The spire from a distance
Freshly-pulled pints of Guiness
In an Irish pub
Before the music started
After one too many
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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From our recent trip to Dublin...
The spire from a distance
Freshly-pulled pints of Guiness
In an Irish pub
Before the music started
After one too many
The spire from a distance
Freshly-pulled pints of Guiness
In an Irish pub
Before the music started
After one too many
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares to You is on Q103 now and thegreatsze immediately comes to mind. I am doing a free publicity run for him: If you've not heard it already, you must get him to do a rendition, preferably live.
Anyway, I'm in a bit of a typing mood I suppose. I've got to write this paper and it's taking more effort than I'd like. And this guy behind me is shouting over the phone to a patient, trying to persuade him to participate in his research study. Oh how very annoying.
Off to Dublin this weekend which I'm really looking forward to. The Guiness factory is supposed to be good and they give you a free pint at the end of their tour. Stout, here I come!
It also snowed yesterday for the first time this year. It's so damn cold these few days - I can't wait for global warming. No, I take that back. Snow, when it does happen in Cambridge, is actually pretty warm. I don't know how to explain this but it sometimes feels warmer when there's snow on the ground. Maybe it's the sun reflecting off the white ground.
Pete and his colleagues has brought lateral puzzles to a whole new level. If it makes you feel encouraged, I did not get the answer. Here's one:
A group of prisoners (say 10) are kept in separate rooms and have no way of communicating with each other. Once a day, the warden brings one of them (at random) into this room. In this room, there is a light switch which the prisoner can choose to turn on, turn off or leave it alone. The prisoner, in this light room, is also allowed to say if he thinks that all 10 prisoners have been in this room AT LEAST ONCE. If he is correct, all the prisoners are let free. If he is wrong, they are all executed.
Now, the prisoners are allowed to gather once to work out a strategy before the "test" begins. What is their strategy if they are to be successful?
Note: There is no "trick wording" above and has nothing to do with touching the lightbulb.
Any smart-asses out there?
Anyway, I'm in a bit of a typing mood I suppose. I've got to write this paper and it's taking more effort than I'd like. And this guy behind me is shouting over the phone to a patient, trying to persuade him to participate in his research study. Oh how very annoying.
Off to Dublin this weekend which I'm really looking forward to. The Guiness factory is supposed to be good and they give you a free pint at the end of their tour. Stout, here I come!
It also snowed yesterday for the first time this year. It's so damn cold these few days - I can't wait for global warming. No, I take that back. Snow, when it does happen in Cambridge, is actually pretty warm. I don't know how to explain this but it sometimes feels warmer when there's snow on the ground. Maybe it's the sun reflecting off the white ground.
Pete and his colleagues has brought lateral puzzles to a whole new level. If it makes you feel encouraged, I did not get the answer. Here's one:
A group of prisoners (say 10) are kept in separate rooms and have no way of communicating with each other. Once a day, the warden brings one of them (at random) into this room. In this room, there is a light switch which the prisoner can choose to turn on, turn off or leave it alone. The prisoner, in this light room, is also allowed to say if he thinks that all 10 prisoners have been in this room AT LEAST ONCE. If he is correct, all the prisoners are let free. If he is wrong, they are all executed.
Now, the prisoners are allowed to gather once to work out a strategy before the "test" begins. What is their strategy if they are to be successful?
Note: There is no "trick wording" above and has nothing to do with touching the lightbulb.
Any smart-asses out there?
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