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October 20, 2006

#173: Movie Seating explain

Movie Seating

At the movies, I get frustrated when we file into our row haphazardly, ignoring the computationally difficulty problem of seating people together for maximum enjoyment.

[Map of relationships between 8 people.]

[Legend:]

Single line: friends.

Double line: in a relationship.

Arrow: one-way crush.

Dashed line: acquaintances

[The eight friends sit in a row in a dark cinema. Cueball and one other are between two lovers.]

Cueball: Guys! This is not socially optimal!