I found a few bugs in version 0.84 (mainly in the save/load procedures), so I have today posted version 0.84a, which hopefully solves these problems. The files which load the grids for my own problems...
...e ball after the other until there is none left in the bag or further draws become meaningless.
In one version of the procedures, (Version 1), the actual value of n will be revealed to you before ...
There is a computer version of Nim at
http://home.earthlink .net/~kenzelt/zlinks.htm
then look under 'Great Puzzles and Games'.
In this version you play against the computer and ...
...#039;d have chosen pot */ U as in field V as in sign W as in C X as in lover Y as in not Z as in bed /* UK version */ Z as in E /* US version */
All of these make more sense than at first appears,...
This is a [slightly] modified version of the earlier post, using the stuff r.e.s. explained to me.
Read http://public.logica .com/~stepneys/cyc/b/big.htm to see where i got these ideas.
The p...
What a blast from the past! Is there a version of Hunt The Wumpus on the net?
(Wombats! I hate wombats!)
... the others. Still one more!
Alan PS: This problem has given me a headache. I had a slightly different version that ended up having so many solutions that I abandoned it in favor of this one (whic...
...st too.
I do find that their 4x4x4 is very loose and easily falls apart at speed (I have the new tiled version). Their 5x5x5 however is excellent and can be found at Toys 'R' Us in the U...
...replaced it wrongly, due to an error in the simple program I was using to choose words that fit! Corrected version below, with one other change to prove I know what I'm talking about.
N - ske...
Psalms 90:10, in the King James version. Of course in the original Hebrew it's just 'shivim shanah' meaning 'seventy years'.
Robert Israel isr...@math.ubc.ca Department ...
I am looking for the classic T puzzle. It is four simple pieces that can for a T. I had a nice version made of wood but lost it.
I want one that is good sized (the bars of the T would each be abou...
I've never been able to figure out just how the solution to the Sultan's Dowry problem (short version: a Sultan has 100 daughters, and you have to select one to be your wife, but you have to...
The classic problem with the twelve coins and the balance is in the FAQ. Here's a more complicated version.
Suppose I build a balance, and on each of the pans I place another, smaller balance...
... geometry puzzle, but that might've scared you from reading this
This might be the mathematical version of the gry puzzle, but here goes.
Construct a shape such that For every point on ...
I thought it might be fun to do a 'photorealistic' version of the classic Sam Loyd 'Get Off the Earth' vanish puzzle. You can find it at:
http://members.aol.com/bigsecrets/Sock...
...estion asked for movies based on books.
Actually, Asimov didn't like the movie, nor even his book version (which he'd been asked to do, and wouldn't have otherwise written it), due ...
..., simply BECAUSE slow lines are slow! Naturally, slow lines take up more of your time. It's kind of a version of the anthropic principle....
There are two versions of the problem. In one, you have to determine both the coin and whether it's heavy or light. In the other, you only need determine the coin. The second version is harder to...
Oops, I mistated the problem. The line
should have been
Here is the corrected version:
*** The Chinese Children Problem ***
In an attempt to reduce its population, China institutes the...
Another Version using especially with squrae root 9.....
1 = sqrt(9) + (1 * sqrt(3)) - 5 2 = 9 + 1 - (5 + sqrt(9)) 3 = 9 / (9 - 1 - 5) 4 = 5 - 1 + (9-9) 5 = 5 + 1 - (9/9) 6 = 5 + 1 + 9 - 9 7 = 5 +...
It makes no difference. Fred can either choose both cards simultaneously or he can choose 1 then another. In either case the probability is 4/5.
Again this is not correct. As stated, the problem i...
...s. After the first person states that the product of their ages is 36 (or another number, depending on the version of the puzzle), the first person states that they can't determine their ages. At...
I was checking the JimH Crossword Blog for the answers to the NYT crossword but somwhow ended up reading a post from the favorite about the popularity of crosswords.
Are there a...
The solitaire version of Battleship was invented in Argentina in 1982 under the name Batalla Naval, with the first published puzzles appearing in 1982 in the Spanish magazine Humor & Juegos. ...
If you think that I'm going to solve the crosswords for you think again! It would take out all the fun. What I can do is give advices as to how to become a crossword genius such as him.
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