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    Quote Originally Posted by Risteard View Post
    It isn't. Its on your right.
    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.
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    Touche.
    I'm liking this.
    Can I direct you here. i think you'd feel at home.


    Is this place usually this busy at 2 in the morning BTW?
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    Quote Originally Posted by the 12 th man View Post
    3 men went into a shop to buy a Printer, the manager was out and the assistant sold the men the printer for £30. Shortly afterwards the manager returned and asked where the printer was, "i sold it to 3 men for £30" said the assistant, but it's on special offer today, it's only £25 and gave the assistant £5 to return to the 3 men.
    The assistant caught up with them but couldn't divide the £5 between them, so he gave each of the 3 men £1 and kept £2 for himself.
    So each of the 3 men paid £10 and had £1 returned = 3 x 9= £27 and the assistant had £2 =£29 in total, where did the other £1 go!
    Inflation.
    That question was less stupid, though you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.

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    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???

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    Quote Originally Posted by galwayhoop View Post
    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 ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gustavo View Post
    What door would the other guy point at if i asked him which door leads to certain death ?
    but you don't know if you are talking to the lying man or the truth teller

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by gustavo View Post
    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.

    i knew you had it with your first answer but i expected to get more than 3 bl00dy minutes out of it!!!

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    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)

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    Quote Originally Posted by the 12 th man View Post
    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?

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    Why would you change ?
    Changing would only move you from one 50/50 chance to another

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    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.
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    no its still 1 in 2 , because one of them does have the prize and the other doesnt

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    Quote Originally Posted by gustavo View Post
    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.

    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.
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    You change.

    Flies in the face of all logic, but it's correct.

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    i ain't changing.... whats in the box ... did i win????

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    No, you lost.

    Told you to change!

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    Quote Originally Posted by the 12 th man View Post
    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)


    The reason why you should change.


    http://math.ucsd.edu/~crypto/Monty/monty.html

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    I switched. I won.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    I switched. I won.

    Virtual Ferrari on its way

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