phil1882

on an island, the natives have dots on thier heads. one possible color is red the other blue. if a native descovers his color, he must commit suicide. two natives are standing in front of three doors. one always tells the truth the other always lies. behind the three doors are a surpise tiger, and two goats. only the lair knows which holds the tiger. with two questions, can you release the tiger and get the other native to commit suicide?

http://www.pathguy.c...ss/TigerHnt.htm

how quickly can you capture the tiger?

if you define the word definition, have you achieved anything?  if you don't know what it means, defining the word doesn't help since you don't know what definition itself means. for example: dictionary.com defines definition as

Mao starts off much like uno: I'll take two decks of 52 standard playing cards, shuffle them, and deal seven out to each player.

the goal is to get rid of all your cards. one card starts out face up, and each turn, a player places a card such that either the suit or value match. if its your turn and you cannot play, you get 2 cards, and your turn is skipped. 

here's the catch however, all players have a secret rule. if you fail to meet a player's secret rule, I'll penalize you by adding a card to your hand, and tell you who's rule you violated. multiple rule violations means multiple cards.

some example secret rules you can create: Jacks reverse order of who goes next. kings allow play of any card, spades can only be played on hearts or spades; etc.

note that there is no talking about the rules! if you are unsure of who goes next, you have to just gamble and see. (if it's your turn and you haven't posted in more than 14 days, I'll penalize you a card and go to the next player.)

I'll be the moderator, making sure all rules are enforced.

note that I'll post your current hand in spoilers; please everyone only look at your own hands!

moderator: phil1882

sign ups:

player 1:

player 2:

player 3:

player 4:

player 5:

this isn't really homework, just something i'm fiddling with.
let's say 100% of all people earn a dollar or more;
and 90% of all people earn 10 dollars or more;
and 50% of all people earn 20 dollars or more;
and 33% of all people earn 30 dollars or more;
and no one earns more than 40 dollars;
can you write an equation that goes though the other values? (can you compute say 2 dollars or more?)