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Audio Al
19-01-2021, 13:24
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Audio Al
19-01-2021, 13:26
7
Wrong :D
Filterlab
19-01-2021, 13:33
6, but only because it looks like the tube to 7 has no through-flow.
6, but only because it looks like the tube to 7 has no through-flow.
thought that was just bad drawing lol.. in that case yes 6:D
brian2957
19-01-2021, 13:35
No 1
Filterlab
19-01-2021, 13:37
I’m revising my answer to 1 as the liquid wouldn’t evacuate via the tubes faster than the input (assuming the tubes are cylindrical).
depends how fast you pour liquid of course, and what is classed as full too..
Filterlab
19-01-2021, 13:47
There really are too many variables in this.
Beobloke
19-01-2021, 13:58
None of them. That bottle isn’t big enough to fill any one glass.
Audio Al
19-01-2021, 14:43
3
We have a winner :D:cool:
Audio Al
19-01-2021, 14:48
Out of glass 1
Into glass 3
Can't go into glass 7 as the pipe is not connected through the glass
Cant go into glass 6 as the end of the pipe is blocked
So glass 3 gets filled up :)
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None of them!
Glass 3 will start to fill first, because the feed to that is the lowest of the outlets from glass 1, and will continue to fill because the outlets from it are blocked in one way or another.
However in order to fill glass 3 the level of beer in glass 1 has to be greater than the level of the outlet, so once the bottle has been emptied there will always be some beer in glass 1, just below the level of the outlet. Thus no glass gets FULL - the contents of the bottle are shared between glasses 1 and 3.
Audio Al
19-01-2021, 14:54
None of them!
Glass 3 will start to fill first, because the feed to that is the lowest of the outlets from glass 1, and will continue to fill because the outlets from it are blocked in one way or another.
However in order to fill glass 3 the level of beer in glass 1 has to be greater than the level of the outlet, so once the bottle has been emptied there will always be some beer in glass 1, just below the level of the outlet. Thus no glass gets FULL - the
contents of the bottle are shared between glasses 1 and 3.
OK the glasses are half pint , Happy now :lol:
They should have shown a beer tap rather than a bottle; as Barry says there isn't enough beer in the bottle to fill any one glass the way they're arranged (assuming glasses & bottle are represented to scale).
Audio Al
19-01-2021, 15:02
They should have shown a beer tap rather than a bottle; as Barry says there isn't enough beer in the bottle to fill any one glass they way they're arranged (assuming glasses & bottle are represented to scale).
It was supposed to be fun , not a scientific project :doh:
I will keep the next one to myself :ner:
It was a bit of "fun" - well I enjoyed thinking about the puzzle.
It was a bit of "fun" - well I enjoyed thinking about the puzzle.
Likewise, thanks for posting Al.
Reminded me of the 11-Plus.
spendorman
19-01-2021, 17:37
Reminded me of the 11-Plus.
I failed that, probably a good thing, would have been sent to my brother's school!
Pigmy Pony
19-01-2021, 18:00
Reminded me of the 11-Plus.
Did you do the 11 plus? I didn't think you'd be old enough. When did they do away with 11 plus?
Did you do the 11 plus? I didn't think you'd be old enough. When did they do away with 11 plus?
Yes, they still had it in Liverpool until 1984.
Pigmy Pony
19-01-2021, 18:43
I don't recall doing 11 plus, and I was 11 in 1969. Mind you I've forgotten lots of things over the years.
I don't recall doing 11 plus, and I was 11 in 1969. Mind you I've forgotten lots of things over the years.
It wasn't abolished nationally, different regions did away with it at different times. I think they still have it in some places down south.
None of them!
Glass 3 will start to fill first, because the feed to that is the lowest of the outlets from glass 1, and will continue to fill because the outlets from it are blocked in one way or another.
However in order to fill glass 3 the level of beer in glass 1 has to be greater than the level of the outlet, so once the bottle has been emptied there will always be some beer in glass 1, just below the level of the outlet. Thus no glass gets FULL - the contents of the bottle are shared between glasses 1 and 3.
Indeed, or more importantly, no glass 'gets full'. It becomes filled, or rather, doesn't!;)
Marco [happily accepting the role as today's pedant].
Reminded me of the 11-Plus.
I've heard of it, but not sure exactly what it is. Some form of exam or qualification? Certainly wasn't a 'thing' in Scotland during my era. We had O-Grades and Highers (while you lot had O-Levels and A-Levels).
Marco.
Indeed, or more importantly, no glass 'gets full'. It becomes filled, or rather, doesn't!;)
Marco [happily accepting the role as today's pedant].
I was only citing the question: "Which glass gets full first". I did wince at the grammar and confess I was negligent in omitting a 'sic'. :o
I've heard of it, but not sure exactly what it is. Some form of exam or qualification? Certainly wasn't a 'thing' in Scotland during my era. We had O-Grades and Highers (while you lot had O-Levels and A-Levels).
Marco.
It was an exam you took at 11 years old to determine if you would go on to Grammar school or to a Secondary Modern in areas where the comprehensive system had not been introduced.
CSE mainly in secondary modern/comprehensive, O level in Grammar (most subjects) in North Herts during the 60's/70's
I went to a Grammar and the school was "told off" for entering too many students for CSE French (just my class got 30 grade one French CSE's), exam board thought that we should have been entered for O level :)
It was an exam you took at 11 years old to determine if you would go on to Grammar school or to a Secondary Modern in areas where the comprehensive system had not been introduced.
Ah, thanks. That would explain it. We had the latter up in Glasgow.
Marco.
CSE mainly in secondary modern/comprehensive, O level in Grammar (most subjects) in North Herts during the 60's/70's
I went to a Grammar and the school was "told off" for entering too many students for CSE French (just my class got 30 grade one French CSE's), exam board thought that we should have been entered for O level :)
Cool. I went to a 'posh' private school, so was fortunate to be doing French in Primary 6, plus algebra and 1st year secondary school English, the year next. We even had a lady coming in who gave us elocution lessons, lol. Great fun!:D
It was good discipline though and preparation for the real world.
IME, nothing opens doors more, and provides opportunities, than being able to speak properly (here I'm referring to good diction and proper pronunciation), and also being able to spell correctly and write using proper grammar and punctuation, plus having been taught good manners and etiquette - all of which breeds self-confidence, which also opens doors.
In secondary school up in Scotland it was O-levels and A-levels, and also what was called Sixth Year Studies, which of course you did in your 6th year, if you stayed in school for that long! SYS exams were effectively 1st year uni standard, and I got four in English, French, Italian and geography, as at the time those were the subjects I was most interested in.
Those were the days when exams were demanding and genuinely hard to pass, and you really needed to know your shit - unlike the piss-easy bollox now!:doh:
Marco.
Not really as good as it sounds - the CSE French was easy (I thought), I know that if I had taken O level I would have failed.
Strange though, the first time I went to France was over thirty years later and a few phrases came back to me.
....
IME, nothing opens doors more, and provides opportunities, than being able to speak properly (here I'm referring to good diction and proper pronunciation), and also being able to spell correctly and write using proper grammar and punctuation, plus having been taught good manners and etiquette - all of which breeds self-confidence, which also opens doors.
Marco.
I taught in a public school for a year and was invited to the Christmas dinner.
My wife and I were most impressed with a sixth form girl who had been seated with us (I hadn't taught her, so I was a little apprehensive at first). As you say, her good manners, etiquette and the resulting self confidence contributed to our having a lovely, chatty and relaxed evening.
Success in life isn't all about academic qualifications. I have taught many pupils in state schools who wouldn't have coped in a similar situation, even though they were her equal in academic terms.
Those were the days when exams were demanding and genuinely hard to pass, and you really needed to know your shit - unlike the piss-easy bollox now!:doh:
Never found exams that hard to pass (class of '75), didn't do much revision either but ended up with 7 O levels at good grades. Never stayed on for A levels, wanted to start earning some dough to buy 'hifi' ;)
Other half's grandson is 14 and his homework is far from 'piss-easy bollox'.
Beobloke
21-01-2021, 08:27
Cool. I went to a 'posh' private school, so was fortunate to be doing French in Primary 6, plus algebra and 1st year secondary school English, the year next. We even had a lady coming in who gave us elocution lessons, lol. Great fun!:D
It was good discipline though and preparation for the real world.
IME, nothing opens doors more, and provides opportunities, than being able to speak properly (here I'm referring to good diction and proper pronunciation), and also being able to spell correctly and write using proper grammar and punctuation, plus having been taught good manners and etiquette - all of which breeds self-confidence, which also opens doors.
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I also went to a private school. Nothing to do with being posh but my mother was a teacher and knew how bad the comprehensive boys’ schools in our area were (Southampton suburbs) and so she had a “No son of mine is going to any of those dumps” attitude! She and my dad scrimped and saved to send me there which meant quite a frugal childhood but they were some of the happiest years of my life.
Regarding your point about etiquette and good manners, one of the things about the school that stuck with mum until the day she died was the speech the headmaster gave the new parents when we started the secondary school. He said “ I cannot promise to send you hone a genius in five years’ time, but I will send you hone a gentleman”.
Our school had a very distinctive uniform, so if any of us put a foot wrong in public, letters to the headmaster usually resulted which were read out in assembly. Fortunately we also got our fair share of praise letters when we helped old ladies with their shopping or held doors open for people, and they did used to read those out as well, to their credit!
Never found exams that hard to pass (class of '75), didn't do much revision either but ended up with 7 O levels at good grades. Never stayed on for A levels, wanted to start earning some dough to buy 'hifi' ;)
Other half's grandson is 14 and his homework is far from 'piss-easy bollox'.
I did O level in 1985 and they would give us past papers going back to the 1970s to practice on. The 1970s papers got harder the further back you went and were more difficult than the 1980s exams. No idea if that trend continued though. Leaving school was for a long time the happiest day of my life, trumped only by leaving Vodafone in 2004.
if you've ever seen the film 'The Hill', that was my school. They got very good exam results though.
Never found exams that hard to pass (class of '75), didn't do much revision either but ended up with 7 O levels at good grades. Never stayed on for A levels, wanted to start earning some dough to buy 'hifi' ;)
Other half's grandson is 14 and his homework is far from 'piss-easy bollox'.
Pretty much the same here (class of '73), lucky enough to get a job in chemical industry with "day release"
I did O level in 1985 and they would give us past papers going back to the 1970s to practice on. The 1970s papers got harder the further back you went and were more difficult than the 1980s exams. No idea if that trend continued though. ...........
I think the trend continued (at least in science) until the new GCSE about five years ago, higher level papers demand very good understanding (and maths skills now).
One of the biggest stumbling blocks for my pupils was the ability to read and interpret the question - I have sat with pupils and talked them through mock papers and they would regularly say "oh that is so easy, I didn't get what they were asking for"
Talk about thread drift :lol:
walpurgis
21-01-2021, 09:18
if you've ever seen the film 'The Hill', that was my school.
Sounds quite posh. They demolished my school in the eighties, it didn't look much different when they'd finished. A bit like a middle-east warzone.
Reminded me of the 11-Plus.
in roman times it was the x1+:lol:
in roman times it was the x1+:lol:
Surely xi+ ?? :ner:
Filterlab
21-01-2021, 12:29
Or XI even.
:D
call yoursel's british and you don't remember the carry on cleo line...Caesar says he is unqualified for any job other than emperor because he failed his "x one plus". The "eleven plus" exam, common in Britain at the time this film was made, was set to children aged ten or eleven to stream them and determine their educational future. ;):ner:
"Nihil expectore in omnibus" "No Spitting (expectorate) on the (omni) Bus." The motto should read "Nihil expector in omnibus" which translates as "I expect nothing at all." which I should have realised.. Oh what a Carry-on!:D
'What's the weather like Centurion?'
'Hail Caesar!'
Infamy, Infamy... They've all got it in for me..
Won the best one liner ever in film.
Filterlab
21-01-2021, 19:28
Infamy, Infamy... They've all got it in for me..
Won the best one liner ever in film.
LOL!
I was just about to type that exact line! :lol:
It’s my favourite Carry On of the entire series. Such excellent writing.
“He looks a little wan”
“He looks like a big one if you ask me”
Audio Al
21-01-2021, 19:54
LOL!
I was just about to type that exact line! :lol:
It’s my favourite Carry On of the entire series. Such excellent writing.
“He looks a little wan”
“He looks like a big one if you ask me”
Now now cone on ,
Don't tallk about Marco like that :D:ner:
Yesh, but that's because he knows I've got a big one. Scalford Hall 2009, room 232... Never underestimate, dahling, how boys can bond at bake-offs:eek::D
Marco.
Audio Al
21-01-2021, 23:00
Yesh, but that's because he knows I've got a big one. Scalford Hall 2009, room 232... Never underestimate, dahling, how boys can bond at bake-offs:eek::D
Marco.
Room 232 was only small , Not enough room for your manhood and ego also remember Del was in attendance :D
Yesh, and that's what made things 'interesting':eyebrows:
Marco.
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