Talk:Five pirates - Revision history

Zerrakhi at 13:49, 17 October 2010

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	: It is a variation. The [[Forty thieves]] puzzle uses "at least half" and as such is considerably easier to solve. [[User:Oscarlevin\|Oscarlevin]] 13:09, 14 October 2010 (EDT)		: It is a variation. The [[Forty thieves]] puzzle uses "at least half" and as such is considerably easier to solve. [[User:Oscarlevin\|Oscarlevin]] 13:09, 14 October 2010 (EDT)

			:: OK. To fill in some background here, I came up with a solution (I think), but I had to make an assumption (namely that a pirate will always let another pirate live if there's no financial gain from having them killed) which I felt wasn't in character and thus felt unsatisfied with it. So later I looked online to see if I was right and only found versions with "at least half". [[User:Zerrakhi\|Zerrakhi]] 09:49, 17 October 2010 (EDT)

Oscarlevin at 17:09, 14 October 2010

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	This is a serious issue, as the puzzle depends critically upon what happens when exactly 50% of pirates accept a proposal. Is it an error, or a variation?		This is a serious issue, as the puzzle depends critically upon what happens when exactly 50% of pirates accept a proposal. Is it an error, or a variation?

			: It is a variation. The [[Forty thieves]] puzzle uses "at least half" and as such is considerably easier to solve. [[User:Oscarlevin\|Oscarlevin]] 13:09, 14 October 2010 (EDT)

Zerrakhi at 10:13, 13 October 2010

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			== Error or variation? ==

	Based on comparisons with other versions that I can find online, I believe "''If more than half of the pirates accept the proposal''" should read "''If at least half of the pirates accept the proposal''".		Based on comparisons with other versions that I can find online, I believe "''If more than half of the pirates accept the proposal''" should read "''If at least half of the pirates accept the proposal''".

	This is a serious issue, as the puzzle depends critically upon what happens when exactly 50% of pirates accept a proposal. Is it an error, or a variation?		This is a serious issue, as the puzzle depends critically upon what happens when exactly 50% of pirates accept a proposal. Is it an error, or a variation?

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Based on comparisons with other versions that I can find online, I believe "''If more than half of the pirates accept the proposal''" should read "''If at least half of the pirates accept the proposal''".

This is a serious issue, as the puzzle depends critically upon what happens when exactly 50% of pirates accept a proposal. Is it an error, or a variation?