From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261246AbTDKSaH (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:30:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261346AbTDKSaH (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:30:07 -0400 Received: from splat.lanl.gov ([128.165.17.254]:47012 "EHLO balance.radtt.lanl.gov") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261246AbTDKSaG (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:30:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:41:40 -0600 From: Eric Weigle To: Nicholas Berry Cc: john@grabjohn.com, freesoftwaredeveloper@web.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release Message-ID: <20030411184140.GT14040@lanl.gov> References: <200304112003.08558.freesoftwaredeveloper@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy X-Editor: Vim, http://www.vim.org X-GnuPG-fingerprint: 112E F8CA 12A9 771E DB10 6514 D4B0 D758 59EA 9C4F X-GnuPG-key: http://public.lanl.gov/ehw/ehw.gpg.key User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > [Puzzle] > > Say the power supply had five 5.25" drive power connecters, how many 1 > > into 3 power cable splitters would you need to connect all 4000 disks? >> 400 (hit me if this is wrong :) > Hit hit hit. > > Could be wrong, but I make it 1939. > Nik Uhm.. how? You start with 5, each 1-3 splitter takes one and provides 3, net gain of 2, regardless of how it's wired. 5+2*x >= 4000 --> x>=1998. -Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Eric H. Weigle -- http://public.lanl.gov/ehw/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither" -- Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------