From: uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Subject: Re: A conundrum ... post Vader era !!
Reply-To: uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 20:10:14 GMT

The following was a puzzle in english comprehension.
Such puzzles make things difficult for guys like me,
whose english language skills are bad (I am a TA! god save USA).

anyway, since the zirkels cant hear or communicate, they dont
leave because of the threat.  And if one zirkel leaves, all leave
because they react to surroundings...


Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)

I made a 500+ in gre ANAL(!).  lets see how this goes...


In article <1992Aug21.173136.8058@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> nsridhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Natarajan Sridhar) writes:
>A puzzle to keep you occupied while your program gets made!
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>
>A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, there existed a small colony
>of zirkels on a planet called Titigua. 
>
>Now, zirkels closely resemble humans in several
>respects, save they lack hands; and the power to hear and communicate.
>They can only observe their surroundings and react accordingly.
>
>A Dark Jedi happened to visit this simple, albeit chaotic world, and
>immensely taken in by its beauty, decided to settle there. Using
>his powerful mental powers, he succeeded in building a fantastic
>civilization. And the zirkels in turn accepted him as their Master, for
>he was the only person capable of harnessing their thoughts and 
>communicating them to the others.
>
>Life was good for couple of centuries. But then something strange
>started happening. The zirkels began sprouting ears ! It finally
>came to a point where every zirkel had atleast one ear, and some
>had two. This worried the Jedi master who felt that at this rate,
>the zirkels can evolve into humans really fast, and would gradually
>become less and less dependent on him. Being a Dark Jedi, ultimate power
>was his only ambition. He felt that the two-eared zirkels posed the
>biggest threat since their rate of evolution was apparently the 
>greatest. The others could be taken care of in the course of the
>ensuing centuries.
>
>So one day, the Jedi assembled his entire zerkle populace into The
>City Hall (it was a small colony, remember ?), and said, "I want 
>all ye mutated two-eared ones to leave this world. I would not like to use
>any of my powers against you, I'd rather you left on your own accord.
>There is a special colony for you on the rings of Titigua. Tomorrow
>the rest of us will assemble here to decide your fate. You have been
>a blot on our society for too long !"
>
>No zerkle leaves. The next day, the Jedi takes one look at his people
>and thunders "I see that you people do not care for my words anymore.
>I'm giving you one more chance. All two-eared zirkels must leave immediately." 
>
>Again nobody leaves, and everybody assembles at the hall the following day.
>The Jedi is positively angry now. The flash of a lightsaber is all too 
>perceptible, when some zirkels leave.
>
>The Q is:
>
>HOW MANY ZIRKELS LEAVE ?
>
>NB: Above is a genuine puzzle. Please don't respond with goofy solutions !
>
>Good luck !
>**sridhar**
>