after about the longest day yesterday .... which did at some point feature a kickass dodgeball game, which our team decisively won, and ended with marking at 1 in the morning ... there is tons of stuff for me to catch up on today. like a taxation assignment, and a public choice problem set. for the latter we refer to joseph conrad's typhoon (which does have online copy here).
in case you'd like to read the story, without me spoiling some of the story you should stop reading now.
so, basically what happens, or so i've heard, because i have not read it myself, Captain MacWhirr is on boat with a number of Chinese workers who are returning home from months of work overseas. they have all given him their earnings for safekeeping, the amounts of which he has carefully entered on a ledger. now, guessing from the title, they get hit by a typhoon. miraculously the workers and captain survive, the money is safe, but the ledger which stated who owned what, is missing. the Captain being an honest man wants to return the money to its rightful owner. but how?
there is some nice game theory for you. i am going to find a solution. i have to.
ps. 1 more day till i go home!
ps2. they are done with roof renos, so no more tar smell!
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