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]]> By: Exelle http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/the-cube-question/comment-page-1/#comment-243864 Exelle Mon, 09 May 2011 20:55:19 +0000 http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/the-cube-question/#comment-243864 personally, I'd answer 2 - inside and outside :) but, then again, I like the 35 one :)) personally, I’d answer 2 – inside and outside :)
but, then again, I like the 35 one :) )

]]> By: The Difference Between 5 and 6 Nines by JohnnyCoder http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/the-cube-question/comment-page-1/#comment-140805 The Difference Between 5 and 6 Nines by JohnnyCoder Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:09:20 +0000 http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/the-cube-question/#comment-140805 [...] Yes, they are sometimes the you-don’t-bury-survivors type questions.  And then there’s the cube question which I have written about previously.  One of the guys on my team likes to ask “port [...] [...] Yes, they are sometimes the you-don’t-bury-survivors type questions.  And then there’s the cube question which I have written about previously.  One of the guys on my team likes to ask “port [...]

]]> By: Haacked http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/the-cube-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3827 Haacked Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:42:13 +0000 http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/the-cube-question/#comment-3827 I'm not surprised so many get that wrong, especially in a stressful situation as a tag-team technical interview. If the interviewee is told to take his/her time, hopefully most will get it right. But the first answer that pops in people's head is 4. Because the human brain doesn't actually handle 3-D all that well. When you think about it, you see in 2-D. Luckily, if both eyes work, you get the stereoscopic effect that makes things "appear" 3-D. But if I'm looking at you, I can't see the back of your head. It's still a 2-D image. Another good question is how many 1-inch sugar cubes would it take to make a 2-inch sugar cube. Again, most people instinctively answer four. I bet even more people would get that one wrong. I’m not surprised so many get that wrong, especially in a stressful situation as a tag-team technical interview. If the interviewee is told to take his/her time, hopefully most will get it right.

But the first answer that pops in people’s head is 4. Because the human brain doesn’t actually handle 3-D all that well. When you think about it, you see in 2-D. Luckily, if both eyes work, you get the stereoscopic effect that makes things “appear” 3-D. But if I’m looking at you, I can’t see the back of your head. It’s still a 2-D image.

Another good question is how many 1-inch sugar cubes would it take to make a 2-inch sugar cube. Again, most people instinctively answer four. I bet even more people would get that one wrong.

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