Timeline for Where Is The Poisonous Plate?
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| Sep 19, 2015 at 12:39 | comment | added | Tim Couwelier | @Simon You aand Youstay Igo made valid points. I'd edited the answer to a more structured form. | |
| Sep 19, 2015 at 12:37 | history | edited | Tim Couwelier | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 18, 2015 at 14:50 | comment | added | Simon | I think if you re-arranged the truth table in a more traditional ordering (0 to 15 or the reverse), it would actually make it easier for non-programmers to understand how to get the plate number from the set of testers with positive results. Highlighting an example solution in the table would make it even clearer. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 10:59 | comment | added | Tim Couwelier | Agreed, it appears to be 'falling out of the sky'. The binary buildup would've been more visible if I had built it differently. I started with the tester 1 row, and then filled up the alternatives (no extra x's, one extra x in three locations, then three setups for 2 x's, and finally three extra x's). Repeated that for the second block. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 10:28 | comment | added | Youstay Igo | Plus, your groups are designed in a manner that they fully satisfy the binary base model, but it is almost impossible to understand why or how they work. It's sort of like ... a magical answer that surely works, but nobody understands how/why. It's actually a good thing (i like mysticism :p) but here it would confuse the public. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 10:25 | comment | added | Tim Couwelier | @YoustayIgo That's entirely your call. I found the graphic combination display as a guideline easier to comprehend then the math requirement. The rest of the answer is explaining WHY it works, so yea that bit is more technical. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 10:19 | comment | added | Youstay Igo | Answer is correct, but you presented it in a form which only programmers can understand. I have up-voted it but I am choosing another answer as solution which is easier to understand. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 9:57 | history | answered | Tim Couwelier | CC BY-SA 3.0 |