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03/11/08 08:46
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 		 #152111 - Interesting interview problem
I set this problem for a guy who I was interviewing the other day, not necessarily to see if he could solve it but how he went about trying to solve it, you might know the answer so don't answer right away let see who can solve it:-
You have two peices of string not necessarily the same length or thickness and if you burn them they both burn in a non-linear way,they might burn half the length in 1 second and the rest in 59 minutes and 59 seconds,they might not.The only thing that can be said about them is that they both burn from one end to the other in exactly one hour. The problem is to accurately measure 45 minutes by burning the peices of string.
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Interesting interview problem            01/01/70 00:00      
   Will email do, too ?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Also, a question:            01/01/70 00:00      
      yep            01/01/70 00:00      
         E-mail is out.            01/01/70 00:00      
   Like a candle            01/01/70 00:00      
   Google            01/01/70 00:00      
      We need to conduct the interviews in a Faraday cag            01/01/70 00:00      
         Darn!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Didn't need Google but ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Make statistics be your friend...            01/01/70 00:00      
      still need both strings            01/01/70 00:00      
   Do they burn in the same non-linear way?            01/01/70 00:00      
      an old proverb            01/01/70 00:00      
         Hint above            01/01/70 00:00      
         That's exactly why I asked...            01/01/70 00:00      
            you don't need this            01/01/70 00:00      
               I like that statistical idea            01/01/70 00:00      
                  not quite so...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Brilliant.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Needs statistical information, though.            01/01/70 00:00      
                     one of an interesting interview task could also...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        you would need to cut it            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Only, if you want...            01/01/70 00:00      
               You are right!            01/01/70 00:00      
               Another Method            01/01/70 00:00      
                  or your lighter runs dry :)            01/01/70 00:00      
               Wrong !            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Jan is right            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Jan is right...            01/01/70 00:00      

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