It can't end yet... I wanted to propose that we play a version of the
cyber Let's make a deal.

Three L-3000 members volunteer to be a door.  The communicate via direct
e-mail with each other, deciding which one will hold the prize.  Then we
pick another victim to be "Monty".... the remaining individuals can then
try to guess the door  and confirm by experimental methods the whole
hypothesis put forward by the many readers...

Tony Peters wrote:
>
> Tim Ericson said >
> > It's the omnipresent knowledge of who holds the Ace of Spades (or
> > the winning door) that changes the whole game!  The person 'in the
> > know' chooses to show all the loosing cards, or door, which has no
> > effect on the original odds.
> >
>
> OK, I Give... in this isolated case, where the person turning over the card,
> opening the door, etc. knows what the winner is, he will only turn over/open
> items which do not win.  This means if ANY of the other 51 cards or 2 doors
> is the winner, the winner WILL be the one he leaves.
> In that case, the odds do transfer to the remaining item you did not pick,
> as it had more chances to be right.
>
> This has been fun guys.
> Tony Peters