On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, White Wolf wrote:

There are 6 glasses, 3 of them are filled with wine in the following order
        empty   empty   full   full    full    empty
By only touching or moving *one* glass, arrange them so they are thus:
        full    empty   full   empty   full    empty

Duh.  Pour the fourth one into the first.

*grin* - Too easy I know.

Kendra> put two on the bottom, like
      > oo
      > then two more on top, angled in such a way so that both are 
      > touching both coins, kinda like
      >  o
      > o o
      >  o
      > only all together...then put the 5th coin upright in the middle 
      > of the top two coins.

Yup, you got it ;)

Nope.  If you do that, the third and fourth no longer touch.  In fact, I
don't think this one is possible.

It is possible.  Trust me.

Take two coins and lay them side by side.
(diagrams only roughly to scale, all coins are the same size & thickness)
  _  _
 /1\/2\
 \_/\_/

Then place two coins side by side ATOP them, but not at the centre.

  Top view.        Front View (from A)    Side View (from B)
    _
  _/3\ _           4             3             4
 /1\_//2\             ---- ----              ----
 \_/4\\_/  <-A          -----              ---- ----
   \_/                    1               2           1

    ^
    |
    B

Finally, place the fifth coin perpendicular (upright) on #2, so its 
*just* touching #1, #3 and #4

  Top view.        Front View (from A)    Side View (from B)
    _                     |5                   /-\
  _/3\ _           4      |      3         4  | 5 |
 /1\_//2\             ----|----              ----/
|   X++--+              -----              ---- ----
 \_/4\\_/  <-A            1               2           1
   \_/    

    ^
    |
    B

Try it out.  It works.

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