Aboardman
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 03:45 PM |
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Work experiance
We have a school girl doing work experiance so to give her something to do we have given her the old task of.
3 houses
water gas, and electric to connect to each house with out crossing the lines
h h h
w g e
she has been sat there for ages trying to get it right.
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MikeR
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 04:00 PM |
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curious as to the proper answer but i'd go for .....
HggHggH
H__H__H
HwHwH
H__H__H
HeeHeeH
e__g__w
e__g__w
where you basically have each house connected to the others.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 04:04 PM |
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I'd have the houses one on top of another and call them flats with a common water supply separate electricity meters and no gas for safety
reaasons
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 04:35 PM |
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women eh?
show her where the kettle is (puts tin hat on and runs for cover)
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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billynomates
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 04:45 PM |
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So her 'work experience' so far in life is doing cryptic puzzles.
Well Done.
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scottc
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 06:01 PM |
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You can't do it in 2 dimensions, you need 3.
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JoelP
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 06:07 PM |
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id agree after a 2 min doodle, cant get the final service to the final house.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 06:12 PM |
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Perhaps the point is, it can't be done (without linking between the houses). That not every problem has a workable solution? Otherwise, a bit of
a waste of her time really.
Unless she can't make the tea properly! 
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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TangoMan
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 06:38 PM |
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Maybe I have it wrong but when we have work experience folk (what's the best word for girls and boys??) I try to ensure they get a flavour for
what work is really about and how it differs from school.
I guess they spend lots of time at school doing pointless tests!!
I tend to wait until they become apprentices before having some fun
We were actually discussing this earlier. How we used to play pranks on trainee's but that the PC brigade had all but killed it off. From memory
though some of it was perhaps a bit too far.
Summer's here!!!!
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scottc
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 07:01 PM |
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You need to roll the paper into a tube, then join the ends to form a doughnut shape.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 07:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scottc
You need to roll the paper into a tube, then join the ends to form a doughnut shape.
Good luck doing that with the ground though! 
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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graememk
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 07:23 PM |
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the other week i sent the work experiance lad out to jewsons for a long weight (wait), they kept him sat down for some time then charged him £5
deposit and told him to come back on monday.
[Edited on 13/7/07 by graememk]
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TangoMan
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 07:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
then charged him £5 deposit and told him to come back on monday.
[Edited on 13/7/07 by graememk]
Well that's what he told you.
What he really means is 'I now have some time to go to the pub on Monday and work is paying for a couple of pints!!'
These youngsters are not as daft as they seem.
Summer's here!!!!
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scottc
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 09:11 PM |
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Heres one I did earlier when i built 3 houses on a doughnut.
Unfortunately we didn't have planning permission for the black hole, so the houses were pulled down
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iank
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| posted on 13/7/07 at 10:00 PM |
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Easy to do, even in 2d, can't see what the problem is
The key with those problems is not to make constraints that aren't mentioned in the problem.
My Solution
All services on the same level underground.
[Edited on 13/7/07 by iank]
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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