4 Responses to “New Solution to Car Talk Puzzler”

1. Mike Booth, on February 14th, 2003 at 6:53 pm Said:

   This is Mike Booth, signing in to say that I suddenly remembered that I have a blog, too, and I’m blogging away on this topic at:

   http://www.castleblack.net/mikeb/archives/2003/02/14/another_23_prisoners.html

   As someone pointed out (obliquely) in the other thread, a slew of IBMers solved this problem last summer. The IBM solution is essentially the same as the one I found, but I arranged the protocol differently.

   So here’s my ultra-compact, postmodern solution to the problem:

   The prisoners should go to their in-cell Web browser and type “hungarian mathematicians’ parties” into Google. Do whatever it says.

   Sometimes, when I contemplate Google, I feel like Picard looking at the big Borg cube for the first time.

2. Mike Booth, on February 14th, 2003 at 6:56 pm Said:

   Doh! Try this link instead:

   hungarian mathematicians’ parties

   Nothing screws up a joke like a bad link.

3. Martin Sutherland, on February 14th, 2003 at 7:19 pm Said:

   Earlier this evening Mike pointed out that my solution is flawed. Curse his insightful mind and razor-sharp intellect!

4. Mole News, on July 3rd, 2005 at 8:50 pm Said:

   New Solution to Car Talk Puzzler

   Little bit information here…

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