From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-10-11T10:59:03+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Geodesic Dome Faces (#3)

Gavin Kistner wrote:
> Well...no one seems to have posted a Quiz solution.
> 
> I'm sorry that it didn't seem to catch people's fancy. To help figure 
> out what makes a good quiz:
> Was the question too hard, too long, or too boring to tackle and solve?
> Or was it perhaps not specified/described well enough?
> 
> For the curious, I've posted and described my own solution here:
> http://phrogz.net/CSS/Geodesics/FindingFaces.html
> 
> I've also rolled the new code into my Geodesics library, including 
> little features (good for testing solutions) like finding the normal for 
> faces and then deciding if that normal is inward- or outward-pointing. 
> The core face-subdividing code is at the bottom of the previous url, the 
> full code is at http://phrogz.net/RubyLibs/Geodesic.rb
> 
> I apologize if people didn't find this quiz enticing enough. Please do 
> let us know what kept you from tackling/solving it, so better quizzes 
> can be made in the future.

Well, as for me, the Quiz was fascinating enough. The timing was just 
bad. :( I was swamped with other projects this weekend and didn't have a 
chance to do more than read the quiz description. :(

- Jamis

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