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I've been updating my CV and resume and have started looking for jobs. I have no idea what I want to do unfortunately. Actually, I wouldn't mind working up in Alert or on Hibernia for a little while. I think that would be cool.
Any of you guys have any suggestions?
Thursday, July 27, 2000 at 20:16:40 (UTC)
No, I haven't finished the puzzle from the 24th yet.. it's LONG.
But I'll throw you guys a bone on how I'm doing it.
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6440 is a winning position
y t y t y t y t 6440 5430 5400 4400 4300 4000 3000 0 5330 4330 4300 4000 3000 0 4430 4400 4300 4000 3000 0Where the numbers beneath y, t represent the status of the piles on your and their turn, respectively. I'm beginning to think that there IS a way to win absolutely, but I'm a little ways off from a complete solution.
p.s. My apologies if this screws up your comment column, qyv.
pps. I like the preview! Very nice. Now you just have to put in a vertical scrollbar -- it's annoying not having it!
Human Bean
Thursday, July 27, 2000 at 20:56:17 (UTC)
Hibernia? Really? I hear the money on those sorts of work sites is good - know a few people who worked in northern Alberta doing similar style work. They all came back with quite a lot of money...
the man with the golden duck
Thursday, July 27, 2000 at 21:43:18 (UTC)
6440 = one pile of 6 beans, two piles of 4 beans, and one empty pile (the 0's are there as placeholders).
So on turn x, if you (y) have 6440, the winning move is to take one from the pile with 6 beans, leaving 5430. Now, WHATEVER your opponent (t) does, you can win.
At least that's what I had originally thought.. looking at it again, I realized that I left out the 5420 case.. which now means that a 6440 case isn't necessarily a winning position (we can't yet say that it's an absolute loss or win).
Anyway, even though it's not an absolute win, if your opponent picks randomly *laugh*, there's a 75% chance that after the move (6440->5430) your opponent will pick a losing move (5430->5400, 5430->5330, or 5430->4330).
Human Bean
Thursday, July 27, 2000 at 22:18:09 (UTC)
What common chemical compound is represented by: "HIJKLMNO" ?
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Thursday, July 27, 2000 at 22:53:44 (UTC)
Hmm.. (re: Laz's solution) that's what I thought it said. How the heck do you go from 6440 beans to 5430 beans with one pick?
QYV
Friday, July 28, 2000 at 01:34:30 (UTC)
THAT'S a good question! *looks at results, crumples up excel sheet*
Human Bean