Comments on: What Color is Your Hat? (Brain Teaser) http://seoblackhat.com/2007/05/14/what-color-is-your-hat-brain-teaser/ Tired of useless Top 10 Lists for ranking in Google? Looking for effective and insightful info? SEO Black Hat Blog offers articles on Blackhat SEO, Linkbait & Link Spamming. And if you need to escape White Hat SEO Whiners, check out he Private Black Hat Search Engine Optimization Forum. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:30:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: The Importance Of A Team - Zoomstart http://seoblackhat.com/2007/05/14/what-color-is-your-hat-brain-teaser/comment-page-1/#comment-6762 The Importance Of A Team - Zoomstart Fri, 18 May 2007 04:55:13 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2007/05/14/what-color-is-your-hat-brain-teaser/#comment-6762 [...] Quadzilla puts a little black hat / white hat terminology on a unique problem reported by Sara Robinson that mathematicians and coders are trying to figure out. It’s called the hat problem and was created by Dr. Todd Ebert of California State University. [...] [...] Quadzilla puts a little black hat / white hat terminology on a unique problem reported by Sara Robinson that mathematicians and coders are trying to figure out. It’s called the hat problem and was created by Dr. Todd Ebert of California State University. [...]

]]> By: alex http://seoblackhat.com/2007/05/14/what-color-is-your-hat-brain-teaser/comment-page-1/#comment-6752 alex Tue, 15 May 2007 06:40:06 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2007/05/14/what-color-is-your-hat-brain-teaser/#comment-6752 The optimal strategy would be this: Decided in advance that every player will pass unless the hats he sees on the other 2 players are the same color. When that happens, the player will guess that his hat is the opposite color of the other 2. 3 times out of 4, the hats will be distributed 2 of one color and one of the other. Every time this happens, the players will win with the strategy above. Their odds of winning are 75%. So, do I win a link or just 3 million$ ? The optimal strategy would be this:

Decided in advance that every player will pass unless the hats he sees on the other 2 players are the same color. When that happens, the player will guess that his hat is the opposite color of the other 2.

3 times out of 4, the hats will be distributed 2 of one color and one of the other. Every time this happens, the players will win with the strategy above.

Their odds of winning are 75%.

So, do I win a link or just 3 million$ ?

]]> By: Bogo http://seoblackhat.com/2007/05/14/what-color-is-your-hat-brain-teaser/comment-page-1/#comment-6750 Bogo Tue, 15 May 2007 04:32:41 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2007/05/14/what-color-is-your-hat-brain-teaser/#comment-6750 That's good. My initial response was that it was obviously a 50% chance, but the article shows how you can get better odds. Very nice. That’s good. My initial response was that it was obviously a 50% chance, but the article shows how you can get better odds. Very nice.

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