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You have two plastic jugs filled with water. How can you put all the water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug?
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Highlight here for the answer: Freeze them first. Take the ice blocks out of the jugs and put them in the barrel. You will be able to tell which (frozen) water came from which jug.
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Comments (16)
Problem solved.
And just because there's no specific name for "molten steel" does not mean that the liquid form is somehow not still made of steel.
"Dry Ice" is a name for the solid form of carbon dioxide. But it's still carbon dioxide.
Let me put it this way: If I offered you $10,000 to bring me a jug of water, and you brought me jug full of ice, would you be entitled to the $10,000?
And although the project I am employed by is federally funded, I am a university employee and our project has a budget surplus. If I did get "sent home" I would probably still be in the lab working unless they forced me out, because stuff still needs to get done (as seems to be the policy on furlough days from the state government). Friends at national labs and other places vary from annoyed to now dealing with potentially large extra expenses associated with messed up schedules or pausing work.
Not like politics are all rosy here either:(
http://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-80-of-federal-employees-keep-working-2013-10
As others have said: Worst apocalypse ever.
A government shutdown doesn't hit everyone immediately, but it if stretches out, you'll feel a hit at some point. Sort of a trickle down thing.