Friday, January 06, 2006
Update
Hmmm as usual I speak too soon. The hotel food and beverage manager phoned..and guess what! He wanted us to play there at a mere Lm15 each and just once every fortnight! I would have still worked even if its such a misreable pay for our services...but not George! So now I have made arrangements to play on my own - it will not be fun at all for me BUT better Lm15 than nothing! There is a small chance that if I do well they will employ me regularly and not just fortnightly, and on the plus side, I will be entitled to Lm25 when playing alone! They are just short of cash and wanted to save Lm10 from our pay! What a shame!
Puzzle of the day from perplexus.info:Do not say ONE (Difficulty: 3 of 5)  This curious game was invented by Princeton mathematician John H. Conway. Two players take turns naming positive integers, but an integer is off limits if it's the sum of nonnegative multiples of integers already been named. A player forced to name "1" - i.e. having no other choice loses the game.
Devise a winning strategy for the 1st player. |
