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Subject: Re: [OM] a puzzling app
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:28:59 +1300
It looks as though I have become mentally lazy.
Thanks Chuck !

Chuck wrote
> Dr Flash knows how it works but it doesn't work by electronic flash and
> microphones are not required.  That's just a ruse.  It works whether you
> speak your number or not.  In fact only two of the pages are required to
> get the answer.
> 
> On the first page you are asked to select a number and then indicate its
> color.  Note that there are 25 numbers and there are exactly 5 numbers of
> each of 5 colors.  On the third screen you are asked to choose which of 5
> houses contains your number.  If you compare the 5 numbers that were in
> your initially chosen color set you will see that one of each of that set
> is in each house.  By having chosen the color on the first screen (5 of
> 25) and the house on the third screen (1 of 5) you have uniquely
> identified your number.  All of the rest is mumbo jumbo designed to lead
> you astray

Brian Swale. 
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