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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
*Quoted from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_problem wikipedia]: A toy problem is a problem that is not of immediate scientific interest, yet is used as an expository device to illustrate a trait that may be shared by other, more complicated, instances of the problem, or as a way to explain a particular, more general, problem solving technique.
 
*Quoted from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_problem wikipedia]: A toy problem is a problem that is not of immediate scientific interest, yet is used as an expository device to illustrate a trait that may be shared by other, more complicated, instances of the problem, or as a way to explain a particular, more general, problem solving technique.
*The secretaries part seems like "The Apprentice".
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*The messages are logical references to either the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem Secretary Problem], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_queens_puzzle Eight queens puzzle], or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_and_banana_problem Monkey and banana problem].
*The initiative and miss messages about 8 queens are references to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_queens_puzzle Eight queens puzzle]  
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*The hit and miss messages about monkeys and bananas are references to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_and_banana_problem Monkey and banana problem]
   
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