Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcc13.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcc13!ee163acp From: ee163acp@sdcc13.UUCP (DARIN JOHNSON) Newsgroups: net.puzzle,net.jokes Subject: Re: Manhole covers (interview question) Message-ID: <179@sdcc13.UUCP> Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 21:21:25 EST Article-I.D.: sdcc13.179 Posted: Thu Mar 21 21:21:25 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Mar-85 04:13:55 EST References: <462@nbs-amrf.UUCP>, <1282@amdahl.UUCP> <564@ahutb.UUCP> <7093@watdaisy.UUCP> Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Lines: 11 Xref: watmath net.puzzle:638 net.jokes:11500 > > Placed inside a square frame, one side of which is the length of the breadth > > of the triangle, a Rouloux shaped drill bit can be made to follow the > > edges of the square. > > Mark Leeper > > Doesn't that produce a "square" with rounded corners? > Doesn't the drill bit have to be exactly triangular to produce an exact square? Yes, but that way you get a little bit of bite for those square screws !!! Darin Johnson