On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 15:35 +0100, Alois Mahdal wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:41:47 +1300 > Richard Hector <rich...@walnut.gen.nz> wrote: > > > On 13/02/13 14:32, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > > On 2/12/2013 4:43 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > >> Assumed you'll build a fence, 10m long and every 1m there should > > >> be 1 fence post, how many fence posts do you need? > > >> > > > > > > 11 :) > > > > Depends how you interpret the instructions. If it's "you can leave up > > to 1m hanging without a post", then you only need 9 :-) > > According to Jerry's interpretation: 11. According to yours, it's > actually 10 posts less, i.e. only 1. > > (Finally, as we know, there's only 10 kinds of people...) > > > Richard
The wanted answer is 11, but OTOH 9 is also correct. "every 1m", so thanks to my broken English, it's possible to have the fence hanging on both ends. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1360766360.2162.625.camel@precise
