Awhuxlb.167 net.misc utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!whuxlb!nrf Fri Feb 19 00:25:02 1982 Re: This is not a chain letter this is really a matter of game theory - an individual thinking clearly would realize that they could make their own list of friends/relatives and insert it into the pyramid at any point. by rotating the position of the various relatives, it is possible to evenly distribute the gains (for a given tree depth). ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.