... Actually, the URL that appears in your browser's Address field when viewing one of those pages often fails as a link to the page, and this has frustrated...
Hi David, I found that I can append the filename after the folder's name, like this http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/4D_Cubing/files/Nan%20Ma/MC2D/color.gif...
I think maybe a little too much is being made of this state graph business for the 2D puzzle. I am going to start by being somewhat critical of what has been...
Hi David, I haven't read your CLS stuff yet. But about Melinda's classification of the 24 states, here is my understanding: Her definition of equivalency is...
Hello David, I haven't given your message a careful read yet, and the meat of it seems to introduce some interesting ideas, but since you claim to be confused...
Hi David, Herbert Kociemba (part of the cube20.org group) used this 'reducing by symmetries' to solve god's number is 20. It cut the number of states they had...
oops, speaking of link problems, if you click the link, it doesn't give you a left side. Copy & paste http://kociemba.org/cube.htm. Also, by 'rotations' and...
Andy, I think this is the direct link to the page you were talking about: http://kociemba.org/math/symmetries.htm I think Kociemba's definition is aligned with...
... OK. The above can be rephrased in terms of conjugation, and I should have seen the way earlier. You are saying that 2 pemutations are related if one is a...
... However, this would split node 5 into 2 ... David, you are right. I forgot to include mirroring/reflection last night. Please check my post today for the...
... But the context in which it is "practical" is an exhaustive analysis of all positions. It is practical in the sense that it pares down the number of...
... I think that we are in some ways talking past each other, and I suspect that where we split is in our overall goals in which the word "practical" means...
... Melinda, you are making assumptions about what I was thinking that are not only false, but are contrary to what I actually wrote. I hope that, after...
... I most deeply apologize. I should definitely said "I'm guessing that you looked at my diagram..." That seems like a small qualification, but it is not at...
... I am relieved. I did not want to turn this into a fight, but I did not want to ignore it either. I accept the apology. ... Actually, I believe that...
There was another response I wanted to make to Melinda; but it somehow slipped past me last time around. A revised (according to what I already wrote in my...
... After writing that, I kept thinking that my experience was that I got a 5-cycle a lot more than 20% of the time. Then it dawned on me that assuming a...
... I also have discovered this forum some time ago. Unfortunately, now it's almost dead. But 4-8 years ago it was very active. The most interesting for me are...
This is rather remotely related to cubing, so you may want to skip it. It is a follow up, including a correction, on my last post in this thread. ... My...
Hi everyone, This thread about blindfolded solving was here for several months and I wonder if anyone has solved any 4D puzzles blindfolded. As Matt said, 2^4...
I've been wanting to get back to this for a while, but I was busy with other things, most notably a speedcubing competition just over a week ago which I was...
Matt, Your multiBLD record is so impressive! Congratulations! I'm sure you've been able to solve 2^4 BLD long ago, and 3^4 is in reach for you. I'm just a...
Nan, Thanks :). That result was my personal best though, I'm still fairly new to multiBLD and I was fairly convinced I would mess up. I see, I thought when I...
Matt, My 3x3x3 method is pretty basic. I first solve the orientation of edges and corners, and then permute corners and then edges. For permutations I only use...
Hi, I just successfully solved 2^4 BLD with macros using MPUlt v1.06. A screenshot, the log file, and the macro-definition file can be found in this folder (I...
Let me be the first to congratulate you, Nan! Now I have to figure out how to explain this to people. Looking at your screen shot, part of my brain wants to...
Hi Melinda, BLD using either MC4D or MPUlt is SLIGHTLY easier than the regular blindfolded solve using a physical puzzle, in the sense that once the puzzle...
Hello Nan, That's a great suggestion about the congratulations help I've added it to the existing blindfold feature request in the MC4D issue tracker here ...
Well done Nan! I'm a little disappointed to have lost the race to the first 2^4 BLD solve, but I guess you ended up deserving it. I'll just have to hurry...
Matt, Thanks a lot. I really don't want my solve to hinder your goal of BLD 2^4 without macros. If I were you I would BLD 2^4 without macros before attempting...
