Harry Potter Warner Bros. Logo progression
| June 8, 2011
Author: luapo
Hey can we talk?
| June 8, 2011
15 More Google Interview Questions That Will Make You Feel Stupid
| June 8, 2011
1) If the probability of observing a car in 30 minutes on a highway is 0.95, what is the probability of observing a car in 10 minutes (assuming constant default probability)?
2) Four people need to cross a rickety rope bridge to get back to their camp at night… Unfortunately, they only have one flashlight and it only has enough light left for seventeen minutes. The bridge is too dangerous to cross without a flashlight, and it’s only strong enough to support two people at any given time. Each of the campers walks at a different speed. One can cross the bridge in 1 minute, another in 2 minutes, the third in 5 minutes, and the slow poke takes 10 minutes to cross. How do the campers make it across in 17 minutes?
3) You are at a party with a friend and 10 people are present including you and the friend… Your friend makes you a wager that for every person you find that has the same birthday as you, you get $1; for every person he finds that does not have the same birthday as you, he gets $2. would you accept the wager?
4) What is the probability of breaking a stick into 3 pieces and forming a triangle?
Chinese Boy Sells Kidney For iPad 2
| June 8, 2011
A 17-year-old Chinese boy decided to sell his kidney for 20,000 yuan so he could buy an iPad, the Shanghai Daily reports. But, he’s not feeling well now, and he’s regretting the decision. He had his kidney removed after being contacted by someone on the internet that specializes in this sort of things. When he came home from having his kidney removed his mother freaked out and tried to contact the person who bought his kidney.
Is it better to learn about money the hard way?
| June 8, 2011
The other day, having had enough of my own company, I was working on my laptop in a coffee shop, when a father and daughter sat down in the booth opposite me. I could clearly hear their conversation and – as you need both hands to eat a cupcake – I was idly listening to their conversation instead of writing.
The gist of the conversation was that the father and daughter had come daughter directly from the bank, having just opened up an ISA in her name. From what I could tell the father had made the maximum annual deposit (£5,340) into the ISA for the daughter with his money and was giving her a serious talking to about the things that the money could and could not be used for; i.e., shopping bad, university good.
Microwaving a plasma ball – Video
| June 7, 2011
