Author: Graham Laight
Date: 04:29:29 01/31/03
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On January 31, 2003 at 07:17:38, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 31, 2003 at 07:00:46, Graham Laight wrote: > >>I have written a very simple game in a webpage. All you have to do is to guess >>whether the web page is hiding a coin in its left hand or its right one. >> >>What I have found is that it's quite easy to beat this game at the default level >>of 49 guesses - but at 101 guesses it's much harder - and I've yet to see it >>beaten at 201 guesses. > >I did not try to play but logic tells me exactly the opposite. > >when the number of guesses is small the computer can know what most humans do in >that situation and hide a coin in the second hand so if I am in the majority I >will lose. That's like saying that one could win a chess game against the majority of people with a standardised sequence of moves! In putting this game out I'm betting that: 1. People will fall into a pattern of play 2. I can find their pattern I need more people to try at 201 attempts, to see if my personal experience is reproduced (that the more you play, the harder the computer becomes to beat). I urge you to have a go! It'll only take you 2 minutes at the default 49 level. http://mysite.freeserve.com/grahamlaight/jscript/GuessWhichHand.htm (works fine under IE - Netscape fault will be fixed over the weekend) -g >Uri
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