More lateral thinking

[V.]

The prev one about the elevator was a good one. Here\'s one more I came across - using a barometer, in how many different ways can you measure the height of a very tall building? I know of 3 ways. Any more...?

[zzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!]

dude... that\'s niel bohr\'s answer!!! didn\'t mind the ripoff, but wish you had more than three answers... didn\'t want to spoil the tempo here though... let\'s c!

[Raghu]

http://odalab.ucf.edu/~davis/neils_bohr.html

An anecdote that talks about Neils Bohr\'s response to the same question.

[V]

Dude, the elevator puzzle (lat. thinking) was posed by my dad to me when I was about 4 yrs old. Obviously there is nothing new in it, either. So whatever your point is...