From: Mark Hahn <mhahn@tcbtech.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 08:10:07 +0800
To: Anonymous <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re:
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The base problem is interesting and I think ted would like it. I don't
think smoking bananas will make is any easier to solve the problem.

-MpH

At 08:30 AM 10/5/98 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
>> At 12:59 PM 10/3/98 -0400, Michael Motyka wrote:
>> >> There is a desert which is 1000 miles across. There is a camel who
can carry
>> >> 1000 bananas maximum. The camel eats 1 banana per mile travelled. The
camel
>> >> has a total of 3000 bananas to begin with. What is the maximum number of
>> >> bananas that the camel can get across to the other side uneaten?
>> >
>> >My camels don't understand/can't eat fractional bananas.
>> 
>> Why are bananas quantized in the presense of camels?  Is this
>> a quantum-computing thing?
>> 
>Can the camel increase his miles/banana ratio if he dries out the 
>peels and smokes them?? 
>
>
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