>>>Sage 99 counts the number of black or white hats ahead of him and he can tell immediately if he's black or white.
>>>
>>>The rest keep track of the previous answers and so on.
>>>
>>>This better be it!
>>>
>>>alex
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>>Congrats!!!!!!! :)
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>>Yes, this is my solution.
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>Still, I think in a "real-world" situation (whatever that means in logic puzzles regarding sages and death) Mark's or my suggestion would be perfectly acceptable. There was "one" solution being sought though, so I will abide by the judge's decision... :-(
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>:-) Renoir

Yours or Mark's solution could not be accepted, because the observer can easily understand this trick and as I said, the cheating is not allowed.