> >>>It looked like a "diaphantine" equation. I tried to derive such myself, > but quickly discovered that creating/solving a diaphantine was more > difficult than just programming a little bit (s). BTW, I used 6 FOR loops > to solve it... > >>> > >>> > >>>Yesss Bruce, why don't you rub it in ... :) OK. I made of fool of > myself. > >>> > >>Er, sorry, Marc...I was partly trying to give you credit for using a > lofty mathematical method... :~) > > > > > >Yes, but then you Quote quickly discovered ... Unquote. One must be > 'elefantine' not to pick that one up. Or is this my paranoia. Maybe > somebody could mention for the grannys? Most paranoiac UT member. Yes > that I would like. > > > But then, that is my field, I'm supposed to be quick (s). Anyway, don't > feel too bad, I just posted wish list items in the FAQ section, and now > Michel has to fix it... Everyone's "elefantine" sometimes... :~) Talking about elephants and... what was it... ah, memory, I've remembered another old problem. Probably no programming involved, but, with these new machines, pentiums and sexiums, one never knows. Here it is: If two men dig a hole in two days, how many days will it take four men to dig half a hole?