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Mike Raiford wrote:
> My wife gave me very strange looks when I started doing the Towers of
> Hanoi problem with his stacking cups (Which, by the way, are ideal for
> that)
Now that's perfectly normal behaviour for anyone who posts here ;-)
I do similar tricks but I still refuse to tidy cupboards, wardrobes and
other storage facilities. My desktop is, of course another matter
entirely. Its empty except for a photograph, a telephone and whatever
I'm working on at the time.
John
--
I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.
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LIFO
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Kyle wrote:
> Her sort order is likely based upon which ten items she will try on during the two
hour that she is getting ready to go somewhere. That seems to be the way my wife does
it, best I can tell.
You know, that might be it. I'll have to observe* her the next time she
gets ready to go somewhere.
*Surreptitiously, of course. For some reason, she doesn't like me to
watch her get ready (though she wants me to give my opinion on the
things she tries on...)
...Chambers
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> My wife gave me very strange looks when I started doing the Towers of
> Hanoi problem with his stacking cups (Which, by the way, are ideal for
> that)
...how did you *get* a wife in the first place?? o_O
(Also... is it bad that when I visited the technology exhibit at the
London Science Museum, I was able to solve the "guess the binary number"
puzzle in less than 2^N attempts every time by using a Grey code?)
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Jim Charter wrote:
> LIFO
+15 points.
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Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
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>> My wife gave me very strange looks when I started doing the Towers of
>> Hanoi problem with his stacking cups (Which, by the way, are ideal for
>> that)
>
> ...how did you *get* a wife in the first place?? o_O
Clubbing them over the head is effective :)
> (Also... is it bad that when I visited the technology exhibit at the
> London Science Museum, I was able to solve the "guess the binary number"
> puzzle in less than 2^N attempts every time by using a Grey code?)
No, it's frackin' awsome! :)
...Chambers
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>> ...how did you *get* a wife in the first place?? o_O
>
> Clubbing them over the head is effective :)
Ah. A corpse bride. ;-)
>> (Also... is it bad that when I visited the technology exhibit at the
>> London Science Museum, I was able to solve the "guess the binary
>> number" puzzle in less than 2^N attempts every time by using a Grey
>> code?)
>
> No, it's frackin' awsome! :)
Oh. LOL!
Apparently they're holding a large Haskell event next month. However,
rather than hold it in Cambridge, where I can get to it, this year they
decided to move it to London, where I can't get to it. Gee, that's nice.
On the other hand... my next door neighbor is apparently a Haskell
programmer. (How random is that??)
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> scott wrote:
>
>> It's sounding very much like my gf too...
>>
>> My hobby: Rotating things by a non-multiple of 90 degrees
>
> Ah. It's time to tell my tale of the rooster plates. You see, back when
> we got married, my wife and I decided we'd build a kitchen theme around
> an old napkin holder handed down from her great grandmother. So, the
> rooster theme was born. Our kitchen and dining areas are all roosters.
> Anyway, we have these nice plates with (you guessed it) various breeds
> of rooster on them. If I carelessly set down my plate wrongly oriented,
> she goes berserk. The chicken must be right-side-up to me. So, I have
> now taken to purposefully placing my plate in various "wrong" positions.
> Most of the time she notices. I'm thinking of performing psychological
> experiments next: Increment the orientation of the plate by a few
> degrees each day, to find out what her threshold is ...
>
What about creating one of your own with two chickens at a 12 degree angle?
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Darren New wrote:
> Phil Cook wrote:
> (Since I can empty the whole dishwasher in the time it takes to re-nuke a cup of
> coffee, I don't really see the savings there.)
Does that refer to the bizarre American habit of reheating coffee in a
microwave?
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andrel wrote:
> Does that refer to the bizarre American habit of reheating coffee in a
> microwave?
Yes. While it's not as good as drinking it fresh, it's better than
drinking it cold or throwing it away and starting over. :-)
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
Helpful housekeeping hints:
Check your feather pillows for holes
before putting them in the washing machine.
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