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Bassics is not online. Bassics
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09 Nov 2013 03:04 AM
Here's how it goes:

Bob works at a scripting company. Bob's boss needs 10 scripts. Bob's boss knows that Bob is a lazy programmer and he does not want Bob to slack off. So, Bob's boss tells him that he must make script 1 in exactly an hour. Then once he is done, he must finish 2 in another hour. He also adds that once Bob finishes 2, he must do the same for 3. Bob's boss tells him to continue this until he finishes all 10 scripts.

How many hours in total would it take Bob to finish all his scripts on time?

First person to guess it right gets 200 R$. (:
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OneTrueGodTheHolyCow is not online. OneTrueGodTheHolyCow
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09 Nov 2013 04:04 AM
hes an lazy bum so he don't finish it L0L narbzzzz
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Dr01d3k4 is not online. Dr01d3k4
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09 Nov 2013 04:48 AM
4 hours.
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woot3 is not online. woot3
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09 Nov 2013 05:02 AM
Bob works at a scripting company. Bob's boss needs 10 scripts. Bob's boss knows that Bob is a lazy programmer and he does not want Bob to slack off. So, Bob's boss tells him that he must make script 1 in exactly an hour. Then once he is done, he must finish 2 in another hour. He also adds that once Bob finishes 2, he must do the same for 3. Bob's boss tells him to continue this until he finishes all 10 scripts.

10 scripts.

1st hour, one script. (1)
2nd hour, two scripts. (3)
3rd hour, three scripts (6)
4th hour, four scripts (10)

10 scripts would take him for hours.
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NickPatella is not online. NickPatella
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09 Nov 2013 08:00 AM
Well, assuming he is finishing Script #1, Script #2, Script #3 and so on, it would take him 10 hours, an hour per script.
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thedestroyer115 is not online. thedestroyer115
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09 Nov 2013 08:01 AM
@Nick
Read his riddle.
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NickPatella is not online. NickPatella
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09 Nov 2013 08:14 AM
"script 1 in exactly an hour. Then once he is done, he must finish 2"
He said script 1, not 1 script. I figure this might be where the trick is, but I could be completely wrong.
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As8D is not online. As8D
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09 Nov 2013 08:21 AM
I'd say more than 4 hours.

1st script = 1 hour
2 + 3rd script = 2 hours
4 + 5th script = 3 hours
6 + 7th script = 4 hours
8 + 9th script = 5 hours
10th script = 6 hours.

It's just "repeat the next steps as with 2 and 3" - but does that mean increasing the amount of scripts needed to make?


Well, good luck. CHATBUBBLEZH! - As
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bohdan77 is not online. bohdan77
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09 Nov 2013 08:35 AM
"he must finish 2"

Does this mean he has to finish script 2 in the next hour, or two scripts?
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Victimize is not online. Victimize
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09 Nov 2013 09:13 AM
SEE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MAKE PROGRAMMERS DO RIDDLES

quickly; a programmer's friend tells him to go to the market to buy eggs and/or butter. his friend says 'buy 1 pack of butter, and if they have eggs, buy a dozen'

what should the programmer be prepared to buy?
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MettaurSp is not online. MettaurSp
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09 Nov 2013 09:25 AM
I would just go and blow some money in some other section of the store. Like getting Safeway's sub sandwich or precooked chicken for insta-lunch/dinner/snack. o3o
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Tr3e is not online. Tr3e
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09 Nov 2013 10:01 AM
0, because he'll never get the work done.
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lampwnage121 is not online. lampwnage121
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09 Nov 2013 10:06 AM
'must make script 1 in exactly an hour'
Never because he didn`t specify, an hour from when?
'he must finish 2 in another hour'
Yeah, After he takes a two month break he will finish it in an hour
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Prehistoricman is not online. Prehistoricman
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09 Nov 2013 10:07 AM
28 hours :D

1, 2, 3 take 3 hours
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 takes 6 hours
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 takes 9 hours
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 takes 10 hours
add em up...
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TimeShop is not online. TimeShop
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09 Nov 2013 10:13 AM
10 hours
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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09 Nov 2013 10:36 AM
Tr33 wins
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As8D is not online. As8D
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09 Nov 2013 11:00 AM
Nowhere in the riddle is said that Bob does not do his work - And most of us assume that he complete his task, as otherwise he'd most likely get fired.

- As, in Soviet Russia, you don't use commas... commas use YOU! Oh... wrong thread?
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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09 Nov 2013 11:02 AM
Maybe he got fired, we haven't heard part 2 of the riddle so you can't assume he didn't c;
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BLOXLUA is not online. BLOXLUA
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09 Nov 2013 11:51 AM
Bob never finishes due to him being so lazy.
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TheLuaWeaver is not online. TheLuaWeaver
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09 Nov 2013 12:23 PM
Do scripting companies even exist? lol.

while obamacare() do benefitMiddleClass() end --LuaWeaver
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Radioaktiivinen is not online. Radioaktiivinen
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09 Nov 2013 01:18 PM
He would do them all in the first hour so he can browse cat videos for the rest of the day.
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digpoe is not online. digpoe
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09 Nov 2013 01:20 PM
He would do them all in the first 0th of a second.

Then spend the rest of his time listening to keyboard cat.
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C0D3Y is not online. C0D3Y
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09 Nov 2013 01:30 PM
@Radio

You pretty much just described every day for me in my Program C++/Java class where we've only used PBasic with the Boe-Bot so far...
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