(no subject)

[puddingcat]

Via ladytabitha, for far too many people I know:


Rock scissors paper for geeks :)

Also, this smaller version.

Comments

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just 8? Or am I missing something really basic?

That's like the "how many socks" problem - dressing in the dark, I have socks of 5 different colours in the drawer, how many do I have to pull out before I can be sure of having a pair?

[pixeldrift.livejournal.com]

I think the baseball question meant to ask how many handshakes were exchanged in total without shaking someone's hand twice.

If there are 9 people, someone can only shake with 8 other people because who shakes hands with themselves? Then that person would be eliminated from everyone elses shake count because they have already shaken hands with him. And so on... 8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=36