On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
> > I assume that _I_ win the 300 5.25" floppies if nobody can correctly name
> > all of the connectors on the back of the most obscure machine that I can
> > come up with!
>
> No, that makes it biased in your favour. It is trivial to find cards that
> nobody else will guess.... In at least one game of this type (having to
> guess something set by another person), the rules are worded so that it
> is in the interests of the setter to pick said thing (the machine
> configuration in this case) so that 1 or 2 people guess it correctly, but
> no so easy that everyone gets it.
Look, Fred can HAVE 300 5.25" floppies even if he loses! I mean, who the
hell really WANTS 300 5.25" floppies anyway!?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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