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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!news.service.uci.edu!unogate!mvb.saic.com!demoel
  2. From: Demoel@Fwva.Saic.Com (Ed de Moel)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
  4. Subject: Re: Mastermind - some EASY questions.
  5. Message-ID: <9269191@MVB.SAIC.COM>
  6. Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:58:12 GMT
  7. References: <BxzoJH.7Gn@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> <20NOV199207435713@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu>
  8. Organization: Science Applications Int'l, Corp. - Computer systems operation
  9. Lines: 14
  10.  
  11. cvadsavi@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu (Carl R. Knecht) writes:
  12. >In article <BxzoJH.7Gn@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz>, wft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) writes...
  13. >>These questions aren't just easy - you can hardly get them wrong!
  14. >>  
  15. >>1. What is the best thing to do when following a very slow car ?
  16. >
  17. >..er, pass it!
  18.  
  19. well, that's what the other questions suggest...
  20. But if you're following someone, getting ahead is the last thing you
  21. would want to do. However slow your guide is, if you want to follow,
  22. you have to stay behind.
  23.  
  24. I'd say: Keep following it.
  25.