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How does that work if multiple people call out "Yes" at the same time?

• jlgreco 13y ago
  Use a system where you say "yes" by slapping your hand down onto a beverage coaster. Whoever's hand is on the bottom of the hand stack gets it.
  • coryl 13y ago
    Heh, but then you're introducing a bunch of variables that affect fairness, ie. arm length, reaction time (muscle twitch speed), proximity/position, etc.
• luke_s 13y ago
  Well, this system is somewhat optimised for practicality. A truly 'fair' system would allow people to submit blind bids, for how wide a slice they would like, with the smallest bid taking the slice. Eg: * Everybody writes down how much pizza they would like on a folded piece of paper. You put down 15 degrees, I put down 25 degrees, etc. * The papers are opened and the person who bid the lowest gets their requested slice * Repeat until all the pizza is gone. Essentially you are running a blind auction to split up a limited resource. While being a fairer adaption of my original solution, it does turn out somewhat more unwieldy in practise :-)