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Posted by nub-b (aka nubby) Sep 4 '08, 13:28

No one. Shoot at the sky. Let Black and Brown take each other out.

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I don't get it - Guigue Sep 4, 13:29 16
- You have to assume that everyone does what is their own best interest. -- nm - nub-b Sep 4, 13:35 6
  - But eventually one of the other two will be dead and aiming at him. Isn't it in his best interest for it to be the guy who misses 1 in 3 shots? -- nm - Ender Sep 4, 13:44 5
    - There are three possible scenarios: - Roger More Sep 4, 13:52 2
      - So, since #3 is best... - nubby Sep 4, 13:54 1
        
        I need to work on my finishing skills. -- nm - Roger More Sep 4, 13:55
    - Huh? He *is* the 1-in-3 person. He shouldn't shoot himself, that's crazy. -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 13:51 1
      - The guy who *misses* 1 in 3 - Brown -- nm - Roger More Sep 4, 13:53
- eaxctly. and he screwed both their mothers, which started this whole thing - Reagen Sep 4, 13:31 1
  - your mom. -- nm - nub-b Sep 4, 13:35
- but *spoilers* - Strongbad Sep 4, 13:31
- But the logical choice would be for the two best shooters to shoot at each other and ignore Mr. White -- nm - oblique Sep 4, 13:31 5
  - they're in a duel. I wonder exactly how logical they are. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 13:31
  - Okay, I was looking at something strictly mathematical, I tried to avoid the psychological part -- nm - Guigue Sep 4, 13:31 3
    - It IS mathematical though. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 4, 13:34 2
      - Only if you factor the idea that Brown and Black will automatically shoot at each other. If you decide that there's no way to know who will shoot who, - Guigue Sep 4, 13:35 1
        
        BTW that's okay, I get the puzzle and the answer. I'm just saying that's not the way I looked at it -- nm - Guigue Sep 4, 13:37
yet, one of them will still be around for round two? -- nm - crash davis Sep 4, 13:29 2
- spoiler - nub-b Sep 4, 13:30 1
  - and more importantly - oblique Sep 4, 13:31
Here's the explanation... - nub-b Sep 4, 13:29 4
- If I'd been Mr. Brown - Max Sep 4, 13:32 2
  - what if Mr White - Beryllium Sep 4, 13:33 1
    - Bend the bullet and hit both. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 4, 13:35
- My answer sort of addresses this -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 13:30

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