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The inventor shouldn't be disappointed. As his first game <br> | The inventor shouldn't be disappointed. As his first game <br> | ||
this shows considerable talent. <br> | this shows considerable talent. <br> | ||
<u>Felicia</u> | <u>Felicia</u> rcd. the 2nd quarter report on <u>BALI</u>. It is a little better <br> | ||
than last year. <br> | |||
The checks for <u>RED LETTER</u> arrived. She is mailing mine to me. <br> | |||
I asked her about Hasbro and she is still working on setting <br> | |||
up an appointment. I told her about <u>RECONSTRUCTION</u> (not by <br> | |||
name) and the possible conflict with <u>Claude</u>'s <u>DEDUCTION</u>. Maybe <br> | |||
I'll show it to Hasbro. | |||
The ''Post'' had a puzzle from a book ''<u>THE LONELY MONK AND OTHER PUZZLES</u>'' <br> | |||
by "Ivan Morris'' (Little, Brown, $4.95). <br> | |||
Q: Mrs. Tabako has 50 natural pearls, 50 cultured pearls, and two <br> | |||
Ming jars. If she uses all the pearls, how should she distribute them <br> | |||
in the two jars in such a way that when Mr. Tabako enters the <br> | |||
room and picks one pearl out of either jar at random he will have the <br> | |||
best possible chance of picking a cultured pearl? What is the <br> | |||
distribution and what are his chances? <br> | |||
A: She puts one cultured pearl in jar A and all the other pearls in <br> | |||
jar B. Then the chances of picking a cultured pearl from jar B are 99/99 <br> | |||
and the chances of picking one from jar B are 49/99. <br> | |||
cumulatively the chances of picking a cultured pearl are the average <br> | |||
[??] of these two figures, viz. 74 to 25. | |||
2nd call from <u>Felicia</u>. She contacted <u>Dan Ferrone</u>. He agrees <br> | |||
that Sun Line Cruises should pay if they want me to do a game <br> | |||
for them. In the meantime I'm to send him a copy of <br> | |||
<u>AGOG</u>, for his presentation. <br> | |||
The checks for <u>RED LETTER</u> came. She's mailing mine. <br> | |||
<u>Al Richter</u> sent his regards and told her he owes me a call. <br> | |||
I said that I hadn't sent the letter on <u>RACE THRU SPACE GAMES</u> <br> | |||
yet. She wrote to <u>Virginia Russell</u> saying that I sent it. Told <br> | |||
her that I'd send it immediately. <br> | |||
Virginia is interested in my working on improving the game. <br> | |||
Told Felicia I'd want at least $15 an hour, and Felicia <br> | |||
agreed. <br> | |||
Felicia doesn't think much of the game and thinks that <br> | |||
$10 for it is ridiculous. She heard of people asking for their <br> | |||
money back. | |||
(cont. on 7/18) | |||