Author: Theo van der Storm
Date: 03:17:19 03/05/05
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On March 04, 2005 at 10:15:35, Ingo Althofer wrote: >Dear Theo, > >thanks for your nice posting, but ... > >> Subject: Ein Stein Wuerfelt nicht (One stone doesn't throw dice) >> Posted by Theo van der Storm (Profile) on March 03, 2005 at 16:22:45: >> >> It was good fun. >> Gerd tought me the game. We played the game quickly. >> ..... >Until here, everything is fine. (Perhaps the translation of the >game's title to English would be a bit more precise by writing >"A single stone does not throw dice".) Agreed. >But now you write something that cries for a revenge ;-) > >> By the way, I discarded Ingo Althöfer's strategic advice >> - as explained by Gerd and others - right away and played my own strategy. >You must have had a bandwaggon full of luck with the dice. Thank you. >(The same had Dan Wulff in Paderborn against me...) Must be. Anyone else? >So, I challenge you for a demonstration game, right here >in the public CCC forum. > >Please, allow me for the first move, because I give you my >starting position in advance. Here it comes: Hmm. The first move may still be an advantage for you... >1 6 3 - - >5 2 - - - >4 - - - x >- - - x x >- - x x x > >(The diagram is seen best with constant-width font.) > >How will we roll the dice? >Let's do it artificially: We take the count of seconds >in the "ccc-clock", modulo 6. >Here mod=1 means 1, mod=2 means 2, ..., mod=0 means 6. >So, for instance 16:22:45 is 45(mod6)=3 mod6, so a "3". > >In your reply you may fill the "x"-es with your numbers, >and the second-counter of your message will give me the >first roll of my dice. Ok? > >Ingo. > >PS: When you win this game, you get a free (small) >glass copy of the game. OK. You are not allowed to use a computerprogram. I do not have such a program. When you win, you have your revenge. OK? Game ON! 1 6 3 - - 5 2 - - - 4 - - - 2 - - - 3 1 - - 4 6 5 Good Game, Theo
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