Gawd damn bugs!

From: william pointon <wpointon_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Wed Sep 10 12:17:00 2003

On Wednesday, Sep 10, 2003, at 12:31 US/Eastern, Fred Cisin wrote:

> Q: If such a critter were to start at page one of volume 1 of Knuth
> ("Numerical Algorithms"?) and eat straight through to the last page of
> volume 3 ("Sorting and Searching"), how far would he go? To simplify
> the
> arithmetic, we'll adjust the dimensions and say that each cover is 1/8
> inch thick, and the paper of each volume is 1 inch thick.
>

easy - assuming normal arrangement of the volumes on a shelf - 1 1/2" -
billp
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