13 am PST #19278 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.
the Mayor was the best villain of the 7 seasons.
It's his opposition to swearing, isn't it?
Jesse - Nov 14, 2009 5:42:00 am PST #19279 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, der. I was totally doing that in my head, but forgot about the process-of-elimination part at the end. (I.e., if you know it's one of three, you just have to weigh two of them to tell which is heavier.)
It is a rainy day here, and I need to really deal with the leftover crap in my apartment. The stupid issue I have is, I figure my Christmas stuff will live in the basement storage most of the time, but I'm not going to put it down there if I'm just pulling it back out in a couple of weeks.