OpenEuphoria

Re: Puzzle challenge:

• Posted by Patrick Barnes <mrtrick at gmail.com> Aug 10, 2004
• 461 views

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:35:55 +0000, Brian Broker <bkb at cnw.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Patrick Barnes wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > One.
> > > > Drop it from the ground floor and it breaks, that's the top floor from
> > > > which the
> > > > orbs will survive (worst case).
> >
> > Alright, from an algorithmic point of view, what's the most number of
> > times you'll have to drop something to determine the top survivable
> > floor. :oP
> > No more loopholes. The balls are resilient, and aren't weakened by
> > each drop. Either they break, or they are fine. Um, any other
> > loopholes I'll close too. So no thinking outside the box!
> 
> Is determining the terminal velocity of the orb thinking outside of the
> box?  Because you can limit the search up to the floor from which t.v.
> is reached.
> 
> -- Brian
> 
Assume that the balls are dense enough that terminal velocity is much
faster than could be attained during a drop, even from a 100,000
storey building.
Back in the box *Whip-crack!* back I say...!

-- 
MrTrick