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How do you tell a girl that you want to try a relationship with her even though you don't think she wants to without sending me home crying like a baby? - Maniac
Ah, the abject torture that is young love. I certainly don't envy you, but your situation isn't as dire as it may seem. In fact, there is a rather simple solution. Ever hear of Occam's Razor? The most obvious solution to a problem is often the correct one. The obvious answer here? Tell her you know Slacker. Naturally, she will try to use you to get to me, and when she fails, hopefully she will have gotten to know you enough to find you somewhat less objectionable than she had originally assumed.
"I've always been 45 years older than your Dad", said Grandma to young Trickle. "But now the two digits in my age, both prime, are the reverse of the two in your Dad's age". How old is Grandma? - Shumph
Trickle? Was the kid named after the first thing his parents heard after he was born? I guess it's lucky his name isn't Hork.
This problem isn't as hard as it may look. Because Grandma's age is comprised only of prime numbers, we can rule several age ranges right off the bat. Grandma has to be in her 20s, 30s, 50s, or 70s. Common sense tells us that a grandmother isn't likely to be 25 years old, so lets start with the 70s.
Going with only numbers composed of prime digits, if Grandma is in her 70s, she could be:
70
71
72
73
75
77
Now it's just a matter of determining whether any of the above satisfy our second requirement, that Granny's age minus 45 is the same as reversing the digits in the original nuimber.
70 - 45 = 25
71 - 45 = 26
72 - 45 = 27
73 - hey wait a minute...
And we're done. Grandma is 72, sonny boy is 27, and heaven only knows the story with Trickle.
How many mac users are on the board, do you need two hands to count or only one? :D - Flash
Well, there's you, and Diana, and... well I used one for a semester in college....Ok, I admit it. A clumsy lumberjack could count the Mac users on slackercentral.com with one hand. In case you're absurdly curious, here's the breakdown for the last few days.
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Hey, I hope you can take some comfort in the fact that you're in second place. ;)
What motivates a slacker to do "Ask Slacker" segments? - Richard Cranium
Love. Can you feel it? Also, I get paid by the word by the secret liberal cabal that covertly runs the world from its luxury cave in Barbados to spread misinformation. I may have just said too much, but at least I used 43 more words doing it.Thanks to everyone who sent in this issue's questions. You have a stumper? Send it on in for next time.
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