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ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.11 17:36:00 - [1] Hmm that's a tricky one. Maybe everyone goes around stabbing every blue eyed person they meet. If you get stabbed, you know you're blue eyed so you finish killing yourself. Or does stabbing count as communication? --------------------------------------------------------------------
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.11 17:41:00 - [2] Another thought occurs. Is any outside influence allowed? For example, an explorer finds the island and tells the inhabitants what colour their eyes are. The only communication restriction is on the islanders themselves. --------------------------------------------------------------------
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.11 17:44:00 - [3] Originally by: Etumretniw Originally by: ReaperOfSly Hmm that's a tricky one. Maybe everyone goes around stabbing every blue eyed person they meet. If you get stabbed, you know you're blue eyed so you finish killing yourself. Or does stabbing count as communication? That was my thought also. I think it might count as communication though, or they could just as well just tap the blue-eyed people on the shoulder, same effect, but thats clearly communication. Well not really because they're not allowed to communicate beforehand what their signal is to tell someone they are blue eyed. Being stabbed however, is a clear sign you're blue eyed, because green eyes aren't allowed to come to harm. --------------------------------------------------------------------
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.11 18:01:00 - [4] Originally by: Etumretniw Originally by: ReaperOfSly Originally by: Etumretniw Originally by: ReaperOfSly Hmm that's a tricky one. Maybe everyone goes around stabbing every blue eyed person they meet. If you get stabbed, you know you're blue eyed so you finish killing yourself. Or does stabbing count as communication? That was my thought also. I think it might count as communication though, or they could just as well just tap the blue-eyed people on the shoulder, same effect, but thats clearly communication. Well not really because they're not allowed to communicate beforehand what their signal is to tell someone they are blue eyed. Being stabbed however, is a clear sign you're blue eyed, because green eyes aren't allowed to come to harm. Yeah, maybe you're right. What it all comes down to is how you define communication though. It could be said that anything that is done by a human that can be interpreted and understood by another human is communication, in wich case the islanders are in trouble. :) Well maybe an adjustment can be made. If the blue eyed folk were stabbed in such a way as to mortally wound them and cause them a slow and painful death, they might suicide early to avoid the pain, without once thinking about their god's commandment. --------------------------------------------------------------------
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.11 18:02:00 - [5] I've just thought of another possibility. People could go around gouging out the eyes of any blue eyed people. Then the blue eyed people aren't blue eyed any more (they're red socketed ), and nobody needs to commit suicide. --------------------------------------------------------------------
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.11 23:00:00 - [6] Unless anyone can point out a flaw in my stabbing strategy, I hereby claim I have solved the riddle! --------------------------------------------------------------------
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.12 00:03:00 - [7] Originally by: Admai Sket Can anyone confirm that this thread is a complete joke, all centred around 'THE GAME' or whether it is a solvable riddle with an added joke of 'THE GAME' ? Would seem a bit elaborate if it's just for "the game". I imagine it was just an added joke. --------------------------------------------------------------------
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.12 00:23:00 - [8] Originally by: Admai Sket Originally by: ReaperOfSly Originally by: Admai Sket Can anyone confirm that this thread is a complete joke, all centred around 'THE GAME' or whether it is a solvable riddle with an added joke of 'THE GAME' ? Would seem a bit elaborate if it's just for "the game". I imagine it was just an added joke. ah. ok - so what's the answer? i was thinking along the lines of groups of three etc. That the islanders would go around stabbing (or in some way harming) anyone they saw with blue eyes. If you got stabbed, you would know you had blue eyes because green eyed people may not be harmed. Thus, they would know to kill themselves, and everyone would go to heaven. --------------------------------------------------------------------
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.12 00:41:00 - [9] Originally by: Admai Sket Originally by: ReaperOfSly Originally by: Admai Sket Originally by: ReaperOfSly Originally by: Admai Sket Can anyone confirm that this thread is a complete joke, all centred around 'THE GAME' or whether it is a solvable riddle with an added joke of 'THE GAME' ? Would seem a bit elaborate if it's just for "the game". I imagine it was just an added joke. ah. ok - so what's the answer? i was thinking along the lines of groups of three etc. That the islanders would go around stabbing (or in some way harming) anyone they saw with blue eyes. If you got stabbed, you would know you had blue eyes because green eyed people may not be harmed. Thus, they would know to kill themselves, and everyone would go to heaven. but wouldn't the stabbing be taken to be communicating in some way, though? That's the only fuzzy point, but I don't believe it does count as communication. However, if you insist that it does, I could add a small addendum. The stabbing is done in such a way as to induce a slow painful death (a gut wound for example), such that the victim would rather kill himself than endure it. That way, the victim need not derive any information from his attacker concerning his eye colour - he will kill himself regardless. This is one brutally sadistic god by the way. --------------------------------------------------------------------
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.13 00:37:00 - [10] None of these solutions is possible without communication beforehand about what their sorting system is going to be. --------------------------------------------------------------------
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.13 00:45:00 - [11] Originally by: Border201 Originally by: ReaperOfSly None of these solutions is possible without communication beforehand about what their sorting system is going to be. Not true the one I quoted leaves the person in the dark until the moment AFTER they attempt to kill themselves. It is true. How else would they organise everyone to stand in a line to be shot at? --------------------------------------------------------------------

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