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Assuming a week is 7 days instead of 5...
With one prisoner, he could drink from one barrel, and if not dead after five days, drink from a second barrel. That would test 2.
With two prisoners, one prisoner could drink from one barrel and the other prisoner could drink from another, and if not dead after five days, both could drink from a third barrel. That would test 4.
Continuing this, you could test 32 barrels with five prisoners.
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Not Clear..Could you explain a bit more ?
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What a useless king. Did he never hear about waterboarding? One of the five is bound to weaken.
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learner'sbug wrote: One from another interview...Your job is to figure out the...
No that isn't part of any job that I accepted.
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I think that's a "please leave so we can interview a real candidate" question.
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If the Kessel Run is 14 Parsecs long, how much shorter is it if you are a smart-arse, shoot-first-ask-questions-later-until-history-is-revised, smuggler with a teddy bear as your best friend?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Less than 12 parsecs, with a following wind.
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2 pints.
Makes as much sense as using a distance as a time measurement. Unless you can retro-fit some BS reason why you'd use that rather than an actual time measurement.
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He's a lot shorter in real life.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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I can tell you that you can buy his blaster at auction if you want. I'm concerned that he's trying to pass off a weapon that he's used to commit a crime and that you'll end up with a record in his place.
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Sitting here, typing away, with my usual pint of water sitting close to hand (I don't like it too close in case I knock it over) and I notice out the corner of my eye that the cat has jumped up on my desk, stuck his head in the glass, and is slurping away at it.
The nonchalant way he did it implies he does it quite often, but I've never seen it before...so how long have I been sharing a water bowl with the cat?
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Probably around the same time you licking your hands and using them to clean behind your ears!
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I imagine the cat is thinking the same thing.
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That's funny, I wonder what else he thinks he should share with him?
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You should be happy the cat allows you to drink his water.
Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.
Buckminster Fuller
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Count your blessings.
I am having to execute life moments (work with code) with a 5 month old Lab puppy around. They have all the audacity of a cat with the deft and precision of a dog.
- Wasn't my idea but I love her and she wanted a lab........
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At that age, it's less "Black Lab", or "Chocolate Lab" and a lot more "Meth Lab"...
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Labs are what is best in life.
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gad, someone else drank the coolaid too? 18 yo daughter wants a Golden Retriever. Mind you, we ALREADY have a full blooded full size rough coat Collie, a lab/husky mix (who is ancient and won't die), 3 cats, 2 birds, and the odd critter in the attic.
So, when daughter goes to work/school, we're left tending the puppy. I told her I wanted no part. Cute and smart pup, but damn that thing pees everywhere!
Charlie Gilley
<italic>You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house.
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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My cat used to do that to so I started putting a coaster over it when I was away from the desk.
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Wow! You have a really smart cat! Always remembers to put the coaster back when he's done drinking.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Yeah he was pretty smart but I couldn't teach him to make mu coffee in the morning. So defiant!
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OriginalGriff wrote: sharing a water bowl with the cat?
This is a cat we're talking about - you are not sharing with the cat but steeling from your master.
speramus in juniperus
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Given that a cat is involved and applying Murphy's Law, the probability approaches 100% that the cat has used the litter box and/or cleaned his private parts and then dipped his paws in your water glass while drinking.
I'm a professional cat client, and this is based on first-hand observation.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Do you share your beer too with the cat?
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