Fun Stuff...Off Topic(O/T)

[jiesen]

mmmm, sure do love those in'n'out burgers!

...and those french fried potaters mmmmhmmm!

[Rob]

mmmm, sure do love those in'n'out burgers!

Jiesen, yes the In 'n' Out burgers are pretty good. And I don't know where you hail from, but if you ever go to L.A.—trust me on this one—you've got to find a Tommy's Burger! Order a triple cheese with extra everything, and then grab 3 or 4 of those HOT yellow chiles they have in a bowl, and get ready for a real taste experience!

[peanuts]

Mr. Market Map

What ever happened to the map of Mr. Market members? I am very interested to learn from where everyone is posting. I'm sure the old map is a bit outdated, so can this be redone? Maybe there can be a thread in the Reference Forum?

[IIC]

What ever happened to the map of Mr. Market members? I am very interested to learn from where everyone is posting. I'm sure the old map is a bit outdated, so can this be redone? Maybe there can be a thread in the Reference Forum?

http://www.frappr.com/mrmarketishuge

[Rob]

Hey, here's a page that you can easily spend way too much time with: Time Magazine's 50 Coolest Websites.

[Rob]

I guess at age 92 George Putnam is still broadcasting. Truly one of the great radio personalities of all-time. You can hear his show live Mon.-Fri. from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Eastern on the CRN Cable Radio Networks. Just go to the far right-hand column on the page and click the CRN1 link.

By the way, has anybody seen my pipe wrench? I know I have two, and I can't even find one. I'm getting supremely frustrated.

[peanuts]

By the way, has anybody seen my pipe wrench? I know I have two, and I can't even find one. I'm getting supremely frustrated.

Just use the hooka. What's wrong with your pipe?

[Rob]

Just use the hooka. What's wrong with your pipe?

You must mean a hookah. A hooka is more like that which has been called "the world's oldest profession." But I can't use a hookah to take two pieces of 1" threaded galvanized pipe apart, or a hooka either.

Edit: nevermind. I used a couple pairs of channel-locking pliers instead.

They get the job done, but it's much harder and will give you Popeye forearms before long. I still want to know who ripped off my pipe wrenches. Grrrr!!!

[IIC]

What personality are you????

I heard on the radio this morning that many companies use this Personality profile test in their hiring and promo processes.

You can take it free and there's no registration to get your results.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

I am an ENTJ (Extrovert-Intuitive-Thinking-Judging) personality according to the test...Field Marshall Doug(IIC)

[ParkTwain]

Microsoft interview questions

These have become famous among the nerdy set.

http://www.sellsbrothers.com/fun/msiview/default.aspx?content=question.htm

http://www.acetheinterview.com/qanda/microsoft_interview.html

... and elsewhere.

Before I left the office today, I killed some time and briefly patted myself on the back for quickly finding an answer (then later finding a 2nd answer) to this one, not very difficult:
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11. If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you measure exactly 4 quarts?
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I didn't solve the "prime pairs" one quickly, though, but I like the way the problem is put. I drew a couple of little pictures for myself and I think I got on the right track, but I didn't fix on the answer. Elementary number theory stuff, I guess, but I don't have that training.

[Rob]

If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you measure exactly 4 quarts?

I thought about this one for a minute, and here's how I'd do it: (a) Fill the 3 qt. pail and dump it into the 5 qt. pail. (b) Fill the 3 qt. pail again and then top off the 5 qt. pail, leaving exactly 1 qt. in the smaller one. (c) Dump the contents of the 5 qt. pail and pour the 1 qt. into it. (d) Fill the 3 qt. pail and add it to the 1 qt. in the larger pail. 4 qts.

[IIC]

I thought about this one for a minute, and here's how I'd do it: (a) Fill the 3 qt. pail and dump it into the 5 qt. pail. (b) Fill the 3 qt. pail again and then top off the 5 qt. pail, leaving exactly 1 qt. in the smaller one. (c) Dump the contents of the 5 qt. pail and pour the 1 qt. into it. (d) Fill the 3 qt. pail and add it to the 1 qt. in the larger pail. 4 qts.

That's a good way Rob...But here is another way:

Fill 5 qt. pail.
Fill 3 qt. pail from 5 qt. pail leaving 2 qts.
Empty 3 qt. pail and fill with 2qt. water from the 5 qt. pail.
Fill 5 qt. pail.
Pour water from 5 qt. pail until you fill 3 qt. pail, leaving 4 qts.

[billyjoe]

Here's one for the history buffs. What name does not belong on this list? There are 2 possible answers , one is kind of obvious. The first person to guess correctly wins the "Deep Thinker" award. If anyone can come up with the more obscure answer they will receive the rarely given "Brainiac" award.

ADAMS ARTHUR BLYTHE BUCHANAN BUSH CARTER CLEVELAND CLINTON

COOLIDGE DAVIS EISENHOWER FILLMORE FORD GARFIELD GRANT HARDING

HARRISON HAYES JACKSON JEFFERSON JOHNSON KENNEDY KING LINCOLN

MADISON MCKINLEY MONROE NIXON PIERCE POLK REAGAN ROOSEVELT

STEVENSON TAFT TAYLOR TRUMAN TYLER VANBUREN WASHINGTON

WILSON--------Imagine them as stock symbols. Your research will lead you to the big winner.

----------billyjoe

[IIC]

Here's one for the history buffs. What name does not belong on this list? There are 2 possible answers , one is kind of obvious. The first person to guess correctly wins the "Deep Thinker" award. If anyone can come up with the more obscure answer they will receive the rarely given "Brainiac" award.

ADAMS ARTHUR BLYTHE BUCHANAN BUSH CARTER CLEVELAND CLINTON

COOLIDGE DAVIS EISENHOWER FILLMORE FORD GARFIELD GRANT HARDING

HARRISON HAYES JACKSON JEFFERSON JOHNSON KENNEDY KING LINCOLN

MADISON MCKINLEY MONROE NIXON PIERCE POLK REAGAN ROOSEVELT

STEVENSON TAFT TAYLOR TRUMAN TYLER VANBUREN WASHINGTON

WILSON--------Imagine them as stock symbols. Your research will lead you to the big winner.

----------billyjoe

There are several possibilities here:

BUCHANAN was initially spelled wrong when you posted...but I see that you changed it now.

Blythe and Stevenson were never Presidents.

Could be FORD because as far as I know he is the only one on the list who changed his given birth name...although it could be King because that was Fords birth surname (Leslie King)


Now we could get back to Buchanan...I don't know who Blythe is...but if Blythe was married that only leaves Buchanan as the only one who was never married.

...Brainiac(IIC)

[ParkTwain]

Bill Clinton's name at birth was BLYTHE.

Gerald Ford's name at birth was Leslie Lynch KING, Jr., after his biological father.