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I do it by function.
My t-shirts go next to my casual pants & jeans.
My dress shirts go next to my slacks, which go next to my suit, which go
next to my tie hanger.
Etc.
This is quite logical to me, and it's not hard when looking at it to see
that it is sorted into these (and a few other) sections.
My wife, on the other hand, has no discernible system that I can
discover. She doesn't sort by color, or by function, and apparently not
even by ensemble. Yet she always tells me that I put her clothes in the
wrong place when I do laundry, and she never puts my clothes where I
think they should go.
...Chambers
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Chambers wrote:
> I do it by function.
I'm enough of a nerd that I actually have labels in the closet saying
where things go. :-) I still have to reorganize it every few months if I
actually care.
One other helpful hint: After you take clothes off a hanger, put the
hanger in a specific spot. Then when it's time to hang up the laundry
after washing it, you don't have to hunt thru the closet to find all the
hangers to take to the laundry room.
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Helpful housekeeping hints:
Check your feather pillows for holes
before putting them in the washing machine.
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Chambers wrote:
> I do it by function.
Haven't been in the closet in years.
No, seriously, the closet in this apartment is too useless for clothes.
I store towels, spare computer parts, and my collection of long coats in
the closet. The cabinet I have for clothes is sorted by function and
style. Fancy, delicate, or otherwise difficult to fold things stay on
hangers, everything else gets folded into a basket by function. Except
on weeks, like this, where I don't spend all that much time in one
place. These days, I live out of a suitcase.
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Darren New wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
>> I do it by function.
>
> I'm enough of a nerd that I actually have labels in the closet saying
> where things go. :-)
Ooh, I should do this!
> One other helpful hint: After you take clothes off a hanger, put the
> hanger in a specific spot. Then when it's time to hang up the laundry
> after washing it, you don't have to hunt thru the closet to find all the
> hangers to take to the laundry room.
Meh, I already do that, and she just steals the hangers from my closet
instead of hunting through hers for spare ones.
...Chambers
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> I do it by function.
My philosophy is that the most common things you use should be easiest and
quickest to get at. This doesn't just go for clothes, but also for stuff in
the kitchen, bathroom etc. This also means that twice a year I need to
rearrange a bit.
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Chambers wrote:
> I do it by function.
>
> My t-shirts go next to my casual pants & jeans.
> My dress shirts go next to my slacks, which go next to my suit, which go
> next to my tie hanger.
> Etc.
>
I don't... :-)
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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Doctor John wrote:
> I don't... :-)
Likewise...
But then, my mum seems to have some kind of obsessive compulsive
disorder that causes her to ritually sort and resort anything that isn't
locked down, so...
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:55:42 -0700, Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguy com>
wrote:
Reluctantly and with bad grace :)
--
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Stephen
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... Sort?
Usually what winds up happening is my clothing "order" (I use that term
loosely) metamorphises through the seasons. During the cool season cool
season clothes tend to be toward the middle of the rack, most
accessible, during the warm season the opposite is true. It's mainly a
result of cramming everything that comes out of the laundry in the middle.
For things other than clothes... It just sort of collects into random
piles around the perimeter.
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Heh. Sort your closet?
That brings a whole *new* meaning to "heap sort"... ;-)
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Invisible wrote:
> Doctor John wrote:
>
>> I don't... :-)
>
> Likewise...
>
> But then, my mum seems to have some kind of obsessive compulsive
> disorder that causes her to ritually sort and resort anything that isn't
> locked down, so...
>
Is she related to my gf? :-)
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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>> But then, my mum seems to have some kind of obsessive compulsive
>> disorder that causes her to ritually sort and resort anything that isn't
>> locked down, so...
>>
> Is she related to my gf? :-)
I don't know. Does your girl insist on arranging the cups in the
cupboard according to a strict set of rules? Does she complaing if socks
are not perfectly cylindrical? Does it matter to her if an item of
clothing is hung on a hanger of the wrong colour??
--
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Invisible wrote:
>
> I don't know. Does your girl insist on arranging the cups in the
> cupboard according to a strict set of rules? Does she complaing if socks
> are not perfectly cylindrical? Does it matter to her if an item of
> clothing is hung on a hanger of the wrong colour??
>
Ah. In the light of these revelations I think I can say that she is
definitely not related :-)
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
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> I don't know. Does your girl insist on arranging the cups in the
> cupboard according to a strict set of rules? Does she complaing if socks
> are not perfectly cylindrical? Does it matter to her if an item of
> clothing is hung on a hanger of the wrong colour??
It's sounding very much like my gf too...
My hobby: Rotating things by a non-multiple of 90 degrees
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>> I don't know. Does your girl insist on arranging the cups in the
>> cupboard according to a strict set of rules? Does she complaing if
>> socks are not perfectly cylindrical? Does it matter to her if an item
>> of clothing is hung on a hanger of the wrong colour??
>
> It's sounding very much like my gf too...
Hell, if it was a *girlfriend* I'd just find another one. ;-) You can't
easily do that with your mother. :-S
> My hobby: Rotating things by a non-multiple of 90 degrees
LOLZ.
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>> It's sounding very much like my gf too...
>
> Hell, if it was a *girlfriend* I'd just find another one. ;-) You can't
> easily do that with your mother. :-S
OK, well she's not quite as bad as your mum sounds, and she's good for other
purposes that I suspect your mother isn't. And I don't really care, so long
as she doesn't expect me to do the same as she does.
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>> I don't know. Does your girl insist on arranging the cups in the
>> cupboard according to a strict set of rules? Does she complaing if socks
>> are not perfectly cylindrical? Does it matter to her if an item of
>> clothing is hung on a hanger of the wrong colour??
>>
> Ah. In the light of these revelations I think I can say that she is
> definitely not related :-)
Oh good! The thought of two is just worrying...
Seriously. I can understand that the cups are different sizes, and some
ways stack better than others. We do have a hell of a lot of cups, so if
you stack them wrong they won't all fit into the cupboard. But when we
reach the level of arguing about which way the designs face and
attempting to solve some weird variant of the four-colour map problem
(i.e., find a configuration of cups such that no two adjacent cups have
colour schemes that are subjectively deemed to "clash")...
I mean, like, WTF? Who *cares* if it's "inappropriate" to have a Mars
mug next to a Children In Need mug? GET A LIFE!
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>> Hell, if it was a *girlfriend* I'd just find another one. ;-) You
>> can't easily do that with your mother. :-S
>
> OK, well she's not quite as bad as your mum sounds, and she's good for
> other purposes that I suspect your mother isn't.
Hee. ;-)
My mum only really has one use: You know how sometimes people try to
sell you something, and you really don't want to buy it, but they don't
get the message? The way my mum says it, they all seem to get the
message really rapidly...
Do NOT interrupt my mum's supper if you value your life. Seriously. The
last double-glazing salesman who did that... I hear they still haven't
released him from the funny farm yet after his nervous breakdown. >:-)
--
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And lo on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:55:42 +0100, Chambers
<ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> did spake, saying:
> I do it by function.
Things I wear the most hang furthest from the hinge, similar items are
stuffed into the drawers.
Heh the weird thing is I'm the one who's called upon to organise shelves
for optimal loading, not that I get any thanks -
"I can't get to X or Y without moving Z"
"Well yeah, but you've got a choice - move Z to get to X or Y; or move
both X *and* Y to get to Z; or remove X, Y, or Z from the cupboard"
"Oh okay"
and before you ask Z tends to be used more then either X & Y combined.
Hmm it's like at the supermarket check-out I arrange the items to come
through the till in the same order I want to pack them I don't understand
people who just tip everything out.
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Phil Cook wrote:
> Hmm it's like at the supermarket check-out I arrange the items to come
> through the till in the same order I want to pack them I don't
> understand people who just tip everything out.
Ooo, you don't carefully arrange items according to dimensions,
geometry, weight and temperature do you?
I mean, I try to avoid putting heavy stuff on top of light stuff. But
that's as far as I go.
Obligatory XKCD reference:
http://xkcd.com/309/
--
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Invisible wrote:
> Heh. Sort your closet?
>
> That brings a whole *new* meaning to "heap sort"... ;-)
>
*groan*!
...Chambers
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Chambers wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Heh. Sort your closet?
>>
>> That brings a whole *new* meaning to "heap sort"... ;-)
>>
>
> *groan*!
Heeee! I win! ^_^
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And lo on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:19:31 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did
spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> Hmm it's like at the supermarket check-out I arrange the items to come
>> through the till in the same order I want to pack them I don't
>> understand people who just tip everything out.
>
> Ooo, you don't carefully arrange items according to dimensions,
> geometry, weight and temperature do you?
Well yeah, otherwise what's the point? These are frozen and stackable;
this is cold and upright so it can sit next to them; these are light,
stackable and refrigerated so they can sit on the others. These are thin
and cool and can slot down the sides, these are non-cool, light, and
stackable so they sit on the top or in another bag on top of the non-cool
heavy stackables. These are squishable so go on the top of any bag unless
they're also heavy in which case they get the side of the bag if possible
or are paired with the very light. It hardly takes an effort to sort this
way.
> I mean, I try to avoid putting heavy stuff on top of light stuff. But
> that's as far as I go.
Yes, but light doesn't equate to non-rigid. Compared to some items bread
is heavy, but I wouldn't put it at the bottom of the bag unless the total
weight of the items above it was very light.
> Obligatory XKCD reference:
> http://xkcd.com/309/
Unfortunately I'm in the Two Nerd section even when on my own.
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> It hardly takes an effort to sort this way.
...da HELL??
>> I mean, I try to avoid putting heavy stuff on top of light stuff. But
>> that's as far as I go.
>
> Yes, but light doesn't equate to non-rigid. Compared to some items bread
> is heavy, but I wouldn't put it at the bottom of the bag unless the
> total weight of the items above it was very light.
There are things that are lighter than bread, but I stuggle to think of
anything that could be damaged by it...
>> Obligatory XKCD reference:
>> http://xkcd.com/309/
>
> Unfortunately I'm in the Two Nerd section even when on my own.
PWN3D!
BY YOURSELF! :-D
Obligatory XKCD reference:
http://xkcd.com/236/
[Be sure to check the alt-text.]
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And lo on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:09:12 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did
spake, saying:
>> It hardly takes an effort to sort this way.
>
> ...da HELL??
Well it doesn't! It already tends to be arranged structurally in the
trolley or basket so it's just a case of regrouping it on the conveyor.
Call it a matter of practice I don't think there's any reason everybody
shouldn't do this.
>>> I mean, I try to avoid putting heavy stuff on top of light stuff. But
>>> that's as far as I go.
>> Yes, but light doesn't equate to non-rigid. Compared to some items
>> bread is heavy, but I wouldn't put it at the bottom of the bag unless
>> the total weight of the items above it was very light.
>
> There are things that are lighter than bread, but I stuggle to think of
> anything that could be damaged by it...
Exactly, which is why you can't split things by the simple heavy/light
description. You also have to take into account how you'll be carrying
these things or packing them in the car. Put the bread at the top of a
carrier and hold the handles and you may be squeezing only the top section
of the bread so it's best sitting in the middle or upright down the side
depending on what could be going on top of it.
>>> Obligatory XKCD reference:
>>> http://xkcd.com/309/
>> Unfortunately I'm in the Two Nerd section even when on my own.
>
> PWN3D!
>
> BY YOURSELF! :-D
Better then being pwned by someone else :-P
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:05:19 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>
>Oh good! The thought of two is just worrying...
I bet :)
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Phil Cook wrote:
> Hmm it's like at the supermarket check-out I arrange the items to come
> through the till in the same order I want to pack them I don't
My brother puts all the spoons in one bucket in the dishwasher, all the
forks in another, etc, so he doesn't have to sort the utensils. (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.)
On the other hand, I have two colors of socks: light and dark. When they
were out, I buy 20+ pairs of new socks all the same and use them until
too many wear out. I haven't sorted socks since high school.
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Darren New wrote:
> My brother puts all the spoons in one bucket in the dishwasher, all the
> forks in another, etc, so he doesn't have to sort the utensils. (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.)
Hmm. Sort the items in insertion. Sort the items on removal. Sounds like
both algorithms should be of equal time complexity...
> On the other hand, I have two colors of socks: light and dark. When they
> were out, I buy 20+ pairs of new socks all the same and use them until
> too many wear out. I haven't sorted socks since high school.
I could go for that.
For some reason, whenever my mum drags me out shopping, we go into about
15 shops and *finally* find a pair of trousers that look good on me, and
then we buy *one* pair. WTF? Why don't we just buy, say, 15 identical
pairs? That way I wouldn't keep running out of trousers to wear!
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And lo on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:30:42 +0100, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
did spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>> Hmm it's like at the supermarket check-out I arrange the items to come
>> through the till in the same order I want to pack them I don't
>
> My brother puts all the spoons in one bucket in the dishwasher, all the
> forks in another, etc, so he doesn't have to sort the utensils. (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.)
Well my dishwashing activities involves a sink, a bowl, and a pair of
yellow gloves; but I do arrange the cutlery in the draining board.
> On the other hand, I have two colors of socks: light and dark. When they
> were out, I buy 20+ pairs of new socks all the same and use them until
> too many wear out. I haven't sorted socks since high school.
I don't even have the light pairs to worry about I just buy black.
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:55:42 -0700, Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
>I do it by function.
I don't sort my clothes, my wife does.
>My t-shirts go next to my casual pants & jeans.
>My dress shirts go next to my slacks, which go next to my suit, which go
>next to my tie hanger.
>Etc.
This is her method for my clothes.
>My wife, on the other hand, has no discernible system that I can
>discover. She doesn't sort by color, or by function, and apparently not
>even by ensemble. Yet she always tells me that I put her clothes in the
>wrong place when I do laundry, and she never puts my clothes where I
>think they should go.
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.
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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 ...
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Phil Cook wrote:
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> Hmm it's like at the supermarket check-out I arrange the items to come
> through the till in the same order I want to pack them I don't
> understand people who just tip everything out.
>
Ahh. I play a game of Supermarket Tetris as I unload. Fitting items as
they come out as tightly together as I can. I can usually get the entire
belt loaded in half the space as most people. Usually completely
unloaded before the person in front of me has completed their transaction.
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> 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 ...
...and people tell me *I'm* strange! ;-)
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And lo on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:52:26 +0100, Mike Raiford
<mra### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> Hmm it's like at the supermarket check-out I arrange the items to come
>> through the till in the same order I want to pack them I don't
>> understand people who just tip everything out.
>
> Ahh. I play a game of Supermarket Tetris as I unload. Fitting items as
> they come out as tightly together as I can. I can usually get the entire
> belt loaded in half the space as most people. Usually completely
> unloaded before the person in front of me has completed their
> transaction.
Oh yes that too of course, though it's subordinate to the packing rule.
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And lo on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:48:00 +0100, Mike Raiford
<mra### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
> scott wrote:
>
>> It's sounding very much like my gf too...
>> My hobby: Rotating things by a non-multiple of 90 degrees
>
> 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.
Sad to say I see nothing wrong in your wife's attitude. Now I can make an
argument that the 'correct' position may also, depending on design, be
180° away from you and thus right-side-up to your opposite number... sigh
yes I am the type of person who wants to straighten frames in receptions,
it just itches to see them like that... okay, okay I also tidy up the
magazines too; happy now?
cue another "and people tell me *I'm* strange" :-)
> 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 ...
Monster! :-P
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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Phil Cook wrote:
> Sad to say I see nothing wrong in your wife's attitude. Now I can make
> an argument that the 'correct' position may also, depending on design,
> be 180° away from you and thus right-side-up to your opposite number...
> sigh yes I am the type of person who wants to straighten frames in
> receptions, it just itches to see them like that... okay, okay I also
> tidy up the magazines too; happy now?
Gaah!
Man, I thought *I* was type-a for organizing my son's chain thingy toy
in hue order.
But the plates are another matter. I'm sitting down for a quick lunch,
maybe a sandwich and chips (crisps for you British folk) on a plate. I'm
not going to care what direction the art points.
I've threatened to replace the plates with omnidirectional ones.
>> 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 ...
>
> Monster! :-P
>
Heh heh... >:-)
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And lo on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:25:46 +0100, Mike Raiford
<mra### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> Sad to say I see nothing wrong in your wife's attitude. Now I can make
>> an argument that the 'correct' position may also, depending on design,
>> be 180° away from you and thus right-side-up to your opposite number...
>> sigh yes I am the type of person who wants to straighten frames in
>> receptions, it just itches to see them like that... okay, okay I also
>> tidy up the magazines too; happy now?
>
> Gaah!
>
> Man, I thought *I* was type-a for organizing my son's chain thingy toy
> in hue order.
Why wouldn't it be hue-order to start with? If it's what I think it is (or
close to it) I'm trying to imagine one that isn't and urgh no that's just
wrong.
> But the plates are another matter. I'm sitting down for a quick lunch,
> maybe a sandwich and chips (crisps for you British folk) on a plate. I'm
> not going to care what direction the art points.
>
> I've threatened to replace the plates with omnidirectional ones.
Heh I already have ones with a symmetrical pattern... the mats they sit on
however are directional :-)
--
Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>
>> My brother puts all the spoons in one bucket in the dishwasher, all
>> the forks in another, etc, so he doesn't have to sort the utensils.
>> (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.)
>
> Hmm. Sort the items in insertion. Sort the items on removal. Sounds like
> both algorithms should be of equal time complexity...
The difference is that it takes no additional time to sort them on
insertion, because they're already spread out and unsorted. During
insertion, you have to insert them one at a time because they're
physically spread out. During removal, they're all in the dishwasher
basket, going to all in the drawer.
Like, do you defrag the disk before you copy everything to a new disk,
or after? If before, you only thrash the head around once.
>> On the other hand, I have two colors of socks: light and dark. When
>> they were out, I buy 20+ pairs of new socks all the same and use them
>> until too many wear out. I haven't sorted socks since high school.
>
> I could go for that.
I think I'm just still scarred from my experiences as a child, wherein I
would have to sort socks that were like 6 different shades of navy blue,
plus dark brown, dark grey, darker grey, black, mildly faded black, etc. :-)
> then we buy *one* pair. WTF? Why don't we just buy, say, 15 identical
> pairs? That way I wouldn't keep running out of trousers to wear!
Same here, except usually I only manage to find one in the pile.
--
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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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.
LOL! So true, so true.
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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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Phil Cook wrote:
>
> Why wouldn't it be hue-order to start with? If it's what I think it is
> (or close to it) I'm trying to imagine one that isn't and urgh no
> that's just wrong.
>
Baby plays with toy, mom hooks them together after they get separated
and scattered ... generally in an effort to keep everything together but
work quickly..
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)
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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:
>
>> 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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