@xaethos:

And yet, the sad little sniper that you are, you failed to notice the semantics of Timmy's linguistics. He said "have the solution already", which is not "basically correct". It is singular in nature. The solutions for a Rubik's cube, on the other hand, are much like the cube itself - multifaceted. There are literally hundreds of ways in which the cube can be solved.

One could make the argument, of course, that those "solutions" all apply the same basic logic and formulae, and are thus one solution, only applied in different circumstances. However, one whom actually knew the mathematics behind it would refute this argument since there are actually multiple formulae that can be applied in any given circumstance - many of them equally efficient. So there is not even one "best" solution.

In the future, please do not argue out of your depth. Forum sniping is not only rude, it is annoying and makes you seem very childish. It also wastes the few seconds of my time it took to post this.

@Timmy:

Actually no. There is no "one" solution. Solving it is based on pattern recognition. There's no single pattern of turns that always works.

The mathematics behind it is fairly simple and one can map it to basic matrix calculations. I've solved my original one a few times. It generally took me about 5 minutes (my first solution took nearly an hour because I was working out the equations), but I'm out of practice now.

Eventually, you start to memorize the patterns and it becomes less logic and thinking and more reflex - that's how you get down to sub-60 second solutions. You can teach anyone of average intelligence to work one out eventually, but that's no fun because the real intrigue, challenge, excitement, and gratification come from figuring it out on your own. Well, at least for us "egg heads".

Hmmm... I could have sworn there was an "of" in there.......... oh well.

@GenBanks:

That may have been the most enlightening piece technical jargon I've heard all week...

That's great until you find out it causes cancer.............. like everything else.

There's nothing funny about hemerroids........

Am I the only one that thinks that most people are too stupid to handle a vehicle in two axes, much less with a third?


I almost get side swiped every day on my commute by some moron on a cell phone and all he has to do is go forward and sideways on a plane..... even taking into account the extra volume of airspace, I still don't think human-controlled flying vehicles are a realistic mode of transportation.

Haha... I was thinking the exact same thing.

... made me hungry

@hemmy:

Actually, dig deeper. The American media (and teachers, it seems) would love you to believe such things. Upon research, however, you will find our debt to GDP ratio is far better than most of the world's nations.


@Andrew:

I agree. The economy of 48 countries far surpases that of the singular United States.

Sorry:

"One of the highest average standards of living..."



Grammar, grammar, grammar........