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Actually my room is completely dark when i turn off the light as it has no windows and i turn of any and all electrical stuff that has a standby light, because i can't sleep when there's even the tiniest bit of light.Validon wrote:OR Saladin has a night light because he is afraid of the dark.
OR Saladin has a window in his bedroom and it was still daytime outside when he went to bed.
I do have a clapper, though it's a very old fashioned one. It's called Annemarie and when i clap my hands and tell her to turn of the lights, the lights magically turn off. After which i usually get punched in the kidneys by an unseen force.Validon wrote:Saladin owns a clapper?
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the answer is 2.
Suppose you take the box with BB on it and your marble is white (if it's black you're already ready).
Then you take the second box with WW on it and the marble in there is white that means that the box with BB on it has 2 whites. WW has black and white and BW has two blacks.
So 2 marbles max.
Suppose you take the box with BB on it and your marble is white (if it's black you're already ready).
Then you take the second box with WW on it and the marble in there is white that means that the box with BB on it has 2 whites. WW has black and white and BW has two blacks.
So 2 marbles max.
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I agree thatyou can do it in 1 marble, but I think it has to be from the BW box.
If the marble is white then both marbles in that box are white.
Therefore the box marked BB cannot be BB or WW so must be BW
Therefore the box marked WW has both black marbles.
if the marble is black then it works the other way.
If you pick from the BB box and get a white marble then you don't know if it is WW or BW so I don't think your way works...
If the marble is white then both marbles in that box are white.
Therefore the box marked BB cannot be BB or WW so must be BW
Therefore the box marked WW has both black marbles.
if the marble is black then it works the other way.
If you pick from the BB box and get a white marble then you don't know if it is WW or BW so I don't think your way works...
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right.
Alright, I have to resort to obscure riddles now. If you've heard this one before, please don't give the answer...........
It is more powerful than God,
And more evil than the Devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
And if you eat it, you will die.
What is it?
Alright, I have to resort to obscure riddles now. If you've heard this one before, please don't give the answer...........
It is more powerful than God,
And more evil than the Devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
And if you eat it, you will die.
What is it?
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If you're young at heart."
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