Last Weekend

Naethyn · Post by **Naethyn** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:18 am

I went down to Fort Lauderdale for an interview. I applied for a programming position. Everything went super well. I'm hoping to hear back from them in the next few days. I also met up with a girlfriend and she let me stay at her condo. It was all very nice. During the interview they asked me a logic question. I did find the answer, but I thought I would share it with NT as I found it interesting. Here goes...

There is a scale. Like the one the justice lady holds. There are also 8 golf balls. 7 are all the same weight. One is heavier than the others. You have two chances to use the scale. Find the ball that is heavier.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:24 am

What constitutes a use?

I'd place one on each side simultaneously until one side drops.

That of course only works if each placement of a ball isn't considered a "use".

Post by **Martrae** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:28 am

Hell, just hold them in your hands....you can feel which one is heavier.

Snero · Post by **Snero** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:30 am

put 3 balls on one side, 3 balls on the other

if both are even, the heavier one is one of the two you held out, put those two on the scale

if one side is heavier, take those three balls and weigh 2 of them. If one is heavier, you have your winner, if they're the same then the ball you didn't put on the scale is the one you're looking for

Gaazy · Post by **Gaazy** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:31 am

If I read your post and didnt know who it was, I would have thought you were a girl by the "I met up with one of my girlfrands"

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:40 am

Snero wrote:put 3 balls on one side, 3 balls on the other

if both are even, the heavier one is one of the two you held out, put those two on the scale

if one side is heavier, take those three balls and weigh 2 of them. If one is heavier, you have your winner, if they're the same then the ball you didn't put on the scale is the one you're looking for

No.

Eziekial · Post by **Eziekial** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:46 am

that is the right answer you fool. what's the "No" is for I have yet to figure out.

Gypsiyee · Post by **Gypsiyee** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:50 am

Harrison wrote:
Snero wrote:put 3 balls on one side, 3 balls on the other

if both are even, the heavier one is one of the two you held out, put those two on the scale

if one side is heavier, take those three balls and weigh 2 of them. If one is heavier, you have your winner, if they're the same then the ball you didn't put on the scale is the one you're looking for

No.

well with your way, you're using the scale at least 4 times.

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:10 am

Gypsiyee wrote:
Harrison wrote:
Snero wrote:put 3 balls on one side, 3 balls on the other

if both are even, the heavier one is one of the two you held out, put those two on the scale

if one side is heavier, take those three balls and weigh 2 of them. If one is heavier, you have your winner, if they're the same then the ball you didn't put on the scale is the one you're looking for

No.

well with your way, you're using the scale at least 4 times.

Actually only twice.

Snero · Post by **Snero** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:11 am

Gypsiyee wrote:
well with your way, you're using the scale at least 4 times.

my way?

Darcler · Post by **Darcler** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:11 am

No, Harrison's.

Gypsiyee · Post by **Gypsiyee** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:12 am

On harrison's? How is that only twice - placing and weighing each placement would constitute a use, I'd think.

Gypsiyee · Post by **Gypsiyee** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:13 am

No snerp, it was in response to harrisons abrupt matter of factual no.

Post by **Arlos** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:16 am

How about this for a logic puzzle:

At the top of a building, you have an ordinary 100 watt incandescent light bulb, that is operated by a switch at the ground floor. However, down at the ground floor you have 3 switches, and you do not know which is the correct switch to operate the light bulb, and you cannot see the bulb from there. In order to figure out if the bulb is on after you flip a switch, you need to take the speed elevator to the top of the building and check it in person.

Figure out which of the 3 switches is the correct one, with only 1 trip up in the elevator to the roof check the bulb. How do you do it?

-Arlos

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:19 am

I flip one switch on and leave it for like half an hour. Then i flip it off and flip another one on. Then take the elevator. Once up there, if the light is on the second switch is it. If the light is off, then i touch the bulb, if it's hot then it's the first switch. If it's cold then it's the third switch.

Eziekial · Post by **Eziekial** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:23 am

You got me. I would have called a friend with a cellphone and had them flip switches while I watch.

What I want to know is why put a switch for a bulb at the top of a building on the ground floor and not label it?

Post by **Arlos** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:36 am

Phlegm got it.

-Arlos

Naethyn · Post by **Naethyn** » Thu May 31, 2007 12:22 pm

Gaazy wrote:If I read your post and didnt know who it was, I would have thought you were a girl by the "I met up with one of my girlfrands"

I posted a pic in my gallery if you want a look. Coolest chick I've ever met.

Gaazy · Post by **Gaazy** » Thu May 31, 2007 12:25 pm

If its the girl in the yellow, she'd get the fwapping stick a few good times~

Naethyn · Post by **Naethyn** » Thu May 31, 2007 12:26 pm

Btw, Gratz snero.

Ginzburgh · Post by **Ginzburgh** » Thu May 31, 2007 12:52 pm

I also met up with a girlfriend and she let me stay at her condo.

Did you fuck her?

P.S. Grow your hair back.

Insanityfair · Post by **Insanityfair** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:07 pm

Ginzburgh wrote:
P.S. Grow your hair back.

Seconded.

Post by **Martrae** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:09 pm

Ginzburgh wrote:
I also met up with a girlfriend and she let me stay at her condo.

Did you fuck her?

P.S. Grow your hair back.

Duh, if she'd have let him do that he would have said it.

Besides, she wouldn't be nearly as cool if they'd had sex. She's cool because she let him see her naked and still managed to turn him down without pissing him off.

Naethyn · Post by **Naethyn** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:28 pm

How shitty would that be if I went on the internet posting pics of a girl saying I fucked her. lol

Anyways,
Fort Lauderdale is awesome. Really hoping I get this job!!!!

ps. my hair is growing back. woot.

pps. never go to the ghetto to get a hair cut. I asked for 1 inch off and they pull the 1 clipper to the side of my head.

Ginzburgh · Post by **Ginzburgh** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:58 pm

"Yo I can do fades mad good son"