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The Salon writer accepted the guy as valid without verifying anything he said in the video.  Seems not to have…
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Before the midterms and iirc, the NYTimes did a story on KyNect.  A woman with a low wage retail job…
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Digby at Salon: Out-of-control judges' new craze: Using electroshock and tasers on defendants! Unbelievable and shocking!
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Reminds me of the Tower of Hanoi task I had in an experimental psych class.  I was young enough then…
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Except when I and a whole bunch of Guardian readers started by eliminating #18 and 19 and from that could…
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Doesn't seem as if RawStory or any of the other blogs that are referencing the video have confirmed any of…
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He claims to have retired from a state job and his state employer doesn't cover any part of the cost…
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Start with A and not B.  A knows a month.  Knowing the month he also knows the only possible numbers…
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On what basis does one first conclude that 18 and 19 should be eliminated?  
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This may be a hoax. It does contain certain clues that suggest it is.  1) retirement at 50.  2) Vet…
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Possibly not wrong, but it's extraneous and doing so makes it more difficult to correctly solve it.  It shifts one's…
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All the possible days for August also appear in other months.  Only May and June have a day that doesn't…
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How do you eliminate August prior to A's second statement?  Can't be done through logic or the information one as…
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Yes.  That's his first disclosure.  It eliminates May and June for us.  But eliminates May, June, and either July or…
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No.  There's May 15 and August 15. Try it again.  A knows the correct month, and from that he determines…
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Have several quibbles.  There are instances when foreign policy is defining in a general election.  Sometimes in favor of the…
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GWB isn't running for election.  Therefore, he's irrelevant.  While the track records for prior accuracy in reporting by journalists/pundits is…
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Have to begin with what A can possibly know before making his first statement.  "We" (outside observers) don't know what…
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Very nice and succinct walk through of how each solved the question.
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Akamaiguy is correct in that your first sentence is the wrong logical starting point. Albert knows the month but not…
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