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Topic: See if you can figure this out

1.    You have a scale that is extremely accurate. It can tell you exactly (to the ounce) the weight of an object or group of objects.
2.    An object weighs either 10 pounds or 10 pounds 1 ounce.
3.    You have 5 piles of objects. Each of the objects in the same pile weighs exactly the same as all the other objects in that pile.
4.    You don

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Re: See if you can figure this out

older than the intratubes i wont spoil it though

<parrot> there is also the odd  possibility that tryme is an idiot
<KT> possibility?
<genesis> tryme is a bit of an idiot
<Torqez> bit?

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Re: See if you can figure this out

yeah I won't spoil it either

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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Re: See if you can figure this out

...yeh same....*looks around innocently*

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Re: See if you can figure this out

Smash the scales and use the metric system?

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Re: See if you can figure this out

Exactly my idea too Skoe!

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Re: See if you can figure this out

use 1 thing from pile one, 2 things from pile 2, 4 things from pile 3, 8 things from pile 4... etc.

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Re: See if you can figure this out

Bastard warmongers, the imperial system promotes peace by making it harder to calculate ballistic trajectories and impact force!

You didn't have world wars until metric got adopted globally!

Hmm Maartens answer reminds me it hinges on what you consider a "use" of the scale...

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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