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Originally Posted by Mediachick
Hehehe, I knew I heard of something like that somewhere. What was that story again with the chessboard and the rice? the poor man ruined the rich man by taking all of his harvest tricking him into an exponential 'salary' that seemed like a good deal at the beginning... Still pretty clever
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Wasn't it that the guy had to pay him back in rice...1grain on the first day, 2 on teh 2nd, 4 on the 3rd etc etc
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anyway, it's always 2^(no days)-1
2^31 - 1 is just over 10 million bucks no?