Author: Fernando Alonso
Date: 05:46:53 01/31/03
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On January 31, 2003 at 07:29:29, Graham Laight wrote: >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 Here is a 201 win. You have it also on your mailbox :) It was fun playing against it. I just tried to think what your program would thik i was thinking :) The more guesses i took the harder it became to beat it, you pattern recognition works very well ! Regards, Fernando Alonso. L1 L0 L0 L0 L1 L1 R1 L0 L1 R1 R1 L1 R0 R1 R1 R1 L1 R0 R1 R1 R0 R1 L1 R1 L1 R1 R1 R1 L0 L1 L1 L0 L0 L1 L1 L1 L1 L0 R0 L0 R0 R1 R0 R1 R0 R1 L1 L0 R0 R1 R1 R0 R1 R1 L1 R1 R0 R1 R0 R0 R1 R0 L1 R1 L0 R1 R1 L0 L1 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 R1 L0 L0 R0 L0 L1 L0 L1 R1 R0 R1 R0 R0 L1 R1 L1 R0 L0 R0 L0 R1 R0 L1 R1 L0 R0 R0 R0 R0 R0 R0 R0 R1 R1 R1 R0 R0 L0 R1 L1 L1 R0 R1 L1 R1 R1 L1 R0 R1 L1 L0 R0 R0 L1 R0 R1 R1 R0 R0 R1 R1 L1 R0 R0 L0 R0 R0 R0 R0 L1 R1 L1 L1 L0 L1 L1 R0 R1 R0 L1 R1 R1 R1 R1 L1 R0 L1 L0 R0 R1 R0 L1 L0 R0 R1 R0 R0 L1 L1 L1 L1 L0 R0 R1 R0 R0 L0 R1 R0 R0 R0 R0 R0 L1 L1 R1 L1 R1 L0 R0 R1 L1 R1 L0 R0 R0
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