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| From | Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Toughest Game Show Question |
| Date | 2012-01-13 12:14 +1300 |
| Message-ID | <9n97qeFh5bU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <e8760468-1ea4-4f12-83f6-f0fa7a460379@g41g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> <78ecc52b-cc20-477c-9a83-dadd3b46d1ff@u20g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <jehs3m$oju$1@dont-email.me> <5a07f9e0-4011-45cb-aec3-0c9c7f888d1e@f11g2000yql.googlegroups.com> <jeno56$au6$1@blue-new.rahul.net> |
On 01/13/12 11:51 AM, Edward A. Falk wrote: > In article<5a07f9e0-4011-45cb-aec3-0c9c7f888d1e@f11g2000yql.googlegroups.com>, > Bill Reid<hormelfree@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> Did they use a Monte Carlo simulation where they fired cannonballs >> through the garage doors of dozens of innocent people to see whether >> there was a goat or car in the garage? > > A friend of mine had this to say about that: > > Well, if nothing else, > they've disproved the myth that > suburban houses are safe from > cannon attack. > > That's something, anyway.... That would depend on the construction of the house and the size of the cannon. Mine would fail, but some neighbouring houses (built with reinforced block) would survive a significant pounding (or, as recent events have shown, significant earthquakes!). -- Ian Collins
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Re: Toughest Game Show Question Bill Reid <hormelfree@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 06:47 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-01-10 07:11 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question falk@rahul.net (Edward A. Falk) - 2012-01-11 00:05 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-10 11:23 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-01-10 16:48 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2012-01-10 19:15 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-10 13:27 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-10 16:57 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2012-01-10 22:39 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-01-10 11:21 -0600
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Bill Reid <hormelfree@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 15:43 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-01-10 22:53 -0600
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2012-01-11 05:00 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-11 06:32 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-11 07:22 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question falk@rahul.net (Edward A. Falk) - 2012-01-12 22:51 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-13 12:14 +1300
Re: Toughest Game Show Question ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-01-12 15:17 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 14:33 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-11 01:44 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Dann Corbit <dcorbit@connx.com> - 2012-01-10 23:48 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-11 07:23 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-11 14:33 +0100
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-01-11 13:48 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-11 18:44 +0100
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-01-11 18:10 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-11 19:23 +0100
Re: Toughest Game Show Question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-12 18:23 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-15 19:03 +0100
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-01-15 19:42 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-15 16:57 -0500
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-16 04:16 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-01-16 12:14 +0000
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Bill Reid <hormelfree@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 07:31 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-26 09:33 -0800
Re: Toughest Game Show Question "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-12 21:07 +0000
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Re: Toughest Game Show Question pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-01-14 23:38 -0500
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