OT - awaz need's a job

[puckhead]

Round manholes also disperse weight more evenly.

Riddle me this: There are 10 candidates for a statscan job. The interviewers come in with guns and say the following:

"When the interview begins, you will be placed randomly in a line, front to back. Each of you will be given a hat, red or blue, assigned randomly. You can see the hats of the people in front of you, but not your hat or the hat of the people behind you. At this point, we will ask each of you to declare your own hat colour, starting with the person at the back of the line and moving forward. If you're correct, you get a job, if not, you'll be shot. If you say anything other than 'red' or 'blue' everyone will be shot. If you look around, everyone will be shot. If you speak out of turn, everyone will be shot."

The candidates then have ten minutes to discuss a strategy to optimize survival for as many candidates as possible.

I don't have the solutions, but I'm pretty sure I have the optimal strategy. Fire away.

if you assume that there are 5 of each hats:
1st guy is 50% no matter what
2nd guy says the opposite color of what dude #1 was. that's 5/9 chance.

the next guys, it depends on their field of view (can they see ALL the hats in front, or just the hat right in front?)
if they can JUST see the hat directly in front, then the pick the opposite for a 5/9 chance.
if they can see all the prior hats, then it depends on what the count is.

 

[Dacks]

if you assume that there are 5 of each hats:
1st guy is 50% no matter what
2nd guy says the opposite color of what dude #1 was. that's 5/9 chance.

the next guys, it depends on their field of view (can they see ALL the hats in front, or just the hat right in front?)
if they can JUST see the hat directly in front, then the pick the opposite for a 5/9 chance.
if they can see all the prior hats, then it depends on what the count is.

Can't assume there are five of each colour. It's a completely random assignent of colours, could end up all the hats are blue.

They can see ALL the hats in front of them, but not their own or the hats behind them.

If you can find a way to guarantee at least five people stay alive, you've taken a big step. My method guarantees at least seven people live.

 

[puckhead]

oh, that makes it alot tougher.
however, I made it harder even with my assumption by asking the people from the front of the line.

make sure you post the answer to this later, I'm curious.

 

[IPostedWhat]

If I was to guess wrong, I would start yelling and thrashing around so I take all the other fuckers with me.

 

[Dacks]

oh, that makes it alot tougher.
however, I made it harder even with my assumption by asking the people from the front of the line.

make sure you post the answer to this later, I'm curious.

Yeah, it's a good one. I have about 20 of them, no solutions, some I'm convinced I've solved, some I'm unsure if I have the best answer, and some I can't get at all. Maybe I'll start another riddle thread, Darkstone would love it.

I'll post the answer Monday if nobody's gotten it, or I can PM you an answer before that if you get antsy!

 

[IPostedWhat]

When do we get to post what Disney Princess we would like to fuck?

 

[puckhead]

When do we get to post what Disney Princess we would like to fuck?

dibs on Jasmine.

 

[Dacks]

When do we get to post what Disney Princess we would like to fuck?

Pretty obviously between Belle, Jasmine and Ariel. Pros and cons to each, I think.

Belle is the prettiest, and she's French so you know she's good in le sac. But her boyfriend will probably tear you to shreds.

Jasmine has a smokin' bod, but her nose is a bit big and she always wears pants. She's rich though.

Ariel's my personal favourite. Stunning redhead, girl next door looks (if you live sea-side I guess) and she's got that seashell bikini thing going on. The scales can chafe though, there's a risk of crabs and I'm not sure whether it would count as bestiality.

ANYWAY

Back on topic: always masturbate day of the interview. Calm's the nerves. Don't know why I thought of that just now, but I'm heading to bed! Goodnight!

 

[SLY]

Pretty obviously between Belle, Jasmine and Ariel. Pros and cons to each, I think.

Belle is the prettiest, and she's French so you know she's good in le sac. But her boyfriend will probably tear you to shreds.

Jasmine has a smokin' bod, but her nose is a bit big and she always wears pants. She's rich though.

Ariel's my personal favourite. Stunning redhead, girl next door looks (if you live sea-side I guess) and she's got that seashell bikini thing going on. The scales can chafe though, there's a risk of crabs and I'm not sure whether it would count as bestiality.

ANYWAY

Back on topic: always masturbate day of the interview. Calm's the nerves. Don't know why I thought of that just now, but I'm heading to bed! Goodnight!

lmao

 

[awaz]

haha thanks again everyone.. didnt have any brain teasers.. actually most of the interview was just talking with the guy.. he only asked like 3-4 questions and that took 40 minutes (it was only supposed to be 30 haha)

went pretty well though i think.. i guess we'll see what happens

 

[dare2be]

Interviewee: If you were traveling at the speed of light, and you turned your headlights on, would they do anything?

Interviewer: I don't know.

Interviewee: Then I don't want to work for you.

 

[Automattic]

haha thanks again everyone.. didnt have any brain teasers.. actually most of the interview was just talking with the guy.. he only asked like 3-4 questions and that took 40 minutes (it was only supposed to be 30 haha)

went pretty well though i think.. i guess we'll see what happens

10 over the time limit probably means something good.

10 under would have been bad.

 

[Automattic]

Shit! GOOD LUCK, btw!