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Re: OT: How far we have come

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

OOPS! here is the corrected one!
(read the question wrong...)

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

CoJaBo wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> <font color="#0000FF">include </font><font color="#330033">get.e</font>
> <font color="#0000FF">include </font><font color="#330033">misc.e</font>
> <font color="#330033"></font>
> <font color="#FF00FF">sequence </font><font color="#330033">question</font>
> <font color="#FF00FF">puts</font><font color="#330033">(1,</font><font
> color="#00A033">"Enter the question: "</font><font color="#330033">)</font>
> <font color="#330033">question=</font><font color="#FF00FF">gets</font><font
> color="#330033">(0)</font>
> <font color="#330033"></font>
> <font color="#FF00FF">puts</font><font color="#330033">(1,</font><font
> color="#00A033">"\n\nCalculating"</font><font color="#330033">)</font>
> <font color="#0000FF">for </font><font color="#330033">none=1 </font><font
> color="#0000FF">to </font><font color="#330033">5 </font><font
> color="#0000FF">do</font>
> <font color="#330033">	sleep(1)</font>
> <font color="#FF00FF">	puts</font><font color="#330033">(1,</font><font
> color="#00A033">"."</font><font color="#330033">)</font>
> <font color="#0000FF">end for</font>
> <font color="#330033"></font>
> <font color="#FF00FF">puts</font><font color="#330033">(1,</font><font
> color="#00A033">"\n\nThe answer is: 10"</font><font color="#330033">)</font>
> <font color="#0000FF">if </font><font color="#330033">wait_key() </font><font
> color="#0000FF">then end if</font>
> 
> 
> 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
> >
>