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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: using a barometer to ... (pointer needed)
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 09:43:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 16 09:43:23 1985
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>I remember seeing published somwhere (Reader's Digest? Games?)
>a canonical list of ways to measure the height of a building using
>a barometer (throw if off the roof and measure the time to hit the
>ground, etc.).  I'm not suggesting that we recreate the list -- I'm 
>just asking for a pointer to it.  Can anyone help?
>--
>David.Anderson@cmu-cs-k.ARPA   ..!seismo!cmu-cs-k!dba   (412) 422-1255


Come on now.  Everyone knows that the correct way to find the height
of a building using a barometer is to find the owner of the building
and say, "I'll give you a good barometer if you will tell me the
height of your building"

                                      Ben Broder
                  {petsd,pesnta,princeton}!moncol!ben