Comments on: Nobel Prize 2005 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:09:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Aaron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4589 Aaron Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:11:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/#comment-4589 Just pretend the splitters are actually mirrors. Just pretend the splitters are actually mirrors.

]]> By: Paul http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4588 Paul Fri, 07 Oct 2005 15:37:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/#comment-4588 I must be a moran, because i can't get past level 8. I must be a moran, because i can’t get past level 8.

]]> By: Sean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4587 Sean Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:03:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/#comment-4587 We're all about inducing nightmares here at Cosmic Variance. Sometimes it's about who will play us in the movies, sometimes it's about laser dodging. We’re all about inducing nightmares here at Cosmic Variance. Sometimes it’s about who will play us in the movies, sometimes it’s about laser dodging.

]]> By: Gavin Polhemus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4586 Gavin Polhemus Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:24:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/#comment-4586 19 was tricky, but 23 was the one that gave me laser dodging nightmares. After that 24 and 25 were sort of anticlimactic. Thanks for the fun link. Gavin 19 was tricky, but 23 was the one that gave me laser dodging nightmares. After that 24 and 25 were sort of anticlimactic. Thanks for the fun link.

Gavin

]]> By: Adam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4585 Adam Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:49:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/#comment-4585 And when I say that I found 19 harder, I <i>really</i> found it hard. I infected a few people with the lasergame bug when I did it before, and there did seem to be some variation, from person to person, in who found what level difficult. Nobel Prize-winning Quantum Optics is probably <i>even harder</i>, as you say, with less variation. And when I say that I found 19 harder, I really found it hard. I infected a few people with the lasergame bug when I did it before, and there did seem to be some variation, from person to person, in who found what level difficult. Nobel Prize-winning Quantum Optics is probably even harder, as you say, with less variation.

]]> By: Adam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4584 Adam Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:52:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/#comment-4584 23 is hard, but I found 19 harder, actually. 23 has two of the tricks in, though. I also found 11 quite hard. The ones with lots of blocks and one-ways are the easiest, I think, because it's not that difficult to trace back from what's often obviously the last bulb. The ones that are just bulbs and bombs are the hardest (for me, at least, but I may be hard of knowing). And thanks, Sean, for wasting a bunch of my day yesterday. Yes, I blame you. 23 is hard, but I found 19 harder, actually. 23 has two of the tricks in, though. I also found 11 quite hard.

The ones with lots of blocks and one-ways are the easiest, I think, because it’s not that difficult to trace back from what’s often obviously the last bulb. The ones that are just bulbs and bombs are the hardest (for me, at least, but I may be hard of knowing).

And thanks, Sean, for wasting a bunch of my day yesterday. Yes, I blame you.

]]> By: Sean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4583 Sean Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:15:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/#comment-4583 It's level 23 that is the killer. It’s level 23 that is the killer.

]]> By: Gavin Polhemus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4582 Gavin Polhemus Wed, 05 Oct 2005 05:16:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/#comment-4582 I finished level 17 with a mirror left over. A very addictive game. Gavin I finished level 17 with a mirror left over. A very addictive game.

Gavin

]]> By: indrax http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4581 indrax Wed, 05 Oct 2005 04:52:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/#comment-4581 Wow, I got to level 17 so far. Looking at level 20, I'm not sure I want to go any further. I expoect addiction will compel me. Early on, I thought "This isn't so hard....." Wow, I got to level 17 so far.
Looking at level 20, I’m not sure I want to go any further. I expoect addiction will compel me.

Early on, I thought “This isn’t so hard…..”

]]> By: Adam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-4580 Adam Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:11:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/04/nobel-prize-2005/#comment-4580 The laser game is cool. Wasted some time on that a while back. Finished it, but tried it again over a year later and it wasn't so much fun to bash my head against the same brick walls. The laser game is cool. Wasted some time on that a while back. Finished it, but tried it again over a year later and it wasn’t so much fun to bash my head against the same brick walls.

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