norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2004/04/14/bistromathmaticshttp://norman.walsh.name/2004/04/14/bistromathmatics/comments.atom2012-05-22T18:32:08.174838ZComment 1 on /2004/04/14/bistromathmaticshttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012004-04-21T03:38:40Z2004-04-21T03:38:40ZSeairth Jacobsda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Umm... I don't see how you come up with the $120.

Comment 2 on /2004/04/14/bistromathmaticshttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022004-04-23T18:51:46Z2004-04-23T18:51:46ZMaurits van Rees

The idea is that five people think they paid $21 each. Which should be $105. At $120 total someone made a miscalculation. :-) Or the two that didn't have to pay put something in as well anyway. BTW, I think it's "Bistromathics". Here's the original story from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: http://www.earthstar.co.uk/bistro.htm. If you don't understand it, don't panic: neither does Douglas Adams.

Comment 3 on /2004/04/14/bistromathmaticshttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00032004-04-28T01:43:42Z2004-04-28T01:43:42ZSeairth Jacobsda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Ahh. I read that differently. I see what he was saying now.

Comment 4 on /2004/04/14/bistromathmaticshttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00042004-04-28T12:56:15Z2004-04-28T12:56:15ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Right. The mathematical inequality was the funny bit. To the extent that there was a funny bit.