[OT] Quiz of the Day [2008-11-04]

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 06:57:17PM -0500, Christopher Wright wrote:
> Here's a problem that I encountered, and solved to my satisfaction.
> 
> There's an escalator taking people into a fiery pit of death. Your task 
> is to save people.
[snip]
> How do you do it?

Tell everyone to start running up the escalator to buy time.

Meanwhile, pass down a screwdriver and pair of insulated wire
cutters to the guy on the tether and lower him to the ground.
Tell him to find the escalator's power cord and snip it.

Everyone can now run to safety.

:P

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Adam D. Ruppe
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