Re: Where's Waldo? (challenge)

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 6/6/07, Brian Loe <knobdy () gmail com> wrote:
> On 6/6/07, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
>
> > Again, that's a case of "You give information up front that later allows you
> > to show that you did know where Waldo is".  Until the person gives up, they
> > can't *verify* that you knew where Waldo was. The question is "give sufficient
> > info so that they can verify *now* that *you* know where it is, *without*
> > giving away the location.
> >
> > You've given them a sealed envelope that you claim contains a picture of
> > the kidnap victim.  That's different from giving them a picture they
> > can clearly see and verify.
>
>
> Okay, nevermind, I give up. I thought this had something to do with
> anything and was wrong.
>
> I will go on record as saying I believe it to be impossble to do
> because short of showing your opponent where Waldo is there's no way
> of him KNOWING you know where Waldo is.

what if you had a picture taken while holding both a cut-out of Waldo,
and today's paper in addition to the ransom note demanding 12 million
dollars for Waldo's safe return?
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