A train leaves LA for NY (Train F) at 15mph and a train leaves NY for LA (Train Q) at 10mph. Suppose there is only one set of railroad tracks between LA and NY, thus eventually, both trains will collide. Now, suppose a bird flies 15 mph route that matches the path of the railroad tracks and it leaves initially from LA. When it reaches Train Q, it immediately reverses direction it was flying and it files towards Train F. Once it meets Train F, it reverses direction until it sees Train Q, and reverses again and continues to do this until the trains collide. The question is, "How far as the bird travelled?"
NSNick
Posts: 1977/3875 |
I would have to say the best way would be clockwise, as most drivers are right-handed, and will be standing facing the lock with their left hand on the handle. The easiest way to turn your right wrist would be clockwise. |
HyperLamer
Posts: 3936/8210 |
I always do it clockwise because I'm right-handed. If that doesn't work (which I've never seen), turn it the other way. 
Though the only car I've actually owned is a total wreck that isn't street-legal, so I don't bother locking it. It's sitting in the middle of a huge chunk of private property and completely worthless, even if someone did take it for some reason, I could care less.  |
Kario
Posts: 1560/2082 |
OK, I believe the best way to unlock the drivers side door is counterclockwise, then the lock on the passenger side would unlock clockwise, that way the two key locks and the buttons that unlock the doors are all going towards the front of the car. |
Emptyeye
Posts: 1608/2273 |
Yeah, it's completely car-dependent. Note that for my family's cars, I believe counter-clockwise unlocks both of them. |
Jagori
Posts: 185/267 |
Well really, the best way to turn a key to unlock a driver's side door is whatever direction unlocks the door on the car you're unlocking. |
neotransotaku
Posts: 2807/4016 |
one thing I'm not sure people are keeping in mind is that these are styles of questions Microsoft actually will ask in a job interview so would you really give short answers without explaination? Note, if you don't want to imagine interviewing for Microsoft, then think about a company you'd like to work for since these are legitamate questions to use |
Kario
Posts: 1557/2082 |
This question is completely opinionated, and therfore bogus.
My answer is counter-clockwise. |
Jagori
Posts: 184/267 |
That depends on the car... my last car, I turned it counter-clockwise; my current car, I turn it clockwise. |
neotransotaku
Posts: 2806/4016 |
Cellar Dweller gets it--his answer with the water loop is the closest answer to what I had in mind. At a hotel, if hot water is always in use, then you will have hot water anywhere. Think about it at home, after someone takes a shower, if you use the shower immedately after (don't have to be the same shower), you'll have hot water. Idea is the same in a hotel, if something is always using it, like a the water loop, then hot water will always be present
NSNick - 2 points
Cellar Dweller - 1 point
Next question: Which is the best direction to unlock the driver side door of a car? Should one turn the key clock wise or counter-clockwise? |
HyperLamer
Posts: 3893/8210 |
Better heaters closer to the faucet. |
Jagori
Posts: 181/267 |
Originally posted by NSNick
Originally posted by Jagori
But won't that put you on the other side of the north pole, so that you won't be going south to begin with?
I should specify. Be one mile north of the latitude in the Southern Hemisphere where the circumference of the Earth is exactly one mile. It might work in the Northern Hemisphere, but I'm not sure if that latitude is more than one mile south of the North Pole.
Pfft, technicalities. You can't expect me to consider the fact that the world has a southern hemisphere too! 
And as for the current question.. I honestly can't say any hotel I've been to has hot water as soon as I turn the tap on; however I do remember one of them having a hot-water shutoff under the sink so I'm guessing that it either has one of those elements that heats water as you use it, or each room has its own hot water reservoir. |
Emptyeye
Posts: 1602/2273 |
That seems too obvious, though. But we'll see.  |
Kario
Posts: 1533/2082 |
Originally posted by Emptyeye
Order it from room service?
The question says from the bathroom faucet, so your answer wouldnt work.
Cellar Dweller's answers are correct, a family member runs a hotel and they have a small water heater in every bathroom. At my work they have those hot water loops and that keeps hot water coming out any time.
I guess I should have an answer too. They have propane water heaters instead of electric.
BTW, I have hot water at my house on demand, I dont have to wait for it.... |
neotransotaku
Posts: 2796/4016 |
i'll wait for a few more answers, to give people opportunity to think about it... |
Emptyeye
Posts: 1601/2273 |
Order it from room service? |
Cellar Dweller
Posts: 216/269 |
Originally posted by neotransotaku
Alright, how about something less number theory eh?
When you go to a hotel, when you want hot water from a bathroom faucet, you have it. But when you are at home, it takes time. How is a hotel able to provide hot water on demand?
There are several ways a hotels can provide hot water quickly. One is to install a hot water loop, with a pump to circulate water back into the heater, that runs near each sink, keeping hot water avalable at all times. Another is to install small water heaters near each sink or cluster of sinks in adjacent suites. |
NSNick
Posts: 1972/3875 |
Originally posted by Jagori
But won't that put you on the other side of the north pole, so that you won't be going south to begin with?
I should specify. Be one mile north of the latitude in the Southern Hemisphere where the circumference of the Earth is exactly one mile. It might work in the Northern Hemisphere, but I'm not sure if that latitude is more than one mile south of the North Pole. |
| This is a long thread. Click here to view it. |
