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FSRW and now Rubik's Cube

HughHugh Posts: 362
edited 2010-08-13 16:17 in Propeller 1
Congratulations to Mr Rokicki and his team. :)

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19301-god-couldnt-do-faster-rubiks-cube-mystery-solved.html

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  • w4fejw4fej Posts: 264
    edited 2010-08-12 08:42
    So does this mean that "Rubics_Cube.spin" is now in the exchange?? :eek:

    Mike B.

    P.S. The article stated that there are 43 quintrillion possible jumbled positions of the cube. For the folks in the U.S. that is 43,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 18 zeros. For the EU folks your zeros may vary. (Damn Yanks always have to be different!) :cool:
  • BaggersBaggers Posts: 3,019
    edited 2010-08-12 11:10
    Congrats Rokicki :) impressive findings, well done!
  • lonesocklonesock Posts: 917
    edited 2010-08-12 11:19
    Great job, Tom!
    w4fej wrote: »
    ...For the folks in the U.S. that is 43,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 18 zeros. For the EU folks your zeros may vary. (Damn Yanks always have to be different!) :cool:
    We've tried to standardize on the metric zero, but somehow I think it messes with our version of football. [8^)

    Jonathan
  • rokickirokicki Posts: 1,000
    edited 2010-08-13 12:02
    Howdy, guys! I thought the forums were dead; I've been clicking on a deep link the last few days and always got a 404. Glad to see that I just missed an announcement or something that we've moved to a different forum product (although all of Google's deep links are now broken too.)

    Anyway, yep, this is one reason I've not been on the Prop so much lately. Anyway, several news articles have picked up that I'm a PropHead and mentioned the Propeller in the news coverage for the Rubik result, so that's pretty cool.

    Hmm, a cube solver in 32K. Can I do that? You bet I can!

    -tom
  • BaggersBaggers Posts: 3,019
    edited 2010-08-13 12:32
    rokicki wrote: »
    Hmm, a cube solver in 32K. Can I do that? You bet I can!
    -tom

    Go for it! :D
    I'd like to see a prop solve the cube.
    I had to learn how to solve the cube also, after taking the family to the Maker Faire ( in Newcastle UK ) where the Cubinator was there, and entertained my girls, 4 and 7, for most of the day! whilst Coley and myself pushed some prop goodness to the passers by.

    Ok, it may not do it faster than the PC that was hidden inside the Cubinators box, but A prop solving the cube would be great!
  • ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
    edited 2010-08-13 16:17
    I just opened my browser (Yahoo home page) and there was an article on the cube mentioning Tomas. - Congradulations
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