19 October
2019
19 October
2019
A puzzle for the weekend
In a remote part of an African jungle once lived a bunch of lions. No other animal ever came there. Except one day, somehow a deer showed up. Of course, the lions immediately wanted to eat it. Now, these lions were very smart and very courteous. Some might even say they took special “pride” in it 🙂
Puns aside, here are the rules of the puzzle:
(*) the lions have an understanding that only one lion – whoever is first to touch – can kill and eat a deer. (when one attacks, nobody else does; that is where the courteous bit comes in)
(*) they also know that this deer has a property that whichever lion attacks and eats it, itself becomes a deer the next day (which can be attacked and killed by other lions then)
(*) Every lion is desperate to eat a deer. They are okay to live the rest of their life as a deer itself – but will not do so if they know they might get killed the next day by the lions.
Question: Will the deer survive?
12 October
2019
10 mile run in exactly 100 minutes
7 October
2019
A quick puzzle
6 October
2019
Ran with the Chalupa group after a fairly long time
6 October
2019
It came down today
To test out what is happening after the sky high heart rate yesterday, I tried something different today. Put in a warm up mile first. And then put in a faster than normal for me 5K run. After that, another one mile to cool down. The 5K was in 26 mins 40 seconds (at my normal pace, it would take closer to 30 minutes). It was nice and cool 63 degrees.
The heart rate readings today was closer to what I would expect. Highest was 183. It is still higher than what I would think (170 is what I was thinking it would be). But I was also monitoring my lungs. At no point did I feel I was struggling to take in enough oxygen. I will have to monitor a few more days to see if the heart rate is unreasonably high.
5 October
2019
Deep thoughts
Last night, I was listening to Ataullah Khan’s rendition of “Idhar Zindagi Ka Janaza Uthega”. It is a beautiful poem written from the point of view of the man who realizes that the lady he loves is getting married to somebody else that night.
And I realized that most of the ghazals and qawwalis (or a large fraction of them at least) are about unrequited love.
In the Western world, it happens differently:
Man loves woman.
Woman does not return the love.
Man moves on to next woman.
But from the subcontinent I come from, it is like:
Man loves woman.
Woman does not return the love.
Man sits down to write a poem!!
🙂
5 October
2019
That was a first time…
29 September
2019
From the bartender’s corner – Pineapple Coconut Mojito
29 September
2019
Basketball throws: a rather intriguing puzzle
I had run into this problem long time back. I ran into it again last week. Thought will post it. See if you can solve it without using Google to find the answer. If not, then Google it – pretty interesting, huh? (I will post the answer later).
A basketball player keeps track of his throws for a full calendar year. He, of course, misses a few shots and succeeds with a few more. He missed the very first shot of the year. But he ended the year with 83% successful shots. You have to prove that there had to be a point where is success rate was exactly 75%.
Hint: this is not necessarily true for any number – e.g. 60%. But it is always true for 75%.
In fact, can you guess what are the other % (other than 75%) for which this is also true?