Re: REALLY OT: News Flash
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:59:41 -0600
Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Celejar wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to wrap my head around 'forever less one day'.
> > Here's a relevant discussion [0].
>
> Reminds me of the joke we used to tell to illustrate the
> difference between a one-pass algorithm and a two-pass
> algorithm.
>
> An elderly woman was riding a bus in an unfamiliar part of
> town, and was unsure which stop to take. She saw a little
> boy who seemed to know what he was doing, since he was
> obviously acting very nonchalant. She asked him whether
> he knew where her stop was, and he replied "Sure, lady.
> Just watch me, and get off one stop before I do." Of course,
> he gives a two-pass algorithm when she only has a one-pass
> option.
In Hilbert's hotel, when all the rooms are full and a new guest
arrives, the management just moves everyone down one room and places
the newcomer into the first room, which is now vacant.
Celejar
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