Message #3121
From: Craig Durward <craigdurward@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [MC4D] Re: Sixth solve of 3^7!
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 20:45:35 +0000
There are only a few people I know that are interested in things like this, and I can never get a coherent explanation together good enough to explain things properly to them. The pictures help a lot, though.
There was one who took enough interest to look at the websites on his own - but he’s a maths postgrad, so I feel like he almost doesn’t count.
To: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
From: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 16:45:19 -0700
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: Sixth solve of 3^7!
I think that all of us here can relate to your story. What do your
friends and family think about it? I ask because I’ve found that
when talking about the 4D cube, people will often quake with a
strange sort of fear. Perhaps it’s something like math phobia, I’m
not really sure, but when I’ve then described some of these other
puzzles in even higher dimensions and strange topologies, their
minds seem to implode and refuse to take in any more information.
What’s it like when the lead-in to such a discussion is the 7D
Rubik’s cube?
<br> On 6/12/2015 12:27 PM, Craig Durward<br>
craigdurward@hotmail.com [4D_Cubing] wrote:
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Well, I did it after a lot of hesitation. I remember<br>
thinking I'd never bother to finish it, but once I get so far<br>
with something I'm loathe to let it go, no matter how long it<br>
takes.<br>
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As for where the time comes from: I did it just after the birth<br>
of my son. The only way we could get him to settle in those days<br>
was when he was asleep on someone, so I thought I might as well<br>
try it if I was going to be confined to a chair for long periods<br>
of time. I had plenty of time to do it before he grew out of<br>
that phase (unfortunately for me and his mum).<br>
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He (and his baby brother) is a bit more demanding of my<br>
time now - I barely have time to do a 3^3, never mind a 3^7.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Craig
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To: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
From: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 03:06:59 -0700
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: Sixth solve of 3^7!
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LOL, I don't blame you, Andrey.<br>
I struggle to understand how people do find the time,<br>
and wonder if there are any limits to the lengths they<br>
will go. It would appear that I'm getting close.
On 6/9/2015 1:07 AM, andreyastrelin@yahoo.com<br>
[4D_Cubing] wrote:
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I'm not in this game :) Time to Big Rip is too<br>
short to spend 70 hours for another solve of this<br>
monster :)<br>
Andrey