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Re: OT: How far we have come

• Posted by CoJaBo <cojabo at suscom.net> May 02, 2004
• 510 views

I have created a program that can "solve" this problem,
probably very similar to the one that was advertised.
It will even work if you changed "chickens" to "ducks" or "geese"!

NOTE: if you don't look at the code, just copy it, it will seem amazing.

include get.e
include misc.e

sequence question
puts(1,"Enter the question: ")
question=gets(0)

puts(1,"\n\nCalculating")
for none=1 to 5 do
	sleep(1)
	puts(1,".")
end for

puts(1,"\n\nThe answer is: 10")
if wait_key() then end if

irv mullins wrote:
> 
> 
> Kat wrote:
> > 
> > On 2 May 2004, at 10:36, irv mullins wrote:
> > 
> > > First of all, where would the computer obtain the info that a chicken has 
> > > two legs, and a pig four? 
> > > 
> > > Further, I wonder what would have happened if you changed "chickens" to 
> > > "ducks" or "geese". Would it have then been unable to solve the problem?
> > 
> > I wonder if the lights are coming on yet as to why a large database and 
> > multiple programmers and computers are needed. 
> > 
> > Kat
> 
> When I ask Google (which has a very large database, many programmners and 
> perhaps as many as 80,000 computers) "how many legs does a duck have?", 
> I get only one answer, and it's in chinese! ;)
> 
> That's no help. perhaps if I "ask Jeeves"....
> 
> How many legs does a Duck have?
> How many legs does a Duck have? Answer. Wrong. Correct...
> From:www.mtllive.com/MS2/labs/Demo1.html
> 
> EPICURIOUS: RECIPE: RED-WINE-BRAISED DUCK LEGS WITH ROASTED PEARS
> Watch how to make beurre ... duck legs, reserving fat for the sautéed kale. In
> a
> large bowl marinate duck ... from Chicago on 11/16/00 I have m...
> From:www.epicurious.com/db/recipes/recipesH/8/10898.html
> 
> scrit's Journal
> And then Question: How many legs does a duck have? Answer: 3, if he's a
> 3-legged
> duck. In a recent poll, 100% of Ivy league students got this...
> From:www.woohu.com/~scrit/friends/
> 
> We're not there yet, I guess.
> Irv
>