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 Jun 11 2006, 02:37 PM
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 Boss, my code's compiling (xkcd)  Group: Admins Posts: 10,440 Joined: 19-September 01 Member No.: 1   |
Ok, here's this week's question. Let's see what happens! Remember, there are no wrong answers.
Imagine you've been shrunk to the height of a nickle and your mass is proportionally reduced, which means you maintain your original density, and then thrown into an empty glass blender. You've got 60 seconds before the blades start moving. What do you do? I'll post the source next Sunday. --------------------    Things that I don't suck at: Photography (flickr, JPG Mag), "Don't bail; the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap!" -Randy Pausch I have people-skills goddamnit! What is wrong with you people!!! | www.skyrill.com |
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Jun 11 2006, 04:02 PM
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SuperNova III Member Group: Support Team Posts: 2,141 Joined: 2-November 02 From: Toronto Member No.: 302  |
In that case i would have got only a small percentage of my current brain cells & i wouldn't be able to think of sth smarter than simply moving around & hitting myself to the walls like an insect.
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Jun 11 2006, 06:14 PM
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 Legendary  Group: ++Member Posts: 601 Joined: 26-March 04 Member No.: 895   Mili and Tary HG Champion! Ski Champion! Space Invaders Champion! |
well if its like a blender i have seen sit in the middle and enjoy the ride for as long as i can hold on before i fall off and die a extreme death.
interesting amir interesting -------------------- There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven,
no hell. It is all a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought,wandering forlorn among the empty eternities! Mark Twain  |
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Jun 11 2006, 10:24 PM
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 Verto Venatus Deus!  Group: Moderators Posts: 913 Joined: 18-December 03 From: Missoula, MT Member No.: 735 |
umm .. if i was the size of a nickel what would i do?
.. ya know, i'd be the most endowed small person ever :-" lol well, seriously, seeing how the human body is made, and since your mass and density is perportional to your height, you'd prolly implode by gravities weight before the blender did anything to ya... however, if you reformed the question to allow for you to live for the next 30 seconds, you could prolly crawl into a small pocket underneath the blades and you could live, as long as said perportionality didnt cause the vacuum caused by the spinning to kill ya.. sooo either way, yer f***'d -------------------- I'm Back!
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Jun 12 2006, 12:01 AM
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 No way... It compiles? SHIP IT! Group: Moderators Posts: 609 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada Member No.: 2,133 |
I would try to hold onto one of the blades but at the top...because they would be moving slower at the top, then say the bottom because I'm assuming the blades are more of a triangle shape and get bigger at the top.
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Jun 12 2006, 05:42 AM
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 MaD_cOw has nothing on me at MODing! Group: Moderators Posts: 916 Joined: 4-June 04 From: California Member No.: 1,362 |
I've seen similiar pages to this before, muhaha!
But I would just lay on my back and wait for it to finish. If all goes well, the blender blades are taller then my stomach and myself, so I should be fine. Ryan -------------------- QUOTE("Richard Hammond - Top Gear") We're gonna to die now, that's it." |
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Jun 12 2006, 06:06 AM
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 Duck and Cover Group: ++Member Posts: 576 Joined: 17-June 04 Member No.: 1,420 |
im a very skinny individual, if i were the height of a nickel, i probly wouldnt be any thicker then it as well...
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Jun 12 2006, 07:55 AM
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MaD_cOw has nothing on me at MODing! Group: Moderators Posts: 916 Joined: 4-June 04 From: California Member No.: 1,362 |
QUOTE(Atomic @ Jun 11 2006, 11:06 PM)  im a very skinny individual, if i were the height of a nickel, i probly wouldnt be any thicker then it as well... You would most likely die on impact if you were that small and you were thrown into a blender. Impact would hurt. Ryan -------------------- QUOTE("Richard Hammond - Top Gear") We're gonna to die now, that's it." |
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Jun 12 2006, 10:20 AM
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 Elite III Member Group: ++Member Posts: 536 Joined: 12-September 04 Member No.: 1,707   Triple Tetris Champion! |
If I survived being thorwn in to a blende I would probably just let myself die. I mean, it's quick and painless death (I assume) and a pretty fun way to go. If I did somehow survive the "procedure" there would be no possible way to get out. Unless a lonely child comes a long and we become new best friends, but that's doubtful.
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Jun 13 2006, 04:37 AM
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 Elite Member Group: ++Member Posts: 346 Joined: 4-September 04 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 1,666 |
I Know this is a lame answer but given the situation I would use the 60 seconds to pray to every god I can think of and hope that one causes a blackout or short circuits the blender.
And if not everyone enjoy Joe Soup! BTW: Isnt this a Google Interview Question? This post has been edited by AVERT: Jun 13 2006, 04:39 AM -------------------- |
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Jun 13 2006, 05:37 AM
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MaD_cOw has nothing on me at MODing! Group: Moderators Posts: 916 Joined: 4-June 04 From: California Member No.: 1,362 |
QUOTE(AVERT @ Jun 12 2006, 09:37 PM) BTW: Isnt this a Google Interview Question? Ya, lol. Ryan -------------------- QUOTE("Richard Hammond - Top Gear") We're gonna to die now, that's it." |
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Jun 13 2006, 06:19 PM
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 SuperNova II Member Group: Moderators Posts: 1,197 Joined: 19-November 03 Member No.: 694   Bubble Trouble Champion! |
i'd grab ahold of the stem of the motor blade (assuming my arms would reach around it) and duck below the blades and sit down. That way the blades would spin and so would I, enjoying the ride
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Jun 16 2006, 05:14 PM
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Boss, my code's compiling (xkcd) Group: Admins Posts: 10,440 Joined: 19-September 01 Member No.: 1 |
So here's where I got the question from: http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/to...=25&WhichPage=1
My favorite answer is: "I quickly realize that even if I get out, I am only the size of a nickel, and will probably never get laid again, so I place my neck on the blade and close my eyes till my 60 seconds are up." 
-------------------- Things that I don't suck at: Photography (flickr, JPG Mag), "Don't bail; the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap!" -Randy Pausch I have people-skills goddamnit! What is wrong with you people!!! | www.skyrill.com |
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Jun 16 2006, 08:11 PM
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SuperNova II Member Group: Moderators Posts: 1,197 Joined: 19-November 03 Member No.: 694 Bubble Trouble Champion! |
WOW....Sunday already? where'd the weekend go?
This post has been edited by j-rah: Jun 16 2006, 08:18 PM |
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Jun 16 2006, 11:21 PM
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MaD_cOw has nothing on me at MODing! Group: Moderators Posts: 916 Joined: 4-June 04 From: California Member No.: 1,362 |
QUOTE(usr.c @ Jun 16 2006, 10:14 AM) So here's where I got the question from: http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/to...=25&WhichPage=1 I knew it was a google interview question! Whats this weeks question. Ryan -------------------- QUOTE("Richard Hammond - Top Gear") We're gonna to die now, that's it." |
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