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Just came back from a ninety minute meeting which I really didn't have any need to go to except for the fact that I had to stay to the end to join a team. I went to one of the longest and most useless captain's meetings in a long time. And I'm not even a captain! At least the wait was sort-of worth it. Ended up joining an experienced team with seven games! *pumps fist* (It's for beach volleyball if you were wondering.)
Now to clarify the previous problem. I really shouldn't have said "middle". I really meant "somewhere in the middle". Also, everyone knows everyone else in Heck. It's a close-knit community.
Tuesday, May 16, 2000 at 21:39:11 (UTC)
OK, this is my last comment/answer until my "final answer".
Suppose the three natives are all different. Call them type 1 (liar), 2 (liar after hearing a lie), and 3 (liar after hearing the truth). Any question asked will have the patterns:
1 then 2 = FF
1 then 3 = FT
2 then 1 = TF
2 then 3 = TF
3 then 1 = TF
3 then 2 = TT
Thus, you can ask the first guy "Are you telling the truth?". First case, he freezes (logical paradox) 'cause he's the unconditional liar. Second case, he says "Yes". Let's take the second case... If you look at the above table, you have a 75% chance of getting the truth with your second question if you reverse the answer. Not bad!
With the first case (FF, FT), um.. you're kinda screwed, i suppose.
Reg-is Philbin<e-mail>