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A Mysterious Box


Maria Caliban

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Alive without breath,

As cold as death,

Never thirsty, ever drinking,

All in mail, never clinking.

stripped straight out of the annals of BG2 goodness!

 

taks

comrade taks... just because.

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Now that the 12 hours are up, I'm sorry but you were mistaken.

 

The hat is black.

 

If #1 or #2 had seen the other two black hats or two white hats, they would have known without a doubt the color of their hat. So they each saw one white, and one black. We know that for a fact. If #3 had a white hat like you suggested, it couldn't have worked out.

 

You're suggesting that #1 had black, #2 had black, and #3 had white.

#1 sees #2 having black, and #3 having white. He can't say.

#2 sees #1 having black, and #3 having white. But he also knows that #1 had to see off colors, so #2 would know that he had the other black hat.

 

The only solution is with #1 and #2 both having white hats, and #3 having a black hat.

Your logic is flawed, right here:

 

"But he (#2) also knows that #1 had to see off colors, so #2 would know that he had the other black hat."

 

#1 would know the colour of his own hat IF AND ONLY IF he saw TWO black hats. They DO NOT have to be off colours. (They could both be white and he would still not be able to tell his own colour since there were three white availible)

 

"The only solution is with #1 and #2 both having white hats, and #3 having a black hat."

 

Let's try your solution then. Still three white, two black.

 

#1 sees #2 having white, and #3 having black. He can't say.

#2 sees #1 having white, and #3 having black. But if #2 sees #3 having black, #2 would know that his own was white! Why? Because if #2 and #3 both had black #1 would know his colour. Your solution does not work.

 

The only solution is if #3 is wearing white. (Possible solutions: #1 white #2 white #3 white, #1 black #2 white #3 white, #1 white #2 black #3 white, #1 black #2 black #3 white)

 

I believe I was correct.

Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!

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Dereth: Don't know the correct term for it, but it sounds like coal. (Black coal, gets red when you burn it and the ashes are white..)

Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!

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