Tuesday — July 29th, 2008
My motorcycle in all its glory. Unfortunetly mine isn’t so shiny and perfect like this one, maybe some day…. I just need it to work. Currently I am watching the Kill Switch part, on ebay, but I am unsure if the 1976 kill switch will fit my bike. I can either take the $40 chance, or I can bypass the kill switch to see if that is really the problem. Either way I am going to need a new kill switch, so I’m thinking that I will need to buy it anyway…
What should I do about the Kill Switch?
- Bypass it, and wait until I find the part for the same year? (67%, 2 Votes)
- Buy the part, and take the chance that it is the wrong part? (33%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 3
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July 2nd, 2009
Thanks to Chris Lamb, I found this little tid-bit:
Also, it’s important to make distinctions between different games. Consider the game of Three to Fifteen. Most of you have probably never heard of or played this game. It has a very simple set of rules:
Players: 2
Objective: to collect a set of exactly three numbers that add up to 15.
Setup: start by writing the numbers 1 through 9 on a sheet of paper. Choose a player to go first.
Progression of Play: on your turn, choose a number that has not been chosen by either player. You now control that number. Cross it off the list of numbers, and write the number on your side of the paper to show that it is now yours.
Resolution: if either player collects a set of exactly three numbers that add up to exactly 15, the game ends, and that player wins. If all nine numbers are collected and neither player has won, the game is a draw.
Go ahead and play this game, either against yourself or against another player. Do you recognize it now?
The numbers 1 through 9 can be arranged in a 3×3 grid known as a “magic square” where every row, column and diagonal adds up to exactly 15:
6 7 2
1 5 9
8 3 4
Now you may recognize it. It is the game of Tic-Tac-Toe (or Noughts and Crosses or several other names, depending on where you live). So, is Tic-Tac-Toe the same game as Three-to-Fifteen, or are they different games? (The answer is, it depends on what you mean… which is why it is important to define what a “game” is!)
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July 1st, 2009
Wordpress has a For Dummies! ISBN:0470149469
July 1st, 2009
I am almost to my train stop, and I am reflecting on how the day went. I am looking forward to tomorrow! I would like to write code that loads a 512×512, direct color bitmap. Thinking… We don’t need a palette, but need a layer, 4 maps?…. Need to read more of the nitro manual!
July 1st, 2009
I found an algorithm for a maze!
I am trying to learn A* pathfinding algorithm, so this will come in pretty handy!
