mro wrote:
Here's one for you all. Print it out and take some time for mind crunching
fun. Admittedly, it took me quite some time to figure out.
There are 5 houses in five different colors. In each house lives a person
with a different nationality. These five owners drink a certain
Bob,
Elegant solution.
The solving concept seems similar to linear programming. You may also be
interested in 'pysimplex' at http://www.pythonpros.com/arw/pysimplex/
Pysimplex tries to be an engine to solve this general genre of problems.
The tricky part is to figure out how to represent the
I think Einstein just rolled over in his grave. I've
never seen that level of ingenuity applied to a
'simple' logic puzzle. This would have to be
classified as genius just because of the route taken
to find a solution. Thanks for the bit of amusement
Bob.
--- Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This same puzzle was posted about a year ago. I figured it
out by making notes on a piece of paper, although it took
me about an hour. I don't remember what the answer was but
I remember that it was fun and challenging to figure out.
Dexter
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I think part of the point of these puzzles is that if you actually draw a chart, you
will figure it. Not drawing a chart proves some kind of point as well...
I think it's a sociological thing.
TimH
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:34:35 -0700
Dexter Graphic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This same
