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From: halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Re: Dot Town, U.S.A.
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Date: Mon, 27-Aug-84 16:05:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 27 16:05:57 1984
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What happens is that the next day the stranger files claim to all the
land of Dottown, since everyone is now dead.  You see, everyone had
red dots and the stranger lied.  Since every person saw only red, each
person assumed the blue was on his or her own neck.  "Knowing" ones own
color, each person committed suicide.

Or perhaps he wasn't lying.  Either there was exactly one blue dot, in
which case everyone dies within 2 days, or there were 2 or more, in which
case things go on like before.