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<p>[QUOTE="jd_2000, post: 1361165, member: 35761"]<b>My attempt</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">Really tough questions! </font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></span></p><p><u><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">Question 1:</font></span></u></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">I’m going to take the cheap way out and guess.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">Vegtable oils at room temp seem kind of thick as does lard. Of the ones that are left I only recognize glycerin and whale oil as lubricants. I’m going to go with saving the whales and guess <b>glycerin</b>.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><u><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">Question 2</font></span></u><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">I had no way to guess this one. Quick Google found this: <a href="http://www.espimetals.com/tech/rhenium.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.espimetals.com/tech/rhenium.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.espimetals.com/tech/rhenium.pdf</a></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">which says 460 Gpa. You asked for it in million psi. I used <a href="http://www.unitconversion.org/pressure/gigapascals-to-psis-conversion.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.unitconversion.org/pressure/gigapascals-to-psis-conversion.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.unitconversion.org/pressure/gigapascals-to-psis-conversion.html</span></a> and got <b>66.717359 million psi</b>.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><u>Question 3</u></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">I was thinking +,-,*,/, but those are arithmetic and not “logical” operations. Even though most general purpose desk calculators don’t have such operations I’m going to pick from a few logical operations (AND, OR, NOT, INVERT) and say <b>AND</b>.</font></span></p><p><u><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">Question 4</font></span></u><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">1.Murphy’s law: What can go wrong will go wrong. Ha.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">2. </font></span><b><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Steal the previous posters </span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">anwer </span></font><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">(Spanish) Ley Nacional de Transito N° 24.449</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">Art. 40 Requisitos para circular, Ins: “Fâ€</font></span></p><p><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">I’ll go with #2.</font></span></b></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><u>Question 5</u></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">No clue. I say <b>40 degrees</b>. I feel too guilty to steal another one of Shamrock111’s answers.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><u>Question 6</u></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">I have never played Truco but wiki shows card ranking. I suppose it is best to play highest ranks first.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">So, player <b>“a” should go with his “3” </b>while player “b” should go with …. You said not a “bravo” but maybe it is “gold”? If it is 7 of gold player “a” should play that. Otherwise, the “3”.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">Thanks for the contest! At least I learned something about driving in Argentina !</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jd_2000, post: 1361165, member: 35761"][b]My attempt[/b] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Really tough questions! [/FONT][/COLOR] [U][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Question 1:[/FONT][/COLOR][/U] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]I’m going to take the cheap way out and guess.[U][/U][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Vegtable oils at room temp seem kind of thick as does lard. Of the ones that are left I only recognize glycerin and whale oil as lubricants. I’m going to go with saving the whales and guess [B]glycerin[/B].[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [U][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Question 2[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] I had no way to guess this one. Quick Google found this: [url]http://www.espimetals.com/tech/rhenium.pdf[/url] which says 460 Gpa. You asked for it in million psi. I used [URL="http://www.unitconversion.org/pressure/gigapascals-to-psis-conversion.html"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.unitconversion.org/pressure/gigapascals-to-psis-conversion.html[/COLOR][/URL] and got [B]66.717359 million psi[/B]. [U]Question 3[/U] I was thinking +,-,*,/, but those are arithmetic and not “logical” operations. Even though most general purpose desk calculators don’t have such operations I’m going to pick from a few logical operations (AND, OR, NOT, INVERT) and say [B]AND[/B].[/FONT][/COLOR] [U][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Question 4[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] 1.Murphy’s law: What can go wrong will go wrong. Ha. 2. [/FONT][/COLOR][B][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Steal the previous posters [/COLOR][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]anwer [/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma](Spanish) Ley Nacional de Transito N° 24.449 Art. 40 Requisitos para circular, Ins: “Fâ€[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]I’ll go with #2.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [U]Question 5[/U] No clue. I say [B]40 degrees[/B]. I feel too guilty to steal another one of Shamrock111’s answers. [U]Question 6[/U] I have never played Truco but wiki shows card ranking. I suppose it is best to play highest ranks first. So, player [B]“a” should go with his “3” [/B]while player “b” should go with …. You said not a “bravo” but maybe it is “gold”? If it is 7 of gold player “a” should play that. Otherwise, the “3”. Thanks for the contest! At least I learned something about driving in Argentina ! [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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