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Found a bug you might want to look into: After 8 steps, I "won" after reaching the following configuration (all on the edges, from top-left clockwise): 16, 58
by peterkelly 13y ago
Found a bug you might want to look into:
After 8 steps, I "won" after reaching the following configuration (all on the edges, from top-left clockwise):
16, 584, 26, 6, 18, and 7
That's not numberwang, according to the official definition [1]
[1] D. Mitchell, B. Russell, A. Turing, and R. Webb. Numberwang determination and the Entscheidungsproblem. Principles of Mathematics and Computation, 1944. Cambridge Press 14(2).
- thedufer 13y agoNo, "That's numberwang" does not indicate winning nor the end of the game. It just pops up at random throughout the game.
- peterkelly 13y agoAh yes - that's true in the BBC 4 version of the rules, introduced in 1968. I think most countries use that now. In Australia we play according to the original rule set, hence the misunderstanding.
- martin-adams 13y agoBBC 4 was never associated with Numberwang, it was actually BBC 7.1
- martiuk 13y agoThe pilot debuted on BBC α
- pcrh 13y agoMornington Crescent!
- buro9 13y agoDo HN users outside of the UK get the surreality and humour of this entire conversation? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) You can tell it's currently morning in the UK and night-time in the USA.
- pcrh 13y agoThere is actually a somewhat similar game on National Public Radio. I forget what it's called though...
- ctdonath 13y agoIt comes on right after "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me". It's called "4".
- jerf 13y agoNo. It's a well-known fact that surreality and humour are geographically isolated to the British Isles. Though the French did get a sort of surrealesque surrealism through cultural cross-contamination at one point, though it's clearly inferior to the real article despite their vigorous claims to the contrary.
- lotsofmangos 13y agoL'œil existe à l'état sauvage.
- wjoe 13y agoI'm about a mile away from Mornington Crescent station, and I still have no idea what's going on.
- witty_username 13y agoWell, I was dying to find out what numberwang and then I realised it's a joke.
- throwaway13qf85 13y agoPresumably you modify the rules to allow lateral shunts though, as per the the 1963 Davison Reformed Numberwang Rule Set (Version 3)?
- lotsofmangos 13y agoHas it turned into Calvinball yet?
- LanceH 13y agoOne.
- joyeuse6701 13y agoQ
- lotsofmangos 13y agoMy ball, you didn't sing the 'Q' song.