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  On 2/14/2015 at 12:44 AM, nickcrash said:

RIDDLE

I have millions of yes, yet I live in darkness. I have millions of ears, yet only four lobes. I have no muscle, yet I rule over two hemispheres. What am I?

.... I was so confused by this riddle until I read the answer that someone else posted and realized that it was supposed to be written such that the subject had millions of eyes, not millions of yes.

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  On 2/14/2015 at 5:51 PM, Sightless Cyber Avenger said:

.... I was so confused by this riddle until I read the answer that someone else posted and realized that it was supposed to be written such that the subject had millions of eyes, not millions of yes.

IKR? Even i was confused but then realised since it says lives in darkness it had to be eyes.

Still no satisfactory answer to my riddle. Come on guys. It is a toughie though

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Oh damn, and I was certain I looked for typos. Sorry Dan.

Good job Dhan.

  On 2/14/2015 at 9:16 AM, Dhanush D Bhatt said:

My next riddle:
A teacher wanted to check the intelligence of 3 of her students. She tells them to sit in a triangle so each one can see the other 2. She tells them to close their eyes. She tells them 'I am going to place a blue or red cap on all 3 of you. When i tell you to open your eyes, you have to raise your hands if you see a blue cap'. She places a blue cap on all 3 of them.When they open their eyes, all 3 of them raise their hands. Shortly afterwards, one boy says 'I have a blue cap'. How did he come to this conclusion?

It took me a bit, but I think my method works

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@nick *applauds. You got it to the detail i was expecting. Good job.

Now for the killer ace i have been saving up.

Ten people have a red cap or a blue cap on them randomly. The number of red or blue caps is not fixed. They are not allowed to communicate with each other IN ANY WAY. How do they arrange themselves in a straight line such that all the blue caps are separated from the red caps?

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  On 2/16/2015 at 4:34 AM, Dhanush D Bhatt said:

Ten people have a red cap or a blue cap on them randomly. The number of red or blue caps is not fixed. They are not allowed to communicate with each other IN ANY WAY. How do they arrange themselves in a straight line such that all the blue caps are separated from the red caps?

They can't? No wait can they see? if yes it's easy

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  On 2/16/2015 at 4:34 AM, Dhanush D Bhatt said:

@nick *applauds. You got it to the detail i was expecting. Good job.

Now for the killer ace i have been saving up.

Ten people have a red cap or a blue cap on them randomly. The number of red or blue caps is not fixed. They are not allowed to communicate with each other IN ANY WAY. How do they arrange themselves in a straight line such that all the blue caps are separated from the red caps?

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  On 2/16/2015 at 7:03 AM, Dhanush D Bhatt said:

I am sorry no. There are no external people involved and no mirrors etc. Consider them in an empty room. This isn't my ace for nothing you know :P

@Gaunt. They can see each other's caps. Not their own

Lol, dang, it's pretty hard. Hopefully it won't be something extremely obvious. :lol: Well, I need to think some more about it in any case.

Okay, by any chance, please don't tell me this is the answer;

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  On 2/16/2015 at 5:49 AM, Serythe said:
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I am sorry no. There are no external people involved and no mirrors etc. Consider them in an empty room. This isn't my ace for nothing you know :P

@Gaunt. They can see each other's caps. Not their own

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  On 2/16/2015 at 7:03 AM, Dhanush D Bhatt said:

I am sorry no. There are no external people involved and no mirrors etc. Consider them in an empty room. This isn't my ace for nothing you know :P

@Gaunt. They can see each other's caps. Not their own

If they can see each other then they will try to go near someone with a blue/red hat and if that someone pushes them away their hat has the opposite color so gradually two groups will form and from there a line

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  On 2/16/2015 at 7:19 AM, Gaunt said:

If they can see each other then they will try to go near someone with a blue/red hat and if that someone pushes them away their hat has the opposite color so gradually two groups will form and from there a line

This might be possible but isn't that technically communicating in some way? I don't know lol

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  On 2/16/2015 at 7:19 AM, Gaunt said:

If they can see each other then they will try to go near someone with a blue/red hat and if that someone pushes them away their hat has the opposite color so gradually two groups will form and from there a line

Some flaws in your solution:

1) This requires some prior planning and communication before to let everyone know of the plan.

2) The person who is pushing the other away will not know if that person has the cap of the opposite color since he doesn't know his own.

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  On 2/16/2015 at 8:29 AM, Dhanush D Bhatt said:

Some flaws in your solution:

1) This requires some prior planning and communication before to let everyone know of the plan.

2) The person who is pushing the other away will not know if that person has the cap of the opposite color since he doesn't know his own.

oh then i'm really lost...

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Hmm wait a second, don't tell me..

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Some flaws in your solution:1) This requires some prior planning and communication before to let everyone know of the plan.2) The person who is pushing the other away will not know if that person has the cap of the opposite color since he doesn't know his own.

Not sure if this post is too soon from my last one, however, was my guess in my last post (edited it earlier lol) at least close to the answer? I'm really curious what the answer could be, haha.

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Lol okay, I wanted to check just to make sure. I can rule that out now, too xD

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  On 2/16/2015 at 8:40 AM, Serythe said:

Not sure if this post is too soon from my last one, however, was my guess in my last post (edited it earlier lol) at least close to the answer? I'm really curious what the answer could be, haha.

Nuh-uh. The people WITH THE CAPS ON (lol i wrote this with the caps on :P) have to arrange themselves in a line such that blah blah.

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  On 2/16/2015 at 4:34 AM, Dhanush D Bhatt said:

Now for the killer ace i have been saving up.

Ten people have a red cap or a blue cap on them randomly. The number of red or blue caps is not fixed. They are not allowed to communicate with each other IN ANY WAY. How do they arrange themselves in a straight line such that all the blue caps are separated from the red caps?

Duuuude....

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Or: one stands in a place wearing a hat (doesn't matter which one). The next stands next to him.
Now the algorithm comes: every time, the next guy will go standing where the blue and red hats meet. If they're all the same color, the guy will just stand at an end of the row.

For example:
BBRRR
the next guy will go to the place between a B and R.

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  On 2/17/2015 at 6:19 AM, Dhanush D Bhatt said:

@Serythe : Nope they can't stand alternating.

@Nick : Hmm that works only if they are allowed to prompt each other where to go. Then it wouldn't be much of a riddle would it?

@Lagless: You have my respect sir *applauds

Lol alrighty. And does that mean Lagless' answer was correct? I'm curious to know what the answer is.

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