01-01-2018, 02:28 PM
(12-27-2017, 10:07 AM)Cassandra Wrote: Yep, I dislike math too. One thing I have a serious dislike of is a Rubik's Cube. When I see one, my first instinct is to smash it with a hammer or blow it up.
There IS a mean trick you can play on Rubik's Cube enthusiasts--
I used to know a guy that was really good at solving Rubik's cubes. I found out that it's possible to twist any single cube on the corner so that it no longer matches the rest of the colors. Did that, then scrambled the cube up and gave it to him to solve. He worked at it for hours...
Solving them is a matter of applying a set of standard solutions to the pattern. But if you make the cube unsolvable by twisting the corner, you need to think outside the box (so to speak) to figure out a solution...
If you ever do this, don't let 'em work on it too long!