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Homework Statement Trying to determine the house odds of a spinning wheel game. We are the house and want to offer a fair play game with a minimal rake, but still make profit. How do our odds compare with a game such as roulette. What are our odds? This is how our game works. I can provide...

Rules: 1) You can only use three words. 2) You cannot duplicate the previous three words, but the next person can repeat some of the words used in the 2nd previous three words. Ex: Guy 1) He was tired. Guy 2 could not use, the words He, Was, and Tired. So Guy 2) So I slept. Guy 3) Could...

You are in late position with $400 at a 1/2 NL Hold'em cash game with pocket jacks. The player under the gun (a loose passive player) bets out $12. Two players fold, then a very tight (all in or nothing) player in middle position goes all in for $75. Two more players fold. You call his $75. The...

I've noticed on several occasions that jargon familiar to me is not easily found on the internet. So it makes me suspect that it might be possible to have some fun with this. So, the normal rules apply, she or he who answers correctly goes next. What is it? A green weenie Context clue...

Hi all, I want to learn Game-Theoretic Probability. I have found few examples of computing conditional probability by game theoretic approach. Is there and good readable tutorial could show help me to learn this topic and conformal predictions? Let's recover this lost philosophy of...

Consider the game of Three." Homework Statement You shuffle a deck of three cards: ace, 2, 3. With the ace worth 1 point, you draw cards at random without replacement until your total points are 3 or more. You win if your total points are exactly 3. What is the probability that you win...

Hey everyone, I'll start this off by saying that I am no computer programmer and only a junior undergrad studying math. But, I have an idea for a math-based game that I think would be really awesome to train students in the art of proving/problem solving. It is the following: The goal of each...

In this game you roll six dice. After each roll you must take at least one die but you can take more than one as well. After you take a die you have the ability to roll again. In order to score you must have the qualifying die rolls of (4) and (1). The four other spots compromise your scoring...

Will two-way SLI GTX 680's (overclocked) run any PC game on max spec @1920x1080 with smooth framerates? I read that the new GPU benchmark is Metro The Last Light. No other PC title will test your hardware like that game..

Homework Statement I'm writing a program for a game similar to rock-paper-scissors. It is called proton-neutron-electron (P, N, E). There are two players. In the event of a tie, player 2 wins P1 denotes player 1, P2 denotes player 2, P = proton, N = neutron, E = electron. P1P means player 1...

There is a book out there called Mathematics and Go (or the other way around, I am not sure). This book talks about an ancient game called Go (or in Chinese 围棋*wéiqì*） and the application of math to it, I think it can be done better since it does deal with surreal numbers and those do not really...

In risk, the attacking party rolls 3 die and the top two numbers of the 3 die rolled get put up against 2 die rolled by the defender. If the die are equal then the defender wins. For example if the offender rolls 5 5 2 and the defender rolls 4 3, then 2 defender men die. If the offender rolls 5...

Hey, I am looking to teaching myself a new subject along with statistical mechanics. I am very interested in some of the implications of game theory and the notion that we can approximately quantify and predict decisions made by large groups of people. Unfortunatly, as an engineering graduate my...

I have recently finished watching the first season of "Game of Thrones" and I must say it must be one of the most overrated shows I have ever watched. I know this will probably annoy many people but I just cannot understand the allure of it. I invite you to tell me whether you agree or disagree...

This came to me when I was lying awake in bed at night. Consider a biologically immortal person (meaning not susceptible to disease, age, or etc, but can die from physical wounds) locked alone in a room with a knife for all time (henceforth called a "BIPLRAT"). P1: If a BIPLRAT has free...

Hi guys! When I was about 6-7 years old (around 1993-1994), I used to play to some DOS games in my aunt's house. I've sucessfully recovered the names of some of them (like the sleepwalker) but I'm stuck at finding the name of one of them that I liked. All I remember is that at start we are on...

I am making a probability game for my Data Management class, and have a few things I am unsure about. Essentially, each player has 6 objects located in locked boxes numbered one through six. Players take turns rolling a die that produces the key to the box that corresponds to the roll. The...

Homework Statement Roll a pair of six-sided dice. If the sum is 7 or 11, you win. If the sum is 2,3, or 12, you lose. If the sum is any other number, you roll again. In fact, you continue throwing the dice until you either roll that number again (win!) or roll a 7 (lose!). Suppose you...

One of my students told me about this: http://gamelab.mit.edu/games/a-slower-speed-of-light/ I haven't been able to try it because I don't run Windows or MacOS. As far as I can tell, it's free, but closed source. The license is extremely restrictive. No idea whether the game is any good...

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I was recently browsing the halo wiki, looking at the technological advancements man had achieved in the 26th century. As I was clicking along the technologies seemed very real and lifelike, from the way ONI creates it's AIs or the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Halo looks very well thought out...

Hey, I've been practising with 3d modelling programs and mod development and I'm looking to make a game that I've come up with a story for. Basically I'm looking for some realistic advice on what you guys consider fundamental to a game that is based in space. The back story: In the far flung...

Are there ANY PC games that use more than four CPU threads? It's about time that computer games make use of hyper-threading and 6-8 core processors. I read somewhere that flight simulator X is coded to use up to 16 threads. Although I'm not sure if that's actually true.

So I was just at a hockey game and noticed that the game pucks were being kept on ice in a cooler before they were to be used. When I asked about this I was told it was to keep the pucks from being more 'bouncy.' Why does this work? I would think that the colder they are, the bouncier they...

Homework Statement This is an introductory programming class for Engineering majors. So I am making a simple game. It requires that you enter say, 3 numbers, then test to see if the sum of the numbers is even or odd. If it is even you win, odd, you lose. The game repeats several times, and...

A Box contains black balls and white balls, with 1/2 of each. Now we add black balls, with 1/8 of total. What is probability of drawing 1 black, 2 black and 3 black balls respectively (no replication)? Analysis: Drawing one black ball : 1/8*1/2+1/2 = 9/16. Thinking of conditional...

So I'm working on a simple memory game nonGUI: Write a program that plays the memory matching game. When it start, the program prompts the user for the number of rows and columns for the game board that contains the cards. The total number of cards must be even. Assume that the board dimensions...

Homework Statement In the two-player game "Morra", the players simultaneously hold up some fingers and each guesses the total number of fingers help up. If exactly one player guesses correctly, then the other player pays her the amount of her guess(in dollars, say). If either both players...

Hello Forum, I just learned about the "guess the number" game. There are 100 numbers, from 1 to 100 and the computer must ask questions to find the correct number. The computer could start from 1 and go up until it finds the right number. That would involve a certain number of questions. Or...

Hi all. I recently watched a documentary about John Nash's game theory and I'd like to study more about that. My present mathematical knowledge is that of a particle physics student at his fourth year. Is my preparation enough? If so, can someone advise some references where I could study?

Hey all, I just searched the forum for discussions about this game but, apart from one of the developers asking a question about astrophysics, I found nothing. In case folks don't know... there exists a wonderful game/simulator called "Kerbal Space Program" developed by a group called "Squad."...

Homework Statement i Pmed some mentors but they said i should post it at forum, i asked Astronuc that if its ok to post this in forum and he told me to post it in this section.. i know some users here are very senior and surely have the knowledge to this and i want to learn. it is a...

I am perfectly aware that an answer to this question could take slightly more than the usual, but this thing is making me nut. I don’t get if I make some sort of mistake in terms of calculation or if the authors use a peculiar notation. This is the paper that I am referring to, in particular...

There's a lot of background information that I'll spare you guys, but I'm currently on leave from Brown and am considering going to UC Boulder instead and am just curious how the programs might compare, what my graduate prospects will be, and so forth. Actually, some background: I transferred...

You play against three automated players who’s dice and actions are independent from you. You start with six randomly rolled dice. Rules: -You MUST keep at least one die, but can keep as many as desired. -A (1) and (4) are qualifiers, without both qualifiers you cannot score. These do not...

This problem is not schoolwork, it is from "The Mathematics of Poker". I have three equations based off a 3x3 Rock, Paper, Scissors payout table where winning with scissors is given a +2 payout instead of +1. Homework Statement Find the solution to the system of equations Homework...

I have a character who needs to jump to a certain height, I want to calculate his initial vertical velocity so that he can achieve that height. Distances and speeds are in logical pixels per second. The character's position is stored in a 2D vector \begin{pmatrix} x \\ y\end{pmatrix}, and...

In a gambling game , you can win 1$ in each round with probability 0.6 or lose 2$ in probability 0.4. suppose you start with 100$. find the probability that after 10 rounds you have between 93 to 107 dollars. i am not sure how to start the solution, thanks,

Hello! Here is my solution. Is it right? Thank you! Homework Statement An investor, whom we will refer to as player I, is considering bidding for a company called Fortune F. Currently, the shares of F are valued at $100. If I can take over the company it is known that F would be worth $110...

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Ok, this is how the game is played. You must say only one word and the first letter of the word must be the next letter of the alphabet of the first letter of the previous word. They must make sense and when it gets to z, somome posts the who:e story. I'll start: Adam

I swear I will get the high score if it's the last thing I do...

import acm.graphics.*; import acm.program.*; import java.awt.Color; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Random; import java.util.List; public class LAB1 { final static int BLOCKWIDTH = 50; final static int BLOCKHEIGHT = 10; final static int NBLOCKS = 10; final static...

I hope this is the right forum to put this in. This is a strategy I am trying to fine tune for a book I am writing about the card game Pinochle. Here are the rules: Two player game - First player to 40 points wins. Game starts 0 points to 0 points. Players alternate turns. One...

First of all sorry for the way I write, but I do not speak English very well. In the excel file attached there is a small puzzle that I can not fix, anyone can help me? Considering the initial value of 100,You can share this value so that instead of question marks in the cells H9, I9, J9...

I need an idea for a simple game in basic (i was told it can't be battleship for some reason) to program. I do not want whoever reads this post to give me the coding for it i am just looking for ideas. It must use loops, IF-THENs, and inputs and those 3 things are the only things it needs to...

https://www.physicsforums.com/attachments/46168 This is the "well" game (in Chinese) similar to Sudoku. It has 9 areas with different colours. I will draw one number from each area. In order to have a line, at least 3 number drawn must be same row, column or diagonal. I will illustrate an...

i am doing a project from my introductory CS course. i am to make game available online by the name of air transporter. (if possible do check it out online before giving me any ideasa. http://www.physicsgames.net/game/Air_Transporter.html) frankly speaking i do not know all the ropes of matlab...

Homework Statement You roll a die, and I roll a die. You win if the number showing on your die is strictly greater than the one on mine. If we play this game five times, what is the chance that you win at least four times? The answer is .1005 [b]2. Related Equations[\b] Binomial The Attempt...