***BOGO*** Re: Drop.io kills FF3!!

[»Q« <boxcars@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:51:34 +1000
Yeebok Shu'in <yeeb@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> »Q« wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:07:54 +1000
> > Yeebok Shu'in <yeeb@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   
> >> Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
> >>  
> >>> Split your extensions in half, test with one half
> >>> If the problem doesnt occur, then it is the other half
> >>> Take the bad half, and split it again, test. And so on.
> >>>
> >>> For say 24 extensions this only takes 5  iterations
> >>> 12
> >>> 6
> >>> 3
> >>> 2
> >>> 1    
> >> 6 actually. if the problem's not in the first half, you'd try the
> >> second .. so worst case(s):
> >>
> >> 12
> >> 12
> >> 6
> >> 3
> >> 2
> >> 1
> >>
> >> or :
> >> 12
> >> 6
> >> 3
> >> 2
> >> 1
> >> 1
> >> But that's being pedantic..  
> > 
> > Dan was right.  After the first step, no matter what the case, there
> > are only 12 candidates left, so you deal with a group of 6.  
> That way, not all possibilities are tested, that's more the point I
> was trying to make.

That way, all the possibilities /are/ tested, which is the point I was
trying to make (and the one Dan made).  ;)

We're moving pretty far from the actually issue at hand here, so I'm
crossposting and setting followups to mozilla.general.

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