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[BonelessCat]

Reminds me of the fable about the peasant who rescues the king's daughter from drowning. The king offers the peasant anything he wants: jewels, gold, land. The peasant instead asks for a chess board and some corn. He says to put a kernel on the first square and tomorrow to put 2 kernels on the second square. Then each day double the number intil the last square on the last day. The king agrees. On the 4th day the king owes the peasant 8 kernels. But by the 30th day, the king owes the peasant half a billion kernels of corn for that day alone, and the series is still less that half finished. By the 40th day the king cannot possibly produce the amount of corn needed. The peasant instead tells the king, "In that case I will settle for your crown, scepter, throne and kingdom."

The king thinks for a moment and then orders the peasant be hung. Such is the power of doubling. LOL