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Right. and I find out (assuming I have blue eyes) that I see 99 other blue eyed people and 900 with brown. I talk to my friend who also has blue eyes and find out HE sees 99 others with blue eyes as well. Now I know.
Exactly - you know you have blue eyes at that point if and only if it's the 100th day and no suicides have as yet occured. Since that discussion of eye color (according to the particular rules of the game) can't happen, they actually have to walk through the process day by day to see frmo day one in order to get there.
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