Subject: questions for cs
Date: Mon Jul 31 13:15:34 2017
User: ix
Message:what do you do for a living? have you ever taught? and i think you've mentioned your age before, if you don't mind how old are you?
Date: Mon Jul 31 13:24:16 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Not trying to speak for CS, but I think he works for IBM, where they use him to train "Watson". And see his earlier pics at link below.
(Hope I'm not stepping on toes here, CS! Innocent joviality.)
Link: The Sprockmeister in earlier incarnations
Date: Mon Jul 31 13:25:42 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Oh, meant to say, "you can do the math".
Date: Mon Jul 31 21:08:39 2017
User: CubicSprock
Message:why, you looking to hire?
I'm an engineer, do a lot of algorithm development & data analysis. I'm 35...old enough to run for president in 2020 :-)
Date: Mon Jul 31 21:11:43 2017
User: ix
Message:thanks!
Date: Fri Aug 4 07:55:20 2017
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:Some games played yesterday by CS:
8/3 9:57 pm 9x2 31246-5 Streak 1:02 Won
8/3 9:55 pm 8x3 31246-5 Streak 0:27 Won
8/3 9:55 pm 6x6 31246-5 Streak 0:16 Won
8/3 9:54 pm 6x5 31246-5 Streak 0:23 Won
8/3 9:53 pm 5x7 31246-5 Streak 0:18 Won
8/3 9:53 pm 5x6 31246-5 Streak 0:30 Won
8/3 9:52 pm 4x8 31246-5 Streak 0:37 Won
Fast times indeed.
I tried 6x6 31246-5 and it was about 34s for me.
But I noticed something else. How can it be so easy when you have a big streak going on for 6x6? And why is it level-5? Shouldn't it be level 10 when you have a streak bigger than 50?
Date: Fri Aug 4 08:33:00 2017
User: TitanicTony
Message:He has to have been playing in "Custom mode" -- otherwise there is NO WAY that all the game numbers would be the same (31246)!!! Which means that those 7 games did not increase any of his streaks! It also means that if he had lost one, his streak would still be intact!!! He may have just been practicing his "speed play" -- and darn good too, imo!!
Date: Fri Aug 4 10:06:14 2017
User: CubicSprock
Message:Tony is correct, I used custom mode found an easy game number (at least I knew it was easy in 4 columns since I looked for a 4x4 winnable game) and was seeing how fast I could blow through those games. It also proved extremely easy for 5, 6, & 8 columns as well...and only a bit tougher with 9.
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