TWCP OTD - 23th ofMarch, 2017
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BURN THEM It is an old one... We have two ropes. Both will burn exactly one hour from one end to other, but they both burn at uneven space as it may be that one will burn half the length in 10 minutes and the other half in the remaining 50 minutes... The question is how to measure 45 minutes with these two ropes? The answer is that set fire on both end of the ropes will half the burning time... My problem is that the answer is seems to contradict the 'burn at uneven space' part, but never saw a proof of it, as it was trivial... Can you prove it?
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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BURN THEM It is an old one... We have two ropes. Both will burn exactly one hour from one end to other, but they both burn at uneven space as it may be that one will burn half the length in 10 minutes and the other half in the remaining 50 minutes... The question is how to measure 45 minutes with these two ropes? The answer is that set fire on both end of the ropes will half the burning time... My problem is that the answer is seems to contradict the 'burn at uneven space' part, but never saw a proof of it, as it was trivial... Can you prove it?
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
Light first rope on both ends. Because it doesn't burn evenly, the flames may not meet in the middle but the entire rope will still burn in 30 minutes. Sell second rope and buy a cheap watch. Drop cheap watch from top of Dubai towers. Due to updraft, it will take exactly 45 minutes for the watch to hit the ground. Plus or minus 44 minutes.
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BURN THEM It is an old one... We have two ropes. Both will burn exactly one hour from one end to other, but they both burn at uneven space as it may be that one will burn half the length in 10 minutes and the other half in the remaining 50 minutes... The question is how to measure 45 minutes with these two ropes? The answer is that set fire on both end of the ropes will half the burning time... My problem is that the answer is seems to contradict the 'burn at uneven space' part, but never saw a proof of it, as it was trivial... Can you prove it?
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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(It's "uneven rates", by the way.) The trouble is that the uneven-rates thing adds a random element to the equation, so there is no way to solve it except by statistics -- but with a sample of only two, any statistical analysis would be untrustworthy.
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You can't, because you had to burn them already, to prove that they took an hour.
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I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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BURN THEM It is an old one... We have two ropes. Both will burn exactly one hour from one end to other, but they both burn at uneven space as it may be that one will burn half the length in 10 minutes and the other half in the remaining 50 minutes... The question is how to measure 45 minutes with these two ropes? The answer is that set fire on both end of the ropes will half the burning time... My problem is that the answer is seems to contradict the 'burn at uneven space' part, but never saw a proof of it, as it was trivial... Can you prove it?
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
Even Bing will find suitable explanations.
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BURN THEM It is an old one... We have two ropes. Both will burn exactly one hour from one end to other, but they both burn at uneven space as it may be that one will burn half the length in 10 minutes and the other half in the remaining 50 minutes... The question is how to measure 45 minutes with these two ropes? The answer is that set fire on both end of the ropes will half the burning time... My problem is that the answer is seems to contradict the 'burn at uneven space' part, but never saw a proof of it, as it was trivial... Can you prove it?
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
Tie the two ropes together. Make a hangman's noose in one end of the ropes. Throw the other end over a stout branch of a tree and tie it off. Place the OP on a horse beneath the tree. Place the noose around his/her/it's/their neck. Whack the horse on the ass.
Software Zen:
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BURN THEM It is an old one... We have two ropes. Both will burn exactly one hour from one end to other, but they both burn at uneven space as it may be that one will burn half the length in 10 minutes and the other half in the remaining 50 minutes... The question is how to measure 45 minutes with these two ropes? The answer is that set fire on both end of the ropes will half the burning time... My problem is that the answer is seems to contradict the 'burn at uneven space' part, but never saw a proof of it, as it was trivial... Can you prove it?
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
I guess you can do it with only one rope unless I understood it wrong ( English is not my first language ). 1. Fold the rope in half and mark the mid point. 2. Fold the thinner end of the rope in half to mark the mid point of that section. 3. Start burning from both end until you reached midpoint of thinner end. 4. Putout fire. By that time rope's thicker end will have burned to mark 5 minute. 5. Start burning from midway mark done in step 1 until whole rope is gone. ( That is 45 minutes ) Something I tried to do on paper. [^]
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
