Brew Nerds » Uncategorized http://www.brewnerds.com coffee for smart people Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:29:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 fcfsp – 2010-06-15 http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/06/fcfsp-2010-06-15/ http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/06/fcfsp-2010-06-15/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:43:47 +0000 admin http://www.brewnerds.com/?p=322 No answer for the previous question because it was a hands-on challenge.

Here’s today’s question…

What is this character called:
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As always, tell a nerd working behind the counter the correct answer and receive a free 450mL beverage.

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Here’s today’s hand’s on challenge…

  1. Go to one of our locations
  2. Have a nerd working behind the counter confirm that the rubiks cube is scrambled
  3. Using whatever resources you have available, other than moving stickers on or disassembling the cube, solve it in less than three minutes
  4. Profit!*

*Profit = receive a free 450mL beverage of your choice.

]]> http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/05/fcfsp-2010-05-18/feed/ 0 fcfsp – 2010-05-04 http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/05/fcfsp-%e2%80%93-2010-05-04/ http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/05/fcfsp-%e2%80%93-2010-05-04/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 15:17:31 +0000 admin http://www.brewnerds.com/?p=315 The answer to the previous question is in the comments for that question.  Feel free to discuss.

Here’s today’s question…

I received a USB credit-card-looking device in the mail, plugged it into my mac (in my test environment of course) and it opened up a web browser and sent me to a promotion site. The question is, by what means did it do this (and how could it do it consistently on multiple platforms with different web browsers)? I’m looking for a general answer of the functionality, not specific instructions.

As always, tell a nerd working behind the counter the correct answer and receive a free 450mL beverage.

]]> http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/05/fcfsp-%e2%80%93-2010-05-04/feed/ 5 fcfsp – 2010-04-20 http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/04/fcfsp-%e2%80%93-2010-04-20/ http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/04/fcfsp-%e2%80%93-2010-04-20/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:24:58 +0000 admin http://www.brewnerds.com/?p=312 The answer to the previous question is in the comments for that question.  Feel free to discuss.

Here’s today’s question…

Please solve the following for x, y and z:

4x + 4z = 23 + y
3y – 16z – 2x = 1
x + y = -2z + 32

4x + 4z = 23 + y
3y – 16z – 2x = 1
x + y = -2z + 32

As always, tell a nerd working behind the counter the correct answer and receive a free 450mL beverage.
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Here’s today’s question…

When AOL prohibited screennames from having a lowercase first letter, what is one of the two methods you could use to create them anyway?

As always, tell a nerd working behind the counter the correct answer and receive a free 450mL beverage.

]]> http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/03/fcfsp-%e2%80%93-2010-03-09/feed/ 1 It’s baaaaaaack! http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/02/its-baaaaaaack/ http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/02/its-baaaaaaack/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:57:41 +0000 admin http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/02/its-baaaaaaack/ FREE MEDIUM DRINKS! Feb 22-26 (M-F) from 7am to 10am at our Hanes Mall Blvd location.

]]> http://www.brewnerds.com/2010/02/its-baaaaaaack/feed/ 0 fcfsp – 2009.12.18 http://www.brewnerds.com/2009/12/fcfsp-%e2%80%93-2009-12-18/ http://www.brewnerds.com/2009/12/fcfsp-%e2%80%93-2009-12-18/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:40:54 +0000 admin http://www.brewnerds.com/?p=275 The answer to the previous question is in the comments for that question.  Feel free to discuss.

We’re on a hiatus this week, due to the free beverages being given away.  If you’re in the dark on that, please visit our Hanes Mall Blvd. location between 6am and 10am for a free medium drink of your choice (smoothies and bottled drinks excepted) EVERY DAY until Sunday.

For our downtown customers, you can get a free drink at the 4th street location next Tuesday, 12/22 just by asking for one.

Enjoy the free drinks and thanks for your business!

]]> http://www.brewnerds.com/2009/12/fcfsp-%e2%80%93-2009-12-18/feed/ 0 fcfsp – Let’s begin again. http://www.brewnerds.com/2009/11/fcfsp/ http://www.brewnerds.com/2009/11/fcfsp/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:08:04 +0000 admin http://www.brewnerds.com/?p=253 I have an early New Year’s resolution: To post fun trivia that allows smart people to get free coffee.  And to do it every two weeks.

Today’s question:
What famous pro-fair-use function does this image represent?

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As always, tell a nerd working behind the counter the correct answer and receive a free 450mL beverage.

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~A & ~B
or
“Not A and not B”

The new question:
What word shares 3 letters with both of the following words: begun, mixup.

As always, tell a nerd working behind the counter the correct answer and receive a free 450mL beverage.

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This time, here is the question:
What is the typical logical construct that is biconditionally equivalent to ~(AvB)?

As always, tell a nerd working behind the counter the correct answer and receive a free 450mL beverage.

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