[chbot] Choc Fish Challenge #5

Synco Reynders synco.reynders at gmail.com
Wed Sep 7 00:45:52 BST 2011


Hi Nathan,
  The cable is underground and I'm sure it's not completely a straight
line between the exchanges either.
/s

On 7 September 2011 07:24, Nathan Kennedy <nathan at kennedytechnology.com> wrote:
> You don't mention if the cable has to be straight (although I can't imagine
> a 300 wire cable being very flexible).
> If you were to arrange the cable in a circle, you could test one strand at a
> time, completing the circuit with a much shorter wire.
> Nathan.
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Synco Reynders <synco.reynders at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> So just when you thought you'd solved the problem... your boss makes
>> you do the 300 wire cable, however this cable in 10km long and you
>> discover your battery/lamp test doesn't work if the wire length is
>> more than 25km. Short of getting another battery etc... how would you
>> identify/label every wire in the cable??
>> Enjoy,
>> /s
>>
>> On 5 September 2011 19:13, Cass Jones <jones.cass at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Oh, looks like my email got bounced for being too big so here's my
>> > diagrams in an external link:
>> >
>> > http://cass64.fileave.com/phone_exchange_solution.png
>> >
>> > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Cass Jones <jones.cass at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Conveniently my example uses 8 wires, so it can be demonstrated with
>> >> cat 5
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Cass Jones <jones.cass at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> I may not have been clear enough, I've drawn instructions with
>> >>> diagrams, attached to this email.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Synco Reynders
>> >>> <synco.reynders at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> I was confused why you'd leave 2 unpaired wire in the first place?
>> >>>> Yet
>> >>>> alone trying to find them.
>> >>>> /s
>> >
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