It is 10 days before a feast. There are 1,000 barrels of wine for the feast. One of the barrels is poisoned and whoever drinks from it will die after 7 days. You only have ten wine-tasters. How do you determine which barrel is poisoned before the feast begins?
2014 March
2008 January
I think this can be used as a source for tech interview problems. Haven't gone through many of them though.
2007 December
2006 April
- π Dumb: The Game via delicious
2006 February
- Some people I know enjoy puzzles. (So do I.) Here's a neat one: 85 37 655321 64389000 466 64 24601 101 980 95 057 42799 6 The only hint provided is: It's not something you'll figure out by just thinking about it, but with some creative Googling you can get it. Via J-Walk (Warning: the link will show you the answer!) Edit 2017: The link above is dead, so I've recovered the answer from the Wayback Machine, for my own sanity. They're all prisoners! 1) 85 -- Al Capone 2) 37 -- Paul Newman's character in Cool Hand Luke 3)
2005 June
- I'm bored. What do the following have in common? -- Three Doors Down -- Five For Fighting -- Spin Doctors -- Rey Valera Easy enough.