Thursday, February 12, 2009

The new one!

     Refer to my earlier post about my quickly shifting interests.

     Okay, so now I have no chance to go and tag people with paint, with it being winter and all. So, I started looking to my next interest. Within weeks, I found it.

     Rubik's Cubes.

     Okay, once you've settled down from breaking out in pearls of laughter, there's something I have to say. Rubik's cubes are quite simple to solve, once you have the technique down. Now, there are probably some of you who are saying to yourselves, "Hah, so you say. Let's see you do it." To you I say, "Okay."



    So, I can solve a 3x3x3 cube. That's nice and all, but something I saw on Youtube just made me wanna go and get more. A 4x4x4 cube. Now, some may argue that the method of solving a 4x4x4 is not much different than solving a 3x3x3, and they'd be right, key word being 'much'. Only getting the middle and sides, then solving as a 3x3x3, right? Wrong. Then, there's parity. What parity is, is that when 2 blocks have their positions switched, and there's no similar way to switch them that is also used in 3x3x3 solving. So, there is a loooooong move pattern to memorise for different cases. Suffice to say that it isn't the same.

    Anyway, things go the way they go, but my hunt must continue. Wish me luck!

Stay frosty!
-Gabe