From mmoss@panix.com Mon Apr 4 17:30:58 1994 Return-Path: Received: from panix.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /com/archive/cube-lovers id AA10263; Mon, 4 Apr 94 17:30:58 EDT Received: by panix.com id AA12590 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for cube-lovers@life.ai.mit.edu); Mon, 4 Apr 1994 17:30:47 -0400 From: Matthew Moss Message-Id: <199404042130.AA12590@panix.com> Subject: About Rubix's tetrahedron... To: cube-lovers@life.ai.mit.edu (Cube Mailing List) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 17:30:46 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 811 Here's a question for y'all..... It's about the tetrahedron puzzle from Rubix (I forget the real name). [the one with legal moves consisting of removing a 4-piece tetrahedron from a 10-piece and putting it back on in different orientation] Anyway, mine is pretty loosed up, and occassionally when I am working on it, one piece will come loose and go skitting across the floor. There's no way I can remember the orientation it had on there. Has any study been done or does someone know if I put that piece back on, will it still be solveable if it's orientation is wrong (ie, different than it was before it fell off)? Do you understand my question? (I hope I'm not too confusing...) I've been thinking about implementing this via computer, just to test this out, but I thought I'd ask y'all first. Thanx.