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A comment on Puzzle: 100 Prisoners and a Light Bulb.

Re:Puzzle: 100 Prisoners and a Light Bulb by oconnor0 on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @06:33PM (#79572)
Are the prisoners prevented from turning the bulb or using other pieces of the room as counters?

In other words, is the intent to use only whether the bulb is on or off to solve this?

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Re:Puzzle: 100 Prisoners and a Light Bulb by amichail on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @06:36PM (#79574)
The intent is to use the light bulb in the obvious way.
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