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Re: Holiday parcel puzzle

by choroba (Cardinal)
on Dec 22, 2011 at 17:55 UTC ( [id://944818]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Holiday parcel puzzle

See also Monty_Hall_problem. I heard it at a lecture, but cannot remember when, where (Vienna?) and from whom.

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Re^2: Holiday parcel puzzle
by cavac (Parson) on Dec 22, 2011 at 18:01 UTC

    Ah, THAT is the technical term for it :-)

    I learned about the problem by reading Friedrich Schiel's BAfH stories (similar to Simon's BOFH stories, but in german language and in an University setting).

    BREW /very/strong/coffee HTTP/1.1
    Host: goodmorning.example.com
    
    418 I'm a teapot

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