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[tinyjo]

Alex introduced me to the blue eyes puzzle - The Hardest Logic Puzzle in the World, according to xkcd. At 11pm after we'd just finished the Prestige (we showed my parents - they agreed it was great!). Cue 30-40 minutes or so of intense thinking and talking it over but we figured it out. Then we went to bed and I ended up turning it over and over in my head - the solution is really hard to get your head around. It was way worse than caffine for getting my head all fizzing but it was good to know I still have my chops as a logician :) (solution here if you want)

The rest of the weekend was much more relaxing - visit from my folks, which is always good, and the tennis at Queens. I suddenly realised that actually Wimbledon doesn't clash with Glastonbury at all this year because it's not for another week and was far too pleased with this realisation - 2 weeks of tennis to come! That should help me recover from the mud I fear we are doomed to :)

I've got the Brownies stuff all sorted out, I think but I'm way behind with my history study for this unit :( I really need to get my butt in gear as I have an essay due a week after I get back and no clue what to write for it so far. I'll have to try to get some of that done tonight - I don't think that a muddy field is the best place for my course books!

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[jinty]

Well, I'd heard this one a while ago, or something similar, so it took about half an hour to 45 mins of puzzling thru while doing computery stuff. But - shouldn't you also link to the answer? or did he purposefully not put it on line?

('Cue' not 'Queue' in this case, by the way - it's referring to acting not waiting.)

Raymond Smullyan's "What is the name of this book?" is very good for that sort of puzzle. In fact it may be the place I first saw this one.

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

I forgot he hadn't linked it from the puzzle, actually. Perhaps I should go back and add it.

'Cue' not 'Queue' in this case, by the way - it's referring to acting not waiting.)

Doh!