Sorry about resurrecting the thread; I didn't check the group in a while and missed out on this interesting discussion. I am pretty familiar with the center...
I fully agree that the fundamental constraints I discussed are algebraic rather than mechanical. That the cubes can be constructed physically merely (! -...
... which direction it should be pointing, and doing so reduced the number of possible solutions down to 1 from a total of (46)/2). ... By making that change,...
... OK I finally got around to thinking about this (and playing with my 5^3 cube since I couldn't find my 4^3). Let's pretend that my missing 4^3 cube is...
... I find this argument rather bizarre. The underlying rules of the cube are that you can rotate its faces and scramble it up. The goal of the cube as a...
... So did I. Oddly, Jay had posted the same comment back in September: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/4D_Cubing/message/36 At that time, I disputed his...
... It seemed so familiar that I checked to make sure I wasn't replying to an accidental double post. Anyway, let u f r d b l refer to clockwise quarter turns...
... Gah, I just forgot to write down a d2. Here is a sequence which shows that our group G contains all even permutations of the internal cube's corners. I...
Hey all, I ran across this 3D minesweeper game and immediately thought of this group. Thought I'd post some linkage for you. Watch out though, the sounds are...
Hi! Latest solver of MagicCube4D, the 3x3x3x3 version, here. Name's Matt Young, 30 years old, from California. Since most of the info Melinda Green asked me...
Congratulations! Welcome to the group. I've been trying to wrap my head around a layer method for some time now, though I haven't played with it in a long...
Hello, I am Jesse Thompson, proud to join your prestigious group :) I haven't solved the cube yet but I'm working on it. I promised myself I wouldn't post...
welcome jeff! it was by intent that the default colors are very unlike the original 3D puzzle. that's because we once got a cease-and-desist letter from the IP...
Okie I've thrown it in the files section, along with a short disclaimer :) What type of criteria did the patent folks lay down, if any? I'll take another poke...
in their letter they said they didn't like: - our use of the name "rubik" in our puzzle name, - our text saying "use it for anything you like", "send to...
... No way, you would have offered to team up and market Rubik4D. Don ... -- Don Hatch hatch@... http://www.plunk.org/~hatch/...
Don Hatch
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Feb 4, 2004 4:26 am
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... Good point though in reality i would have done both. in fact i did offer to team up with them and make MC4D available for free from the official rubik...
Hello all, how do you do? I've re-engaged cubing recently, by installing Linux on a dual boot on my machine. I've grabbed the Xwindows copy of MagicCube4D,...
... I'm glad to hear that you're trying out the Linux/X version of magiccube4d. The information you're looking for is in the file MagicCube4D-unix.txt. The...
Jay Berkenbilt
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Mar 3, 2004 3:49 pm
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hello friends! you may have seen some of the fractal images i've been rendering over the years, especially using a method i've developed called the "buddhabrot...
Greetings! Melinda kindly invited me to join this group and asked me to write a few lines of introduction, so here goes. My name is Mark Oram and I turned 37...
Achilles: Say, fancy meeting you here friend. What is that you fellows are studying on this Pattalop? Tortoise: That's "Laptop" my athleticly inclined comrade....
Mark, Because of your volunteering at the space exhibit, I thought you might have some interest in visiting a web site I've been running for about a year. The...
Mark, Welcome to the group! I too love the cubes and have several different fun shapes and styles about my desk. As for the 6x6x6, No one has one out for...
... with ... Another good one is at www.oinkleburger.com, though it does take some getting used to, the applet lets you solve cubes of any size (in theory)....
Thank-you everyone for all the feedback. That includes Roice for the gravitational simulation web link (I've played with it a little myself and I think it does...
Hello to all of you, I think, I should say something about me. So let's start. My name is Denny Köhler. I came from Reinholdshain, its about 20km away from...
"Denny Köhler"
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Apr 21, 2004 6:54 pm
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Hi! Im new to the 4d cube, however, my site, www.cubehead.org has record submission standards for hypercubing (in seconds only please). ... Do you Yahoo!? ...