Received: from lcs.mit.edu (CHAOS 15044) by AI.AI.MIT.EDU; 13 Apr 90 14:45:54 EDT Received: from FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL by mintaka.lcs.mit.edu id aa03240; 13 Apr 90 14:45 EDT Received: by FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL id aa19069; 13 Apr 90 14:41 EDT Date: Fri, 13 Apr 90 14:35:03 EDT From: Peter Beck (LCWSL) To: cube-lovers@ai.ai.mit.edu cc: pbeck@pica.army.mil Subject: cff #23 Message-ID: <9004131435.aa18164@FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL> SUBJECT : Review of "Cubism For Fun" newsletter issue #23, MAR 90; the newsletter of the "Dutch Cubists Club"; in english starting with issue #14 1.. The table of contents for issue # 23, MAR 90 follows: NEW CLUB PRESIDENT - Jan de Geus has taken over from Guus Razoux Schultz CUBE DAY 1989 by Lucia Dalessi COMPUTERS AT CUBE DAY 1989 by Guus Razoux Schultz BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES FIND THE IMPOSSIBILITY PROOF by Ekkehard Kunzell A PRIZE CONTEST by Ekkehard Kunzell RUBIK'S CUBE not yet IN 44 MOVES: HANS KLOOSTERMAN TRANSFORMATIONS OF CUBIC PUZZLES by Jean Claude Constantin and Dieter Gebhardt THE OPAQUE CUBE PROBLEM by Martin Gardner ABOUT THE DESIGN OF TOP SPIN PUZZLE: Ferdinand Lammertink, the designer LOGICAL LABYRINTHS by Anneke Treep a WIRREL-WARREL SPACE CROSS by Pieter Torbijn THE SQUA-RING PUZZLE: by Oskar van Deventer THE INTRACTABLE TEN by Rik van Grol SIMPLE CHECKERED STAPLE-BLOCKS: by Rik van Grol PLAYING MAGIC CROSS BY COMPUTER: Guus Razoux Schultz PLAYING WITH PENTACUBES book review by Anton Hanegraaf - SPIELE MIT PENTAKUBEN (games with pentacubes) by Ekkehard Kunzell BLOCKED SLIDING PIECES by Dario Uri NEWS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - THINK ABOUT (DUTCH) CUBE DAY 1990: probably 15 & 16 dec at Willem van der poel's place, Den Haag THINK ABOUT THE "SILVER" ANNIVERSARY CFF: ideas, contests requested. CHANGES IN THE LIST OF MEMBERS - 100 active members, notable new addition Martin Gardner. 2. Membership for 1990 is US$8. A photocopied set of the newsletters, issues 1-13, written in DUTCH (in the future selected back articles will be available in english) is also available for US$7. To order either of these send an 'INTERNATIONAL" POSTAL MONEY ORDER (cost $3 at post office) to: Paul Sijben, Witbreuksweg 397-304, NL-7522 ZA Enschede, The Netherlands. 3. If anybody would like further details please ask! CUBING IS FOREVER PETER BECK OR SPECIAL REMINDER: TRENTON COMPUTER FESTIVAL WILL BE THE 21 & 22 OF APRIL AT A NEW LOCATION --> MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NEAR PRINCETON NJ. THIS IS THE LARGEST AND OLDEST AMATEUR COMPUTER FESTIVAL.