From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-03-09T23:59:19+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] SimFrost (#117)

On 3/9/07, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Mar 9, 2007, at 8:16 AM, Robert Dober wrote:
>
> > On 3/9/07, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> >> On Mar 9, 2007, at 8:04 AM, Jason Roelofs wrote:
> >>
> >> > Quick clarification, I would assume you mean "turn 90 degrees", not
> >> > 90%, as
> >> > that doesn't make any sense.
> >>
> >> Ick, yes.  Good catch.  I'll fix it on the web site...
> >>
> >> James Edward Gray II
> >>
> >>
> > Maybe you would like to clarify what the center is too (I'll just use
> > the left hand upper corner of the center but maybe).
>
> That's what my diagrams are for, I hope.  ;)
>
> To eliminate the idea of rotation, we could just say this:  given the
> neighborhood:
>
> +--+
> |12|
> |43|
> +--+
>
> Change to:
>
> +--+
> |23|
> |14|
> +--+
>
> or:
>
> +--+
> |41|
> |32|
> +--+
>
> There's a 50% chance to go either way.
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
>
Sorry if I was not clear, I meant the center where to put the initial freezer :)
strictly speaking it does not exist in an even order grid, well I did
not think that was a problem but as you were about to update the
site...

The Quiz description is perfectly clear though apart this little formalism.
Good work as always.

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