Stuart Jansen wrote:
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 10:29 -0600, Corey Edwards wrote:
Having not experienced the bit flipping in person I was going just based
on the description which apparently wasn't complete. Guess I'll just
have to berate Jayce^ for a poor description. But with the reflipping of
all coins whenever an impossible number is selected, yeah that makes
sense. Thanks for clarifying. It was a fun exercise.
Jayce^ made no mistake. Historically the UUG has used the flawed
technique you've experimentally shown to be unreliable. The flaw in
Hans' method is that finding a single coin to flip at meetings is an
accomplishment, let along finding lg(N) coins.
I know I rarely carry change, especially not nice hefty quarters. They
burn holes in my pocket.
But a little ziploc bag of 8 coins takes up less space than a roll of
tickets, probably costs less, and works for up to 256 people. If you go
past that point, *somebody* is bound to have some change.
--
Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the
right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
-- Johann Sebastian Bach
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