Question:
Goal: What can I make a cool looking shelf out of?

Which of the following methods is more reasonable for accomplishing this goal?
Answer:
Use an old piano bench and chop off the legs of it.

Question:
Goal: How do you make a dull knife shiny?

Which of the following methods is more reasonable for accomplishing this goal?
Answer:
Use a buffer and rub it on the blade until it shines up.

Question:
Goal: To brute force a combination lock.

Which of the following methods is more reasonable for accomplishing this goal?
Answer:
Start at 000, try to open the lock, then try 001, try to open the lock, and so on until it opens.