[CrackMonkey] A cool problem:

[Seth David Schoen]

Emad El-Haraty writes:

> This may sound stupid but...
> 
> Here are my thoughts on a way to solve the problem with only one 
> person dieing.
> 
> The 1st person say whatever the person ahead of him' hat color is.
> 
> Now the next person knows his hat color. If the person infront of him
> has the same hat color as his own he says blue (or red) in a certain way.
> 
> For example, red pronounced normal means "I have red, guy in front has red"
> 	rrrred (with a rolled r) means "I have red, guy in front has blue"
> 	blue pronounced normal means "I have blue, guy in front has blue"
> 	bleh means "I have blue, guy in fron has red"
> 
> Obviously the pronounciations do not have to be rolled Rs or bleh.
> 
> Is this legal?

I would consider that cheating, and certainly the adversary would
consider that cheating since the plan would have to be revealed in the
discussions that the adversary hears.

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