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- kalleanka, on 12/19/2007, -9/+369Wow, if all it takes to do that job is to multiply two numbers (and then subtract another number) I would say most 15 year olds will qualify for the job.
- airwalkery2k, on 12/19/2007, -3/+18001.876.8000
=/ Man, I am bored. - foofoobee, on 12/19/2007, -7/+117Wow. It's just a joke folks... lighten up.
- fusuke31, on 12/19/2007, -2/+96How is that a challenge? They should have converted it to a nonstandard base value that uniquely translates to a 10 digit number. The first caller gets the job.
- shaun1018, on 12/19/2007, -1/+90Then it is serving it's purpose :)
- minitrollster, on 12/19/2007, -7/+90I'm drunk so I cam.t really solve this right now
- EXreaction, on 12/19/2007, -2/+81That's a crazy math problem?
I sure hope you are not looking for a job in engineering...or, you know, any job that takes 5th grade level math or higher. - inactive, on 12/19/2007, -3/+62Clever and witty, but the equation is simplicity itself. I suppose it represents what kind of people they want to hire, it's like a sort of "Simple algebra is all w.e need for you to get a job" thing.
IE, "difficult problems" seems to be an overstatement. - a3r0, on 12/19/2007, -0/+56Easier than Google's
http://haacked.com/archive/2004/07/13/811.aspx - Hobbes24, on 12/19/2007, -20/+75talk a lot of ***** for someone who didn't post this apparently trivial answer.
- inactive, on 12/19/2007, -1/+46I think the point is that most people would just look at it and say '***** it' (like me) but someone who took a few seconds can figure it out pretty easily. I think it has less to do with math and more to do with the attitude behind attempting to solve something that appears to be complicated.
- theferno, on 12/19/2007, -3/+4750 grand a year for multiplying and subtracting numbers is not too shabby
- a3r0, on 12/19/2007, -0/+43You're not thinking efficiently enough! A computer engineer would write it once on the board behind it
- cbabraham, on 12/19/2007, -5/+41I would probably write the answer on all the tabs.....
- jmpeagle, on 12/19/2007, -5/+37no one, there aren't enough numbers
- inactive, on 12/19/2007, -1/+32Doh! You are funny.
It's a Switzerland phone number, for the company McKinsey. - adambadam, on 12/19/2007, -1/+30So who's gonna call it??
- stefpet, on 12/19/2007, -0/+29Please, people (including those in the replies)... it is not about solving the simple problem is the only qualification for the job, it is about making the ad stand out. Hey, they're even on digg!
- stlcadet11, on 12/19/2007, -1/+27cheater
- Drull, on 12/19/2007, -0/+26The comment hole of stupidity grows stronger.
- zspeed78, on 12/19/2007, -0/+25My ti-89 isnt looking for work.
- KingGorilla, on 12/19/2007, -0/+25never, only americans have phones. the rest of the world is made up of savages
- andrewcool, on 12/19/2007, -11/+3301.876.8000
Must be bored too. - thailand1972, on 12/19/2007, -3/+24or spel
- maddog, on 12/19/2007, -0/+21you do realize is a 800*10 not 800*100...
- dubloe7, on 12/19/2007, -1/+20that depends, if someone asked me what 2+2 was i would either make a lame joke like '5, but only for extremely high values of 2', or roll my eyes and walk away.
- KaneElson, on 12/19/2007, -5/+22@jmpeagle
This isn't a US only website. Realise the internet is global next time you post. - nshady, on 12/19/2007, -1/+17Hmm... ever think that maybe it's not an American phone number?
- EXreaction, on 12/19/2007, -4/+19Perhaps you should have studied English a bit more.
- estat, on 12/19/2007, -3/+18Are you seriously suggesting that this is in any way not trivial? I don't know about you, but I learned order of operations when I was 10. This isn't even algebra. I thought computer engineering suggested proficiency in at least Calc 1-3 + Diff Eq.
- BMANZZS, on 12/19/2007, -4/+19clever, but It's not that hard to use a calculator
- zerhynn, on 12/19/2007, -5/+17He doesn't need English when he's doing Mathematics.
Go back to writing your 20 page thesis, English major. We don't take kindly to your type 'round these parts. - Dunadan, on 12/19/2007, -0/+12Wrong, I would... assuming I could solve it of course. My point is to say I (and others, I'm certain) love a challenge, and if I saw something like that but more difficult, I would certainly grab one and attempt to solve it.
- jonohull, on 12/19/2007, -0/+11Yes, you have successfully repeated what he just said.
- lbeaty1981, on 12/19/2007, -0/+11You don't know many engineers, do you?
- bagboyrebel, on 12/19/2007, -0/+11my brother is in 6th grade and he could do this problem.
- striker1211, on 12/19/2007, -0/+11You're a dick. Let's make fun of someone trying to learn... were you abused as a child?
- SillyRabbits, on 12/19/2007, -0/+10Some schools teach algebra in 6th and 7th grade...
- randersontt, on 12/19/2007, -2/+12sure, funny concept but a 6th grader with a calculator could figure it out.
- fisk42, on 12/19/2007, -0/+9your making a mistake between steps 3 and 4 and adding a zero there at the end
- Llanowar, on 12/19/2007, -0/+9If you write it on the board instead you save a lot of time and when the tabs run out the number is still there.
- SLockhart, on 12/19/2007, -9/+18Yeah, it's probably for a position with Apple.
- bigsteve, on 12/19/2007, -0/+9Engineering is using the right tools for the job.
- bigsteve, on 12/19/2007, -0/+8..in the US.
- thailand1972, on 12/19/2007, -0/+8Looks like a rip-off to me.
- offwithyourtv, on 12/19/2007, -0/+8Yes it is, but you didn't have to click on it more than once. If you've been on digg long enough to point out a dupe, you've been on digg long enough to know that dupes happen usually on a daily basis, and it's not that big of a deal.
- probrian, on 12/19/2007, -0/+8that is a difficult problem...call us if you could guess the invisible numbers in this problem.
- EXreaction, on 12/19/2007, -5/+130x11e6080
or
1000111100110000010000000 - mikm, on 12/19/2007, -0/+7If I were the company, I would have made the phone number the solution to some NP-complete problem.
- MikeMcG, on 12/19/2007, -1/+8But that really reduces the portability of your solution. If you wrote it on each of the tabs then the user could take the solution wherever.
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