Unfotunately, one rumor says that the smarter you are, the longer it takes to figure out.
Because smart people often fall for complex solutions
I think this is true, I tried it and didn't get it right off but then I read your post, particularly the last line of it and I got it after a roll or two. It's easier when you know it's not supposed to be complex.
5 babies do not like cupcakes, 2 are too young, so 3 babies eat cupcakes
The question says that five babies do not like cupcakes and then that one fifth of the babies left are too young. There are only 5 babies left after those that do not like cupcakes, so that makes only one baby too young to eat a cupcake, so 4 babies eat cupcakes.
5 adults and 15 teenagers do chocolate cupcakes
This leaves us with 5 adults, 5 teens, and 3 babies to eat cupcakes with sprinkles.
Chocolate cupcakes and cupcakes with sprinkles are not mutually exclusive, you could make all of the cupcakes chocolate and with sprinkles and nobody would have a problem.
You can ask them a question about anything that you already know, i.e. hold up 3 fingers and ask how many fingers you're holding up. You can ask about their tribe or villages because you don't know where they're from so you won't know the truth from a lie.
40 people = 20 teenagers (1/2) 10 adults (1/4) and 10 babies (remaining 1/4)
Half the babies (5 people) don't like cupcakes and one fifth of the babies left (1 person, 1/5 of the five babies left after the 5 that don't like cupcakes). This leaves 34 people who are still wanting cupcakes.
Chocolate cupcakes and sprinkled cupcakes are not exclusive of each other because you can have chocolate cupcakes with sprinkles, so you can disregard the whole thing about who likes cupcakes with sprinkles and who likes chocolate cupcakes as long as you make all the cupcakes chocolate and with sprinkles.
The POS systems in the convenience store where I work runs Win2K (NCR machines running Retalix storepoint if anybody cares). Anyways, they use touchscreens which suck, but because of this they assume you won't have a keyboard hooked up to it. One night I grabbed a keyboard from one of the systems in the backroom and was able to do a quick Winkey+D to get to the desktop and have some fun, looking around all the systems on the network, figuring out how it all works together, playing minesweeper, etc.
Our Retalix system is a piece of shit, by the way, there are all kinds of bugs in it, mostly just annoyances, but a few of them are pretty bad (i.e. potentially allowing an employee to steal cash). However, I don't know how much of this is my company sucking and how much of this is Retalix though.
The thing about this is that there are a lot of people that have multiple credit cards. If these are keyring style cards, they'd all be close enough that it would be a real hassle to make sure that the right one is getting read.
Another problem I see if these are keyring "cards" is that, well, having a bunch of shit hanging all over your keychain is a pain. In the future will we all have big janitor-style keyrings hanging off our beltloops?
The time consuming part of a credit card
transaction is where the cashier checks your signature against the one
on the back of the card.
Have you ever used your credit card? It's pretty rare that cashiers will check your signatures, particularly if you're paying for something under $100. Try working as a clerk somewhere and notice the looks you get if you take the time to compare a signature, not to mention the arguments that will erupt with the few customers whose signature doesn't match, but are the legitimate owner.
People don't expect to have their signature checked, especially for small purchases. I've worked as a clerk, even people who write "SEE ID FOR SIGNATURE" on their card's signature line will be confused when you ask to see their ID, most forget they have it written on their card or are not used to actually being asked for it.
I'm reminded of a headline from The Onion: "Apartment of Marxists living example of why Marxism doesn't work". The article then details how nobody does the dishes or the trash and they all forget to pay the bills.
Ah, don't forget the split flavor cups. I always thought those were a great idea, even if they aren't worth what they cost at most stores. You don't have to choose which flavor to get!
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Slush Puppy drinks aren't carbonated. The carbonation is key to the flavor. At the very least, if Slurpees weren't carbonated, Coke Slurpees wouldn't taste like Coke.
The official generic term for a Slurpee is "Frozen Carbonated Beverage" or FCB for short. This is the type of useless information you can pick up from working in a convenience store.
Mind you, nobody actually calls them this, but it is used in the manuals for the machines and on the boxes of the syrup that come from Coke and Pepsi.
Anyone who has ever owned a GM vehicle knows that a system which only tells you once a month to take your car into the shop is not checking often enough.
I know you're making a joke, but the car I drive has neither an automatic transmission, nor power steering. I love it, it just helps my gas mileage,I can easily get 40mpg on the highway.
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The original poster left out stipulation that two letters cannot represent the same digit.
You can ask them a question about anything that you already know, i.e. hold up 3 fingers and ask how many fingers you're holding up. You can ask about their tribe or villages because you don't know where they're from so you won't know the truth from a lie.
At least 20, but as many as 34 cupcakes, right?
40 people = 20 teenagers (1/2) 10 adults (1/4) and 10 babies (remaining 1/4)
Half the babies (5 people) don't like cupcakes and one fifth of the babies left (1 person, 1/5 of the five babies left after the 5 that don't like cupcakes). This leaves 34 people who are still wanting cupcakes.
Chocolate cupcakes and sprinkled cupcakes are not exclusive of each other because you can have chocolate cupcakes with sprinkles, so you can disregard the whole thing about who likes cupcakes with sprinkles and who likes chocolate cupcakes as long as you make all the cupcakes chocolate and with sprinkles.
Great, all they need to do now is buy Amazon and they'll own half the internet.
The POS systems in the convenience store where I work runs Win2K (NCR machines running Retalix storepoint if anybody cares). Anyways, they use touchscreens which suck, but because of this they assume you won't have a keyboard hooked up to it. One night I grabbed a keyboard from one of the systems in the backroom and was able to do a quick Winkey+D to get to the desktop and have some fun, looking around all the systems on the network, figuring out how it all works together, playing minesweeper, etc.
Our Retalix system is a piece of shit, by the way, there are all kinds of bugs in it, mostly just annoyances, but a few of them are pretty bad (i.e. potentially allowing an employee to steal cash). However, I don't know how much of this is my company sucking and how much of this is Retalix though.
I believe in systems that are setup like that sending an ASCII "Bell" (0x07) to the printer opens the cash drawer. Your mileage may vary.
The thing about this is that there are a lot of people that have multiple credit cards. If these are keyring style cards, they'd all be close enough that it would be a real hassle to make sure that the right one is getting read.
Another problem I see if these are keyring "cards" is that, well, having a bunch of shit hanging all over your keychain is a pain. In the future will we all have big janitor-style keyrings hanging off our beltloops?
People don't expect to have their signature checked, especially for small purchases. I've worked as a clerk, even people who write "SEE ID FOR SIGNATURE" on their card's signature line will be confused when you ask to see their ID, most forget they have it written on their card or are not used to actually being asked for it.
I'm reminded of a headline from The Onion: "Apartment of Marxists living example of why Marxism doesn't work". The article then details how nobody does the dishes or the trash and they all forget to pay the bills.
Ah, don't forget the split flavor cups. I always thought those were a great idea, even if they aren't worth what they cost at most stores. You don't have to choose which flavor to get!
Slush Puppy drinks aren't carbonated. The carbonation is key to the flavor. At the very least, if Slurpees weren't carbonated, Coke Slurpees wouldn't taste like Coke.
The official generic term for a Slurpee is "Frozen Carbonated Beverage" or FCB for short. This is the type of useless information you can pick up from working in a convenience store.
Mind you, nobody actually calls them this, but it is used in the manuals for the machines and on the boxes of the syrup that come from Coke and Pepsi.
Yeah, the thing about that though is that your car costs twice as much (~$20,000) as my car (~$10,000).
Speak for yourself Mr. Anonymous Coward, your posts are all over this article!
Anyone who has ever owned a GM vehicle knows that a system which only tells you once a month to take your car into the shop is not checking often enough.
I know you're making a joke, but the car I drive has neither an automatic transmission, nor power steering. I love it, it just helps my gas mileage,I can easily get 40mpg on the highway.
It is a fee based service, but if you're buying a GM car new you get a year of service "free".