Something About Nothing..........#5

[RAPstar]

Happy birthday, Rose!!

 

[donaldduck352]

Good morning all..

Its

already!!

Wake up and get it over with!!

 

[keishashadow]

Good morning all..

Its

already!!

Wake up and get it over with!!

yeah but now the rest of the day is spread out in front of us

week's almost 1/2 over woo-hoo

 

[coastermom]

Morning all ...

Well the kiddies are all going to school today . ..
I have 100 things I just have to go buy for school supplies and I know I will be at it again next week when Chrissy ( oldest DD ) gets her list of things. Staples here had a 45 min to an hour wait to pay last night I was NOT going there . I have to say that I would rather pay more and go to the little shops to get this stuff. I figured if I need to wait that long there should be some sort of ride at the end of it . NOT school supplies and a bill . ..


Hope everyone is prepared for all of the storms lined up out there . They are even talking about Hanna giving NYC lots of rain and wind this weekend . Which is a real downer since we have a big party planned at the pool club this weekend . Hope we only get one day of rain and a nice sunday .

Off to get the supplies and the oldest one to school by 11:30 .

BBL

 

[roseprincess]

Thank you all for the birthday wishes yesterday!
It really made me feel special

Went out shopping today.


Coastermom- glad your sister's wedding went well!

Mac-don't know where you are, but hope all is well.

Have a good day everyone

 

[donaldduck352]

Eve ALL.Hope everything is going good for all

 

[macraven]

a quick stop by.
hello and how is everyone.

still working on changing my background colors.


will be back later.

 

[minniejack]

My computer must be honoring Rose's b-day.

My favorites list now shows a picture of a rose instead of the symbol DIS. Happy belated b-day.

 

[donaldduck352]

Well a farmers rule(or is that Bob Segar)Up with the sun and gone with the wind??
Donn't know but goodnight all!!!

See YA'LL in the morning!!!

Goodnight and Godbless......SEE YA'

 

[coastermom]

Night , night all .

This is the second day of school and mommy is DONE already . I have had it with this cranky child that is over tired and not sleeping right. He is so nervous about school and getting it right that he is not really sleeping. Mommy is tired and cranky now .

My DD went to her first day of school today . Only 4 hours but they took their pictures and get their class list today . Got a book bill for $200 . Yes you read that right . I was just happy she isn't in the HS band . One book was $125 .. ..

My middle DD is in 8th grade and they already started with the 8th grade graduation photos . Need to send in that money next Wed. I feel like these first few days is nothing but writing out checks or sending in money for something .

Off to bed soon . See everyone in the morning .

 

[the Dark Marauder]

A few things while I'm here. First the good news, then the bad news.


Good News:

-I got my PS3 today.
It doesn't work on my TV, but worked on another, so I need to get a new TV! Nothing fancy, just one with the r/y/w ports in front and a working remote. My current TV is an old one, so it's upgrade time!

-The parks have been slow, so anyone going to the parks will enjoy short lines.


Bad News:

-Hannah and Ike are trying to give FL a scare. To them I say "Bring it, cheesewagons!"

-The DIS won't let me use "invisible text." I was going to put it as such, but you would still be able to read it. I'll just say a Split may be Imminent. PM for Details...

 

[RAPstar]

A few things while I'm here. First the good news, then the bad news.


Good News:

-I got my PS3 today.
It doesn't work on my TV, but worked on another, so I need to get a new TV! Nothing fancy, just one with the r/y/w ports in front and a working remote. My current TV is an old one, so it's upgrade time!

-The parks have been slow, so anyone going to the parks will enjoy short lines.


Bad News:

-Hannah and Ike are trying to give FL a scare. To them I say "Bring it, cheesewagons!"

-The DIS won't let me use "invisible text." I was going to put it as such, but you would still be able to read it. I'll just say a Split may be Imminent. PM for Details...

I'm worried as the hurricanes too! Here's hoping that they skirt by FL. At little rain won't be bad, I can do theme parks in the rain. lol Only 2 more work days left!!! Woo!! Hopefully those short lines will carry over to next week too!!

 

[marciemi]

Okay, my totally geeky DS13 left his forums up on my computer and I just have to share them with you. He is a total Rubik's Cube geek and has been spending most of his free time solving, building, or online socializing about Rubik's Cubes. (incidentally, for those of you wondering, the first EVER Rubik's cube competition to be held in Wisconsin will be in Milwaukee on October 4th - yes, we'll be there!).

Anyways, I clicked on his user name and wanted to go in and read his posts and see if he was posting anything inappropriate and what the heck they had to talk about so much. Here is a copy of one of his posts. Can you say GEEK?!!!

I have my 3 V-cubes here, and I looked at my 5cube. The 6 types of pieces make a triangle. The same thing happens with my 6cube. That made the first part really easy. Half the number of layers (ceil if it's odd so you include the middle layer) and triangulate the number.

The second part was a little more annoying. I knew there was a "mirror" piece in the 6 and 7 which didn't fit into my first equation.
The realization came when I saw that these pieces were the ones that didn't lie along the 2 major diagonals, the 2 crosses(which don't exist on evens), or the edges of a face. So I listed it out. I knew that 1-5 had to be 0. 6&7 were 1. 8&9 were 3. 10&11 were 6. (Oh look, more triangular progression). Draw it out, and you can easily see the triangle.
I came up with (order - 4)/2 ... but I liked the look of (order/2-2) better. I should probably add a lower limit of 0 for the second term.

edit:
Here's an even easier way. I'm sure there's a way to combine them.
The general idea is easy to see if you look at the 7 and go backwards to the 6.
One "Quadrant" of the 7 is a 4x4 block. Remove one leg of +centers and one leg of edges. Add the Center and Corner back in.
With the 6 you do the same thing except there are no +centers to deal with and you only add the center back in.

evens:
(order/2)^2 - (order/2) + 1
odds:
(ceil(order/2))^2 - ceil(order/2) + 1 - floor(order/2) + 1

edit 2:
(C(N/2))^2 + (1 + N%2)(1 - C(N/2)) + N%2

Gee - how come we never talk about things like this here?

 

[minniejack]

I still have to peel off the colors and repaste to complete a cube.

Heck--I haven't helped my kids with their math since 7th grade--and this is coming from someone who was in the so-called gifted program a million years ago for math--definitely true--use it or lose it

 

[donaldduck352]

I still have to peel off the colors and repaste to complete a cube.

Me to.I never finished one yet,unless I do the same thing

 

[marciemi]

Well, if you want to know why you've never solved one if you just tried randomly....according to my son last night (again compliments of his boards!):

If every person on the earth had gotten a Rubik's cube right when they came out in 1982 and since then had made one move a second and no one made any duplications of any moves that anyone else did.....then by now still less than 1/7th of the possible outcomes would have been displayed at any time!

Or, if you tried to display all the possible different ways a Rubik's cube looks, and lined themall up next to one another as close as possible, they would extend 261 light years!

The latest one he's gotten is a 7x7, which looks like this:

But even that's too easy for him so he's just been building his own 'mutant' cubes!

 

[roseprincess]

ahem... Mac, you forgot to wish somebody a happy belated birthday?

Guess you are still working on the colors on your computer?



bbl

 

[macraven]

good thursday morning homies.....


since i am so far behind in responding to all, here are my cliff notes version:

happy birthday, belated happy birthday hope it was good for all, love cake, balloons were so kewl,kids give hugs, homies give hugs, nice weather, rainy weather, none of my kids named Fay, it is hot, it is not hot, parks are fun, parry hotter is being built, skool time for kids, kids cost money, buy those books, go to work, tennis tournaments are great, planning a trip, have fun on it, rubik cube lots of fun, math sucks sometimes when you get older, happy anniversary out there, hhn is coming, banner is weird now, ma is sick, ma is better, good thing, ps3 rules, ours replaced after 60 days, buy the warranty, pools are closed, picture trip report passed the test, do water parks when it rains, and if i forgot anything, i am sorry, but will place it in the cliff notes.

 

[minniejack]

Well, if you want to know why you've never solved one if you just tried randomly....according to my son last night (again compliments of his boards!):

If every person on the earth had gotten a Rubik's cube right when they came out in 1982 and since then had made one move a second and no one made any duplications of any moves that anyone else did.....then by now still less than 1/7th of the possible outcomes would have been displayed at any time!

Or, if you tried to display all the possible different ways a Rubik's cube looks, and lined themall up next to one another as close as possible, they would extend 261 light years!

The latest one he's gotten is a 7x7, which looks like this:

But even that's too easy for him so he's just been building his own 'mutant' cubes!

Stop already--you're making my brain hurt.

 

[keishashadow]

morning (just made it under the deadline ) all

mutant rubik's cubes...who knew?

DH is in the original 'solver's' club, this is my nemisis (fifteen puzzle, sliding tile version, carryover from my youth)