Roy Tang

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Mar 2014

• It is 10 days before a feast. There are 1,000 barrels of wine for the feast. One of the barrels is poisoned and whoever drinks from it will die after 7 days. You only have ten wine-tasters. How do you determine which barrel is poisoned before the feast begins?

  Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 31 Mar 2014 2:09pm #puzzles
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Jan 2008

• Project Euler - Computational Problems 17 Jan 2008 2:09pm via delicious

  I think this can be used as a source for tech interview problems. Haven’t gone through many of them though.

  Posted by Roy Tang under links at 17 Jan 2008 2:09pm #puzzles #programming
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Dec 2007

• How To Solve A Rubik's Cube - Pictures for Beginners! 29 Dec 2007 4:26pm via delicious

  Posted by Roy Tang under links at 29 Dec 2007 4:26pm #howto #puzzles
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Apr 2006

• Dumb: The Game 4 Apr 2006 12:19am via delicious

  Posted by Roy Tang under links at 4 Apr 2006 12:19am #games #puzzles #broken-link
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Feb 2006

• A Numbers Puzzle

  17 Feb 2006 6:23am

  Some people I know enjoy puzzles. (So do I.) Here’s a neat one: 85 37 655321 64389000 466 64 24601 101 980 95 057 42799 6 The only hint provided is:   It’s not something you’ll figure out by just thinking about it, but with some creative Googling you can get it.

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  Posted by Roy Tang under post at 17 Feb 2006 6:23am #Puzzles #Tech Life
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Jun 2005

• Music Quiz

  14 Jun 2005 4:02pm

  I’m bored. What do the following have in common? – Three Doors Down – Five For Fighting – Spin Doctors – Rey Valera Easy enough.

  Posted by Roy Tang under post at 14 Jun 2005 4:02pm #Music #Puzzles #Pop Culture #Tech Life
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