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Embedding NP-Complete problems in restaurant orders
[A menu is shown.]
Chotchkies Restaurant
Appetizers
- Mixed Fruit 2.15
- French Fries 2.75
- Side Salad 3.35
- Hot Wings 3.55
- Mozzarella Sticks 4.20
- Sampler Plate 5.80
Sandwiches
- Barbecue 6.55
[Megan, another person, and Cueball are sitting at a table. Cueball is holding the menu as well as a thick book and is ordering from a waiter. Megan is facepalming.]
Cueball: We'd like exactly $15.05 worth of appetizers, please.
Waiter: ...Exactly? Uhh...
Cueball: Here, these papers on the knapsack problem might help you out.
Waiter: Listen, I have six other tables to get to—
Cueball: —As fast as possible, of course. Want something on traveling salesman?
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Randall explains [...] that this was due to him using a Perl script with a bug ("You can't compare IEEE floats for equality").