| Re: Lick up your ears by Dental Panic |
ALChemy 24.74.100.11 |
4-Mar-06/9:37 AM |
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Surely you've heard the saying "prick up your ears" which is meant to be misheard as "prick up your rears"?
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| Re: tomorrow is another day by hendrimike |
ALChemy 24.74.100.11 |
4-Mar-06/9:30 AM |
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"Frankly _ I don't give a damn."
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| Re: a comment on Harp Song of the Prawne Men by -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. |
zodiac 206.174.124.170 |
4-Mar-06/9:23 AM |
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Done. I'd be interested in seeing the math for this, if there is any.
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| Re: a comment on Harp Song of the Prawne Men by -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. |
ALChemy 24.74.100.11 |
4-Mar-06/7:56 AM |
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I've heard this one before except it was with a deck of cards.
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| Re: a comment on =, <>, & . . . by Dovina |
ALChemy 24.74.100.11 |
4-Mar-06/7:19 AM |
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-and Sophie's Choice has become a widely used term for any no win, tragic decision that must be made.
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| Re: a comment on =, <>, & . . . by Dovina |
ALChemy 24.74.100.11 |
4-Mar-06/7:13 AM |
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Funny, I don't remember the 2 girls being conjoined let alone twins.
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| Re: a comment on =, <>, & . . . by Dovina |
Blue Magpie 212.205.251.2 |
4-Mar-06/4:32 AM |
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What about the rest of us, or are you just talking to yourself.
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| Re: tic toc by skaskowski |
Blue Magpie 212.205.251.2 |
4-Mar-06/4:27 AM |
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There is real potential in the first stanza and the first line of the second, but you seem to through it away after that.
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| Re: a comment on Harp Song of the Prawne Men by -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. |
-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 86.135.203.170 |
4-Mar-06/2:36 AM |
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You've solved it then? Excellent work! But don't reveal the secret here. Hand in your paper to captainshoehorn at hotmail dot com, where it shall receive a stern going-over.
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| Re: a comment on isomers by skaskowski |
skaskowski 70.225.168.60 |
4-Mar-06/12:16 AM |
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either thanks for sort of getting it or thanks for patronizing me. either way, thanks.
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| Re: a comment on Harp Song of the Prawne Men by -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. |
zodiac 209.193.14.140 |
3-Mar-06/10:56 PM |
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I had to try this the ten most difficult ways before it occured to me to try my first idea, which of course was the simplest one and correct. I'm happy to say I haven't forgot enough maths that 90 & 10 didn't immediately suggest themselves.
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| Re: a comment on =, <>, & . . . by Dovina |
Dovina 69.175.32.104 |
3-Mar-06/9:09 PM |
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In stupidity is confidence, and in silly puzzles is stupidity.
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| Re: a comment on =, <>, & . . . by Dovina |
Dental Panic 84.27.6.94 |
3-Mar-06/7:22 PM |
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'I enjoy solving puzzles and dancing around them when I think they are silly,'
In der Dummheit ist eine Zuversicht.
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| Re: a comment on =, <>, & . . . by Dovina |
zodiac 209.193.14.140 |
3-Mar-06/5:39 PM |
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You don't think making a choice between a small certain reward and a large uncertain reward is "about real issues"? Try telling that to an Iraqi.
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| Re: a comment on =, <>, & . . . by Dovina |
Dovina 69.175.32.104 |
3-Mar-06/5:34 PM |
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"Sophie's Choice" was different. She had congenital twins joined at the head. She had to mark one of them to die or they would both perish. That's more than a question about words, it's about real issues. I enjoy solving puzzles and dancing around them when I think they are silly, but Sophie's choice was different.
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| Re: a comment on Harp Song of the Prawne Men by -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. |
-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 86.135.203.170 |
3-Mar-06/5:19 PM |
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100 reversible black/white counters are in a darkened room. Call a counter White if its white side is facing up. Call it Black if its black side is facing up. You know that 90 of the 100 counters are Black and 10 are White. Arrange the counters into two distinct piles, each with the same number of Whites. (Obviously you cannot see the counters, merely fondle them. And flip them if you want.) [10 marks]
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| Re: a comment on A Failed Proposition Under The Night Sky by Ranger |
Ranger 62.252.32.15 |
3-Mar-06/5:15 PM |
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"Could the mist, a flowing turn of white
Seem to him by dawn avail"...?
Maybe I could find an object for 'avail' and enjamb it. It really needs to stay at the end of the line for full effect, though.
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| Re: a comment on There by Dovina |
Dovina 69.175.32.104 |
3-Mar-06/5:15 PM |
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I wish I had your faith, brother. I'm a simple woman, not easily given to certitudes.
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| Re: a comment on =, <>, & . . . by Dovina |
-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 86.135.203.170 |
3-Mar-06/5:03 PM |
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Skimming through this thread gave me a headache.
By A do you mean "200 people will be saved, and 400 will die"? Perhaps I'm nitpicking, but suppose I save 600 people with program X. It's still the case that program X saved 200 people (it's just that it saved some more that aren't mentioned). Do you see my point? The same thing holds for C. Presumably it's meant to say "If C is adopted 400 people will die, and 200 will be saved"
Given that natural interpretation, I'd choose A (equivalently C) because A and B have the same expected lives saved, but B has higher volatility. A has 0 volatility. A Gentleman does not play dice with the universe.
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| Re: a comment on =, <>, & . . . by Dovina |
ALChemy 24.74.100.11 |
3-Mar-06/4:57 PM |
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