Riddles

[Umfriend]

You'd have to mark the waterline both before and after loading the elepahnt, calculate the volume of the ship up to both lines, and mutliply the difference in volume by the weight of water of a unit of volume used. That weight will most likely not be 1kg/l.

Now: How Long is a Chinese

[EnglandJoe]

Originally posted by Duty
gry: The smallest unit in Locke’s proposed decimal system of linear measurement, being the tenth of a line, the hundredth of an inch, and the thousandth of a (“philosophical”) foot. Also the grunt of a pig , an insignificant trifle, or a verb meaning to roar.

Unfortunately that's not something we all use every day.

Language was the correct answer, thankyou Jumb

Home: There are also several other words that end in GRY if you care to look for them, fortunately all are obscure and are definately not things you would use every day

[Brian R.]

Originally posted by Umfriend
You'd have to mark the waterline both before and after loading the elepahnt, calculate the volume of the ship up to both lines, and mutliply the difference in volume by the weight of water of a unit of volume used. That weight will most likely not be 1kg/l.

Not complete. How would you measure the volume of the ship between the water lines? There is a better solution.

How Long is a Chinese? I thought so.

[schmosef]

The waterline of the boat without the elephant is irrelevant.

Once you have the waterline with the elephant inside, what would you have to do to reproduce the same waterline without the elephant?

Come on, I'm giving it to you.

[Brian R.]

Why don't you stop giving hints?

[cjolley]

Place the beast on an unequal lever and balance it with a smaller weight.

chuck


PS Though to me that might violate the conditions by simply enlarging the scale that is used.

[Umfriend]

Fill it up with packs of sugar and count the number you need to get the waterline level with the water again?

[cjolley]

Originally posted by schmosef
The waterline of the boat without the elephant is irrelevant.

Once you have the waterline with the elephant inside, what would you have to do to reproduce the same waterline without the elephant?

Come on, I'm giving it to you.

Let in some water.
Measure how much it takes.
chuck

[Brian R.]

Sorry, that is just another direct measurement tool, like a scale.

[Brian R.]

Originally posted by Umfriend
Fill it up with packs of sugar and count the number you need to get the waterline level with the water again?

Close enough. The historical answer is using rocks and then weighing the rocks.

[Umfriend]

Hmm, still, I'd prefer the calculating route instead of having to carry the elephant out again and then use rocks or sugar to fil it up again.

OK, finally, how long is a chinese

For the ones who know this, yeah, it IS getting boring.

[cjolley]

Originally posted by Umfriend
Hmm, still, I'd prefer the calculating route instead of having to carry the elephant out again and then use rocks or sugar to fil it up again.

OK, finally, how long is a chinese

For the ones who know this, yeah, it IS getting boring.

8 letters and a space?
chuck

PS I'm waiting for a signature before moving some code into production.
Nothing could be more boring than that.

[Umfriend]

No clue what you're on about, sry. Next

And guys, don't get mad with me when you learn the answer, k?

[Brian R.]

Come on, you don't carry an elephant - they walk.

[Umfriend]

ROFL, dang! All that muscle training for nuttin'