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An old one, but quite timely for urg at the moment. Enjoy.
Diane ------------------------------------------------------------ Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? A: 1,331: 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light bulb has been changed. 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently. 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs. 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty. 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs. 53 to flame the spell checkers 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list. 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames. 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped. 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use light bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list. 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected URLs. 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list. 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers, and then add "Me Too." 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy. 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three." 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup. 47 to say this is just what the archivists' listserv was meant for, leave it here. 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb. |
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Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it In article , flake writes An old one, but quite timely for urg at the moment. Enjoy. Diane ------------------------------------------------------------ Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? A: 1,331: 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light bulb has been changed. 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently. 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs. 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty. 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs. 53 to flame the spell checkers 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list. 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames. 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped. 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use light bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list. 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected URLs. 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list. 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers, and then add "Me Too." 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy. 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three." 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup. 47 to say this is just what the archivists' listserv was meant for, leave it here. 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H.M.S.Collingwood Association reunion. Chatham May 30th - June 2nd River Class Assn Dinner Leamington Spa Sept 20th 2003. Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Reunion October 2003 Isle of Wight. National Service (RAF) Association reunion. Nov 2003 Scarborough. |
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"Mike" wrote in message ... Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it Hi mike, I think the word "bulb" saved it from being OT. Oh damn, here we go again....... Steve:-)) |
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In article , snafu steve
writes "Mike" wrote in message ... Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it Hi mike, I think the word "bulb" saved it from being OT. Oh damn, here we go again....... Steve:-)) As an Electrical Engineer may I point out that the original poster was incorrect in referring to 'lamp' as a 'bulb'? Or do you think he was testing the net nannies? Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bringing up teenagers is like trying to nail jelly to a tree |
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In message , Mike
writes Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it That'll be it then............. -- Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds urg Suppliers and References FAQ: http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html |
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In article , Chris French and Helen
Johnson writes In message , Mike writes Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it That'll be it then............. Therefore the Subject line should have been. Humour - OT. I saw this and thought of URG ... ;-) Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On a twin engined plane, if one engine fails, There is sufficient power in the remainng engine, To get it to the crash site. |
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Mike wrote: In article , snafu steve writes Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it Hi mike, I think the word "bulb" saved it from being OT. Oh damn, here we go again....... As an Electrical Engineer may I point out that the original poster was incorrect in referring to 'lamp' as a 'bulb'? As a pedant, may I point out that the use of the term "bulb" to mean an object of that shape dates from 1715, at which time Electrical Engineers were few and far between? And that the use of the term "lamp" to refer to an incandescent filament in a glass bulb always was a rather dubious, as a lamp was a vessel containing oil with a wick (as distinct from a torch, candle etc.)? No, for our next question, how many pedants does it take to reduce a thread to absurdity? The answer is none, because it happens anyway, but pendants catalyse the process :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679 |
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Mike scribbled:
On a twin engined plane, if one engine fails, There is sufficient power in the remainng engine, To get it to the crash site. Must ask, how would a single engine airplane get to the "garden" crash site in the event of a failure. (note the mention of "garden" just to keep the topic) Steve R RAF rtd |
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"flake" pushed briefly to the front of the
queue on Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:12 -0000, and nailed this to the shed door: ^ An old one, but quite timely for urg at the moment. Enjoy. ^ Diane ^ ------------------------------------------------------------ ^ ^ Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? ^ ^ A: 1,331: (snip) Hehe. I didn't add up all the component numbers to check that they added up to 1331, but (being the sort of chap I am) I have to ask: is there any significance in the number being 1331? On account of it being 11 x 11 x 11? I mean, the chances of picking a random number and it being a perfect cube are pretty slim, you know. Andy -- sparge at globalnet point co point uk Look after the sins of write-commission, and the sins of read-omission will take care of themselves. |
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In article , Andy Spragg
writes perfect cube are pretty slim, you know. How can a cube be slim? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H.M.S.Collingwood Association reunion. Chatham May 30th - June 2nd River Class Assn Dinner Leamington Spa Sept 20th 2003. Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Reunion October 2003 Isle of Wight. National Service (RAF) Association reunion. Nov 2003 Scarborough. |
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In article , Essjay001
writes Mike scribbled: On a twin engined plane, if one engine fails, There is sufficient power in the remainng engine, To get it to the crash site. Must ask, how would a single engine airplane get to the "garden" crash site in the event of a failure. (note the mention of "garden" just to keep the topic) Steve R RAF rtd IT WOULDN'T!! IT MUSTN'T. It must stay away from the gardens!! Mike ex Senior Service Speak not always of what you think, but think always of what you speak. |
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In article , Andy Spragg
writes "flake" pushed briefly to the front of the queue on Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:12 -0000, and nailed this to the shed door: Hehe. I didn't add up all the component numbers to check that they added up to 1331, but (being the sort of chap I am) I have to ask: is there any significance in the number being 1331? On account of it being 11 x 11 x 11? I mean, the chances of picking a random number and it being a perfect cube are pretty slim, you know. *How* slim? Let's have some accuracy here! -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/ |
Humour - I saw this and thought of URG....
Mike scribbled:
On a twin engined plane, if one engine fails, There is sufficient power in the remainng engine, To get it to the crash site. Must ask, how would a single engine airplane get to the "garden" crash site in the event of a failure. (note the mention of "garden" just to keep the topic) Steve R RAF rtd On a single engined plane, the crash site would move to the plane! Dave. |
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Kay Easton pushed briefly to the front of
the queue on Sun, 8 Dec 2002 19:11:16 +0000, and nailed this to the shed door: ^ In article , Andy Spragg ^ writes ^ "flake" pushed briefly to the front of the ^ queue on Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:12 -0000, and nailed this to the shed ^ door: ^ ^ Hehe. I didn't add up all the component numbers to check that they ^ added up to 1331, but (being the sort of chap I am) I have to ask: is ^ there any significance in the number being 1331? On account of it ^ being 11 x 11 x 11? I mean, the chances of picking a random number and ^ it being a perfect cube are pretty slim, you know. ^ ^ *How* slim? Let's have some accuracy here! We-ell ... I don't think there is actually an answer in general. If we confine the question to a realistic range, however; let's suppose we were to pick a number between 1000 and 10000, that seems a reasonable sort of magnitude and in particular it brackets 1331. 10 cubed is 1000, and 22 cubed is greater than 10000. So the perfect cubes between 1000 and 10000 are the numbers 10-21 cubed, inclusive; so picking a number at random between 1000 and 10000, the chances of it being a perfect cube are approximately 11/9001, or 0.12% - a little over 1 in 1000. I'd call that pretty slim. Andy -- sparge at globalnet point co point uk Look after the sins of write-commission, and the sins of read-omission will take care of themselves. |
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In article , Andy Spragg
writes Kay Easton pushed briefly to the front of the queue on Sun, 8 Dec 2002 19:11:16 +0000, and nailed this to the shed door: ^ In article , Andy Spragg ^ writes ^ Hehe. I didn't add up all the component numbers to check that they ^ added up to 1331, but (being the sort of chap I am) I have to ask: is ^ there any significance in the number being 1331? On account of it ^ being 11 x 11 x 11? I mean, the chances of picking a random number and ^ it being a perfect cube are pretty slim, you know. ^ ^ *How* slim? Let's have some accuracy here! We-ell ... I don't think there is actually an answer in general. that's really what I was wondering - for example, the chance of picking a single digit no at random and it being a perfect cube is 1 in 3. But the chance clearly gets less as the numbers get larger - is there a formula which gives the no of perfect cubes less than n? - presumably the answer is yes, since they are fairly predictably arranged, unlike primes. But I'm now well OT! -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/ |
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