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Offline Xairbusdriver

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« on: September 24, 2007, 03:36:51 PM »
Surfing around for something else today, I came across this effective time-waster:
Is this a technical thread?! dntknw.gif
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2007, 03:44:11 PM »
Wow, it's quick to make them but it solves them like a drunken ant; that is to say in a recursive manner and "very" slowly if the maze is very big!
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2007, 07:34:45 AM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Sep 24 2007, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Is this a technical thread?! dntknw.gif


Depends... Did you solve it? wink.gif
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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2007, 09:32:14 AM »
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it's quick to make them but it solves them like a drunken ant
Sounds a lot like people and the problems they create...smile.gif
Apparently the developers were 'honest' enough not to tell the 'solver' side what the 'builder' side knows! laugh.gif
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Did you solve it?
IT? You mean you can quit after just ONE?
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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2007, 12:11:21 PM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Sep 25 2007, 09:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You mean you can quit after just ONE?


No, no! The secret to avoiding addiction: don't try it!
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« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2007, 12:18:09 PM »
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The secret to avoiding addiction: don't try it!
Is that what you're trying to avoid by staying with OS 9?! "Addiction" to OS X? laugh.gif
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« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2007, 07:18:45 AM »
BINGO!
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« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2007, 02:48:56 AM »
I tried the Maze generator and then hit the "Solve" button. Watched as it randomly ran up and down and all over looking for the right route no better than any human could do. In fact it was ridiculously stupid as it went right by a quick route to the end and ran oall over the maze for another minute before it retraced its steps and found the end.

Here is a pic of it in mid-search. The grey dots are where it already tried and backtracked.  Notice it went right by the obvious route in the lower-right corner.

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« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2007, 07:29:51 AM »
"Obvious" is in the eye of the beholder. And most computers don't have "eyes" at all. wink.gif I think this site demonstrates that the only thing a computer has over a human brain is speed and persistence. Granted, one could program the 'search' differently and much more 'intuitively' as well as more 'human' like, but that would simply show how much 'brain' power is needed for a 'blind' brain to solve a visual problem. smile.gif

Next time, try solving the puzzle with your eyes closed! laugh.gif tease.gif

I also suspect that the 'solving' portion of the code is intentionally slowed down or at least manipulated to indicate the 'thoroughness' of the 'computer.' After all, the puzzle is 'generated' rather quickly. Assuming that they are actually unique puzzles, the same general plan is followed for generating as well as solving; the 'generating' part must be sure that the puzzle is solvable in one and only one way. The 'solving' display is probably slowed down so the human watching can actually see something going on! wink.gif As I intended to say above, computers are fast, but not as well endowed with multiple senses and intuition, not to mention experience! smile.gif

It makes me feel better when I can figure out a solution before a computer can, even if the computer is intentionally 'crippled!' But it still upsets me when I keep telling my Mac to do something and it refuses simply because I'm not using the exactly correct command! "How stupid can this thing be?!" rant.gif wallbash.gif rofl.gif Wonder if the computer is thinking the same thing...blush-anim-cl.gif

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« Last Edit: September 28, 2007, 07:31:10 AM by Xairbusdriver »
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