From lyger at attrition.org Tue Apr 18 17:13:45 2017 From: lyger at attrition.org (Lyger) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:13:45 -0000 Subject: [attrition] Question of the month (year/decade/century) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We had a few excellent responses and conversations about the question asked a couple of weeks ago (and at the bottom of this email), but two stood out. I'm going to call it a tie between them, which are oddly related mathematically. Enjoy: From: akoimeexx at gmail.com To: staff at attrition.org Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:04:41 -0400 Subject: Re: [attrition] Question of the month (year/decade/century) Assuming the centipede only has one remaining good leg, we'll generously say the centipede can move at one-one hundredth its average speed (approx. 15 in/s): 0.15in/s / 1in, or 9in/min. Average dill pickle length is 3-5 inches, say 100 seeds per spear with 20second time per seed removed... 5in / (0.15in/s) + (20s * 100) Wolfram Alpha gives us 33 minutes 53.3 seconds. The man who was given the task of removing 99 perfectly good legs and installing wooden ones on the centipede gives us the finger. ******************** From: Cailean Keniston To: staff at attrition.org Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:22:36 -0700 Subject: Re: [attrition] Question of the month (year/decade/century) I remember this from high school trig, the answer is: "Fuck Pythagoras and variables and shit, let's talk about bitches" Thank You, Cailean Keniston On Fri, 7 Apr 2017, Lyger wrote: : If a chicken-and-a-half can lay an egg-and-a-half in a day-and-a-half, how : long would it take a centipede with 99 wooden legs to kick all of the seeds : out of a dill pickle? : : Funniest, most original, or most logical replies get re-sent to this list. : Any answers that try to correlate the question to infosec automatically get : discarded, or the author mocked, at my own discretion. : : For your amusement, : Lyger (the other white meat) From lyger at attrition.org Fri Apr 7 22:14:39 2017 From: lyger at attrition.org (Lyger) Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 03:14:39 -0000 Subject: [attrition] Question of the month (year/decade/century) Message-ID: If a chicken-and-a-half can lay an egg-and-a-half in a day-and-a-half, how long would it take a centipede with 99 wooden legs to kick all of the seeds out of a dill pickle? Funniest, most original, or most logical replies get re-sent to this list. Any answers that try to correlate the question to infosec automatically get discarded, or the author mocked, at my own discretion. For your amusement, Lyger (the other white meat)