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In article ,
Scout wrote:
A man is walking and on his way to Bristol. He comes to a fork in the road
where two brothers are standing. He is uncertain which path to take to reach
Bristol, and needs help from one of them. The walking man has heard of these
brothers, and knows that one always tells the truth, and the other always
lies. The walking man is allowed to ask one question and one question only.
He can direct the question to only one of the brothers, but he does not know
which is the liar and which is always truthful. What question does he ask?
Scout

Does your brother always tell the truth?

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"Dave Doe" wrote in message
. nz...
In article ,
says...
"Mys Terry" wrote in message
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On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:45:58 -0500, katy

wrote:

You obviously have never been to Buffalo...I can assure you that it
is "yech"....and I don't believe you have ever been accused of
having any sort of mentality at all....nice to see that you have
found your spell check, though...

I don't use spell check for usenet posting.

A dress store owner ordered a shipment of evening gowns for his shop.
When
they
arrived, the poor man found there had been a mistake. Half the garments
were
coats, 20 percent were children's sizes and 24 of the garments were
both
coats
and in sizes for children. There were only 99 of the evening dresses he
had
ordered. How many had he ordered initially?

I can solve the puzzle. Can you?

A man is walking and on his way to Bristol. He comes to a fork in the
road
where two brothers are standing. He is uncertain which path to take to
reach
Bristol, and needs help from one of them. The walking man has heard of
these
brothers, and knows that one always tells the truth, and the other always
lies. The walking man is allowed to ask one question and one question
only.
He can direct the question to only one of the brothers, but he does not
know
which is the liar and which is always truthful. What question does he
ask?
Scout

OK... well I won't spoil the other puzzle for Katy - I would ask a bro
to tell me which way the other bro would tell me to go to Bristol. If I
asked the honest guy, he'd tell me the truth - that the other brother
would tell me to go the wrong way - so I'd go the other way.
Conversely, if I'd asked the liar, he'd lie and tell me the wrong way
that the other bro would say. So again, I'd go the other road.

But you can ask only one question! If you asked the honest one, he'd tell
you which way the other would tell you to go, but you'd have no way of
knowing that you had asked the honest brother. He'd be telling the truth,
but you'd be no better off!
Scout

Newbie sailor here.
 

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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In article ,
Scout wrote:
A man is walking and on his way to Bristol. He comes to a fork in the road
where two brothers are standing. He is uncertain which path to take to
reach
Bristol, and needs help from one of them. The walking man has heard of
these
brothers, and knows that one always tells the truth, and the other always
lies. The walking man is allowed to ask one question and one question
only.
He can direct the question to only one of the brothers, but he does not
know
which is the liar and which is always truthful. What question does he ask?
Scout

Does your brother always tell the truth?

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Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

How about, is that your brother?

John Cairns

Newbie sailor here.
 

"John Cairns" wrote in message
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"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Scout wrote:
A man is walking and on his way to Bristol. He comes to a fork in the
road
where two brothers are standing. He is uncertain which path to take to
reach
Bristol, and needs help from one of them. The walking man has heard of
these
brothers, and knows that one always tells the truth, and the other always
lies. The walking man is allowed to ask one question and one question
only.
He can direct the question to only one of the brothers, but he does not
know
which is the liar and which is always truthful. What question does he
ask?
Scout

Does your brother always tell the truth?

--
Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

How about, is that your brother?

John Cairns

that would confirm the liar vs the honest bro, but you'd be out of
questions!
Scout

Newbie sailor here.
 

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Scout wrote:
A man is walking and on his way to Bristol. He comes to a fork in the road
where two brothers are standing. He is uncertain which path to take to
reach
Bristol, and needs help from one of them. The walking man has heard of
these
brothers, and knows that one always tells the truth, and the other always
lies. The walking man is allowed to ask one question and one question
only.
He can direct the question to only one of the brothers, but he does not
know
which is the liar and which is always truthful. What question does he ask?
Scout

Does your brother always tell the truth?

--
Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

Wouldn't help you Jon. You'd get an answer, but wouldn't know if it was
true, and then couldn't ask another.
Scout

Newbie sailor here.
 

In article ,
John Cairns wrote:

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Scout wrote:
A man is walking and on his way to Bristol. He comes to a fork in the road
where two brothers are standing. He is uncertain which path to take to
reach
Bristol, and needs help from one of them. The walking man has heard of
these
brothers, and knows that one always tells the truth, and the other always
lies. The walking man is allowed to ask one question and one question
only.
He can direct the question to only one of the brothers, but he does not
know
which is the liar and which is always truthful. What question does he ask?
Scout

Does your brother always tell the truth?

--
Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

How about, is that your brother?

John Cairns

Hmmm... that seems to work.




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www.sailnow.com

Newbie sailor here.
 

This is not the only NG I read and there are very frequently individuals
that write here that can benefit from my experience.
I don't ene bother to read 90% as it is chest thumping they guy that
bought a bendytoe or Bush-bashing political propaganda.
I have a life, but I'm not at sea today.
Matt Colie

Capt.Mooron wrote:
So Matt.... why do you hang out here???


"Matt Colie" wrote in message
...

Dianna,
This NG periodically has something of interest to sailors, but not very
often. I have a filter set so if there is somthing - it stands out.

You might better try alt.sailing (no asa). There is a great deal less
traffic there, but it is almost always about sailing and it is read by
people that might be interested in helping you and not venting political
propaganda or bragging about some foolish event.

Matt Colie
Lifelong Waterman, Licensed Mariner and Perpetual Sailor

DC wrote:

Found this newsgroup just a bit ago and have been reading. Can't get a
handle on it though. Seems as though it's not too serious about sailing.
Can someone recommend a good newsgroup for learning and posting newbie
questions, like "I have a fear of sailing with my husband"
Thanks.
Diane Clark
Central New York
Oneida Lake sailing

Newbie sailor here.
 

In article ,
Scout wrote:
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Scout wrote:
A man is walking and on his way to Bristol. He comes to a fork in the road
where two brothers are standing. He is uncertain which path to take to
reach
Bristol, and needs help from one of them. The walking man has heard of
these
brothers, and knows that one always tells the truth, and the other always
lies. The walking man is allowed to ask one question and one question
only.
He can direct the question to only one of the brothers, but he does not
know
which is the liar and which is always truthful. What question does he ask?
Scout

Does your brother always tell the truth?

--
Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

Wouldn't help you Jon. You'd get an answer, but wouldn't know if it was
true, and then couldn't ask another.
Scout

Yup, you're right... doesn't work. Hmm... more thought required... :-)



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"Scout" wrote in message
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"Dave Doe" wrote in message
. nz...
In article ,
says...
"Mys Terry" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:45:58 -0500, katy

wrote:

You obviously have never been to Buffalo...I can assure you that it
is "yech"....and I don't believe you have ever been accused of
having any sort of mentality at all....nice to see that you have
found your spell check, though...

I don't use spell check for usenet posting.

A dress store owner ordered a shipment of evening gowns for his shop.
When
they
arrived, the poor man found there had been a mistake. Half the
garments
were
coats, 20 percent were children's sizes and 24 of the garments were
both
coats
and in sizes for children. There were only 99 of the evening dresses
he
had
ordered. How many had he ordered initially?

I can solve the puzzle. Can you?

A man is walking and on his way to Bristol. He comes to a fork in the
road
where two brothers are standing. He is uncertain which path to take to
reach
Bristol, and needs help from one of them. The walking man has heard of
these
brothers, and knows that one always tells the truth, and the other
always
lies. The walking man is allowed to ask one question and one question
only.
He can direct the question to only one of the brothers, but he does not
know
which is the liar and which is always truthful. What question does he
ask?
Scout

OK... well I won't spoil the other puzzle for Katy - I would ask a bro
to tell me which way the other bro would tell me to go to Bristol. If I
asked the honest guy, he'd tell me the truth - that the other brother
would tell me to go the wrong way - so I'd go the other way.
Conversely, if I'd asked the liar, he'd lie and tell me the wrong way
that the other bro would say. So again, I'd go the other road.

But you can ask only one question! If you asked the honest one, he'd tell
you which way the other would tell you to go, but you'd have no way of
knowing that you had asked the honest brother. He'd be telling the truth,
but you'd be no better off!
Scout

Reading too fast, my bad. Just ask either brother, which way will your
brother tell me to go to get to Bristol, then go the opposite direction.

John Cairns

Newbie sailor here.
 

"John Cairns" wrote in message
t...

"Scout" wrote in message
. ..

"Dave Doe" wrote in message
. nz...
In article ,
says...
"Mys Terry" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:45:58 -0500, katy

wrote:

You obviously have never been to Buffalo...I can assure you that it
is "yech"....and I don't believe you have ever been accused of
having any sort of mentality at all....nice to see that you have
found your spell check, though...

I don't use spell check for usenet posting.

A dress store owner ordered a shipment of evening gowns for his shop.
When
they
arrived, the poor man found there had been a mistake. Half the
garments
were
coats, 20 percent were children's sizes and 24 of the garments were
both
coats
and in sizes for children. There were only 99 of the evening dresses
he
had
ordered. How many had he ordered initially?

I can solve the puzzle. Can you?

A man is walking and on his way to Bristol. He comes to a fork in the
road
where two brothers are standing. He is uncertain which path to take to
reach
Bristol, and needs help from one of them. The walking man has heard of
these
brothers, and knows that one always tells the truth, and the other
always
lies. The walking man is allowed to ask one question and one question
only.
He can direct the question to only one of the brothers, but he does not
know
which is the liar and which is always truthful. What question does he
ask?
Scout

OK... well I won't spoil the other puzzle for Katy - I would ask a bro
to tell me which way the other bro would tell me to go to Bristol. If I
asked the honest guy, he'd tell me the truth - that the other brother
would tell me to go the wrong way - so I'd go the other way.
Conversely, if I'd asked the liar, he'd lie and tell me the wrong way
that the other bro would say. So again, I'd go the other road.

But you can ask only one question! If you asked the honest one, he'd tell
you which way the other would tell you to go, but you'd have no way of
knowing that you had asked the honest brother. He'd be telling the truth,
but you'd be no better off!
Scout

Reading too fast, my bad. Just ask either brother, which way will your
brother tell me to go to get to Bristol, then go the opposite direction.

Amen!
Scout