From: Elliot Temple <curi@...>
Date: 2006-08-14T11:44:43+09:00
Subject: Re: [Solution] Bonus Questions  [QUIZ] Pen and Paper (#90)


On Aug 13, 2006, at 7:11 PM, darren kirby wrote:

> quoth the Elliot Temple:
>
>> You can get stuck in 6 steps on 6x6 or larger:
>>
>>   -------------------------
>   -------------------------
> |  .   .   .   .   .   .    |
> |  5   .   .   4   .   .  |
> |  .   .   .   .   .   .    |
> |  .   .   1   .   .   2  |
> |  .   .   .   .   .   .    |
> |  6   .   .   3   .   .  |
> -------------------------
>
> Am I missing something here? Your vertical moves are jumping 3  
> squares...
> From the rules:
>
>>        - jumping over 2 squares when traveling horizontally or  
>> vertically
>>       - jumping over 1 square when traveling diagonally.

i think jumping over 2 squares means landing on third square away.  
that's what it looked like in the examples.

-- Elliot Temple
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