POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Twenty Questions : Re: Twenty Questions Server Time
14 Nov 2024 20:52:07 EST (-0500)
  Re: Twenty Questions  
From: Darren New
Date: 14 Dec 2007 19:00:22
Message: <47631916$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
> Well yes almost, actually if you have 2^50 items the last thing you want 
> to do is split in half at each stage.  You'll end up not being able to 
> identify anything after 20 questions!

Most 20Q games don't identify individual objects, tho. The identify 
classes of objects.  "Is it a zebra?"  "Is it a cloud?"  Stuff like that.

Otherwise, yes, if you're trying to cut it down to proper nouns, the 
analysis is correct. :)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     It's not feature creep if you put it
     at the end and adjust the release date.


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