Happy Birthday to Our BEST Contributor on this List

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2006, Bob Stockler wrote:
>Bob Rasmussen wrote (on Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 05:49:02PM -0800):
>
>| The puzzle was this: how can you represent the age 32 with 7 candles?
>| 
>| The answer:
>| 
>|        * * * * *
>|    * *
>| 
>| that is, 2^5 = 32.
>
>What are the fewest number of candles (and how do I arrange them) I can
>put on the cake I bake to celebrate the 78th anniverary of my birth?
>
>My oven isn't large enough to bake a 78-candle size cake.

And Homeland ``Security'' would probably come after you for
attempted arson.

Bill
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