God, I have so much TV to catch up on this weekend.
'Objects In Space'
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, 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).
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.
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.
the Mayor was the best villain of the 7 seasons.
It's his opposition to swearing, isn't it?
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.
Not only is the Mayor the best villain, his relationship with Faith rivals the relationship of Spike/Dru for most interesting combo on the dark side.
Not only is the Mayor the best villain, his relationship with Faith
It's his relationship with Faith that, for me, makes him the best villain. By "best villain" I don't necessarily mean "biggest badass" or "killed the most people." Biggest badass is probably Angelus (plus there was the satisfyingly painful emotional arc). *Maybe* Glory.
But the Mayor is dangerous and calculating and evil, and still has that relationship with Faith, which is real and warm and totally not evil. And that just somehow makes him the best for me.
Plus the opposition to swearing.
still has that relationship with Faith, which is real and warm and totally not evil.
That's one of the reasons I love Spike. He's a total bad-ass, except his flaw is he's too human. It's his ability to love that's sorta' a reverse tragic-flaw....
Overnight I seem to have traded my migraine for the ability to breath through my nose. Joy.