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It could be further to your right, on the other side of the central pole of the merry-go-round, so he's technically right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Risteard
Can I direct you here. i think you'd feel at home. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Risteard
Is this place usually this busy at 2 in the morning BTW?
Inflation.Quote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
You are in a room with two doors. One door leads to eternal life and the other to certain death. There is a man standing outside each door. One man ALWAYS lies when asked a question and the other ALWAYS tells the truth. You do not know which man is which. You are allowed to ask ONLY one question in order to establish which door you will choose. What is that question???
What door would the other guy point at if i asked him which door leads to certain death ?Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayhoop
but you don't know if you are talking to the lying man or the truth tellerQuote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
yea but if it was the liar he would point to the eternal life door cos he's a liar and if it was the honest guy he would point to the eternal life door also cos he knows the liar will lie
thats it alright you just didn't explain which door you would take after your question was answered. basically you ask which is the door to freedom and go to the opposite one to which they point.Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
i knew you had it with your first answer but i expected to get more than 3 bl00dy minutes out of it!!!
A US TV Quiz game .
Three boxes, and YOU have a choice, one contains the keys to a Ferrari, and the other two boxes each something worthless. YOU choose one, BUT before opening YOUR box, the question-master opens one of the other boxes to show a worthless item, and offers you the chance to change your choice.
Do you change or do you stick with your original choice? (and does it matter)
Do you change because there was a 1 in 3 chance of being right the first time and a 1 in 2 chance to be right this time?Quote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
Why would you change ?
Changing would only move you from one 50/50 chance to another
You should change because it doubles your chance of winning. There's a 1 in 3 chance that the box you chose first has the prize. If the host has opened a losing box, there's then a 2 in 3 chance that the prize is in the other box.
no its still 1 in 2 , because one of them does have the prize and the other doesnt
Say at the start you pick box A. If the prize is in box A, the host shows you an empty box and you'd be better off sticking with box A.Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
If the prize is in box B, the host shows you the empty box C and you'd be better off changing to box B.
If the prize is in box C, the host shows you the empty box B and you'd be better off changing to box C.
Therefore, two thirds of the time, you will win by changing your box.
Don't argue with a UCD man gus, you should know that by now;)
You change.
Flies in the face of all logic, but it's correct.
i ain't changing.... whats in the box ... did i win????
No, you lost.
Told you to change!
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Originally Posted by the 12 th man
The reason why you should change.
http://math.ucsd.edu/~crypto/Monty/monty.html
I switched. I won. :cool:
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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Virtual Ferrari on its way:D