Riddle

[spoiler]David?[/spoiler]

I was so lost on this riddle! I needed your good hint, and even then, I couldn't come up with the whole answer! lol. #stumped #good riddle

Going way back to any earlier post @cbt711, your birthday is actually as the joined words suggest, the day you were born! All celebrations of that day are called "birthdays" for short and actually count as ending that period since... so your 1st birthday is the "celebration of the day of your birth 1 year after it"... your 1st birthday for short. Sorry for hindering the Riddles, will join in again soon.

Well like I said, I instinctively consider the day I was born a birthday - just seems logical to me. But a lot of people don't citing only the celebration of that day annually is an actual birthday, and the day you are born is your birth date. This is splitting hairs at this point, so I went with the law. Legally, by US laws, birth date is defined as the day you are born, and birthday is defined as every anniversary of the birth date. These are distinguished to define ages at which you can legally participate in events, like driving, smoking, voting, joining the military, or drinking. On your 16th birthday, you can drive. If that included the day you were born, it would be what we all think of as our 15th birthday. So I changed the wording to "not including the day he was born" just to take all the hair splitting and ambiguity out of the riddle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday

@CBT711: Corrrrrrect! :P @BETA: Does that mean you still don't have the solution? Also, did you look at my "obvious" hint? [b]If you have not yet found the answer, AND have not looked at my "obvious" hint, here's another hint:[/b] [spoiler]Each number mentioned in the riddle corresponds to a letter of the solution.[/spoiler]

@Virtuosity98, I already gave up and looked at the give-away hint, and the solution! :$ Your second hint, though, I think is a very good hint, without giving the answer away.

Again, I stole this one, I think it's a little easier (BETA) :P RIDDLE: [b]There are four men: Abe, Butch, Cam, and Dan. There are four hats: two white and two black. They each get a hat: Abe gets black, Butch gets white, Cam gets black, and Dan gets white. They don't know what hat colour they have. Abe goes into a room so that no one can see his hat. The others line up in front of the door in the order Butch, Cam, and Dan, all facing the door (Butch can't see the others hats, Cam can see Butch's, and Dan can see Cam and Butch's hats). Whoever can figure out their hat colour first wins $1,000. If they are wrong they are out of the running. [i]Which man can figure out his hat color without a doubt? Explain your logic.[/i][/b] Good luck!

I've heard this b4. I now have to remember the logic.... and it Is a more straight forward, logic riddle :P [spoiler] Um actually, if I understand this correctly, that they each know that there are 2 black and 2 white hats, then there is no challenge, and I have not heard this b4. Abe sees the other hats, so he sees two white hats, so he must have a black hat! [/spoiler]

@BETA: I didn't think I would have to specify this: Abe is enclosed in a room. No-one can see Abe's hat, Abe can't see anyone else's hat.

If nothing happends, they stay where they are (lonely in the room and together in a line) than they can't know for sure I think. [spoiler] The guy in the back has the most information, but if he sees 1 white and 1 black, than he doesn't know enough. [/spoiler]

[spoiler=got it I think] They are all aware of the game, and the hat colors. The only reason the guy in back can't guess the correct hat color is because the two in front of him have opposite colors. So assuming the guy in the middle isn't an idiot, he would know his hat is the opposite of the guy in front of him, otherwise the guy in back would have guessed correctly and immediately. So if the guy in back doesn't say anything, then the guy in the middle of the line knows his hat is the opposite of the guy in front. So Cam sees butches hat, knows his is the opposite since Dan doesn't guess, and thus knows his hat is black, and not white like Butch's Does that count? Kind of assume based on the back guy not saying anything, it's a thin answer.[/spoiler]

CBT711: Corrrrect! :P Your logic was perfectly sound and the answer I was looking for!

Ok. You find yourself in a log cabin during a blizzard. In the Cabin, there is: a candle, a lantern, a wood burning stove, and a fireplace. The only problem is you only have a single match! So choose carefully, your warmth and life depend on your answer. Of these things, what would you light first?

@ Virtuosity98, omg! [spoiler]I totally overlooked the second guy. When the third guy Dan doesn't go forward, its because he sees two different colored hats in front of him, and doesn't know about his hat. So when Cam sees Dan NOT step forward, he knows that he has a different colored hat than Butch in front of him. And since Butch has a white hat, Cam knows and says he's wearing black.[/spoiler] Where's my $1000! (oh, CBT took it first ;))

@CBT [spoiler]the match (though I've heard this before)[/spoiler] hehe