Casino Royale 61 Logic Puzzle
Yes, Daniel Craig makes a superb Bond: Leaner, more taciturn, less sex-obsessed, able to be hurt in body and soul, not giving a damn if his martini is shaken or stirred. That doesn't make him the 'best' Bond, because I've long since given up playing that pointless ranking game; Sean Connery was first to plant the flag, and that's that. But Daniel Craig is bloody damned great as Bond, in a movie that creates a new reality for the character.
Year after year, attending the new Bond was like observing a ritual. There was the opening stunt sequence that served little purpose, except to lead into the titles; the title song; Miss Moneypenny; M with an assignment of great urgency to the Crown; Q with some new gadgets; an archvillain; a series of babes, some treacherous, some doomed, all frequently in stages of undress; the villain's master-plan; Bond's certain death, and a lot of chases. It could be terrific, it could be routine, but you always knew about where you were in the formula.
With 'Casino Royale,' we get to the obligatory concluding lovey-dovey on the tropical sands, and then the movie pulls a screeching U-turn and starts up again with the most sensational scene I have ever seen set in Venice, or most other places. It's a movie that keeps on giving.
This time, no Moneypenny, no Q and Judi Dench is unleashed as M, given a larger role, and allowed to seem hard-eyed and disapproving to the reckless Bond. This time, no dream of world domination, but just a bleeding-eyed rat who channels money to terrorists. This time a poker game that is interrupted by the weirdest trip to the parking lot I've ever seen. This time, no laser beam inching up on Bond's netherlands, but a nasty knotted rope actually whacking his hopes of heirs.
And this time, no Monte Carlo, but Montenegro, a fictional casino resort, where Bond checks into the 'Hotel Splendid,' which is in fact, yes, the very same Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary where Queen Latifah had her culinary vacation in 'Last Holiday.' That gives me another opportunity to display my expertise on the Czech Republic by informing you that 'Pupp' is pronounced 'poop,' so no wonder it's the Splendid.
I never thought I would see a Bond movie where I cared, actually cared, about the people. But I care about Bond, and about Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), even though I know that (here it comes) a Martini Vesper is shaken, not stirred. Vesper Lynd, however, is definitely stirring, as she was in Bertolucci's wonderful 'The Dreamers.' Sometimes shaken, too. Vesper and James have a shower scene that answers, at last, why nobody in a Bond movie ever seems to have any real emotions.
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Question 1: Name any method which will result in a probability of success of 50%.
Question 2: Name a method which will equal or beat a method I know of that requires an average of 4.61 flips to have an outcome.
First person to answer question 2 wins a beer.
As usual, please put answers in spoiler tags.
The question for the poll is which statements do you agree with (multiple votes allowed).
But here's a paper about more efficient methods; rather than typing it out:
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~michaelm/coinflipext.pdf
Edit: for the record, I think my hands are invisible to those bathroom faucets.
Also, I saw a TV ad for those Delta kitchen faucets where you tap the faucet anywhere, say with your wrist or forearm, and the water turns on. What happens if you're not at home and a fly lands on it?Administrator
But here's a paper about more efficient methods; rather than typing it out:
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~michaelm/coinflipext.pdf
This was the answer I was looking for. I didn't know it was called what you called it. That paper explains a way to slightly decrease the expected flips.
(Beers I owe you)++;
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I also totally agree about those touch-less faucets. To me it is like playing a slot machine, hoping water will come out. For me, the hit frequency is about 25%. There must be some trick to it that those in the know aren't sharing.Okay, somebody else submit a good math or logic puzzle for a change.
Another method, not sure if lower than 4.61 expected flips -- but we both flip the coin once. If one person gets heads and the other tails, the one who got heads wins. If both get heads or both get tails, then flip again -- continue until one gets tails and the other heads.