2008-11-14T13:42:45Z Photos, electronics, cnc, and more Jeff Eplerjepler@unpythonic.net 2008-11-14T13:42:45Z 2008-11-14T13:42:45Z http://emergent.unpythonic.net/01226670165 <div style="float:right;clear:right"><!-- sweeper.png--><div class=albumouter style=width:306px id=><div class=albumimage style="width:292px;margin-left:7px;"><a href="http://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01226670165/sweeper-medium.png" class="thickbox" rel="album" title="Oops, I died"><img src="http://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01226670165/sweeper-small.png" width=286 height=300></a><div ><div style="float: right" ><a href="http://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01226670165/sweeper-medium.png">(M)</a><a href="http://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01226670165/sweeper.png">(L)</a></div><a href="http://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01226670165/sweeper.png">Oops, I died</a></div></div></div> </div> Many years ago--the fact that the original announcement has a note that Python 1.5.2 is required should give you some idea--I wrote this minesweeper variant in which the board has a combination of square and domino-shaped cells. It also has a much more powerful middle-click than traditional minesweeper. <p>I've made sure it runs with modern python (it did without modification) and added a GPL notice. It's not the greatest game, and it's not without a few bugs, but it's still something to spend a few minutes playing. <p><p><b>Files currently attached to this page:</b> <table cellpadding=5><col><col style="text-align: right"><tr bgcolor=#eeeeee><td><a href="http://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01226670165/dominosweeper.py">dominosweeper.py</a></td><td>14.1kB</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#dddddd><td><a href="http://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01226670165/sweeper-medium.png">sweeper-medium.png</a></td><td>236.9kB</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#eeeeee><td><a href="http://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01226670165/sweeper-small.png">sweeper-small.png</a></td><td>66.0kB</td></tr><tr bgcolor=#dddddd><td><a href="http://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01226670165/sweeper.png">sweeper.png</a></td><td>6.5kB</td></tr></table><p> 2008-05-08T02:28:17Z 2008-05-08T02:28:17Z http://emergent.unpythonic.net/01210213697 I always like it when a computer is able to establish an optimal strategy for a game; that forever frees human beings from spending their time playing it. <p>Toward that end, here's an effort from 2001: <a href="http://www.sharkfeeder.com/hangman/">http://www.sharkfeeder.com/hangman/</a>. I wonder if a modern computer runs much faster than the reported 15 hours on a P3/600 -- let's hope it does. Perhaps this can be used to push the search deeper than choosing one of the 4 most likely letters at each junction, though for each one-letter increase I imagine there's a pretty steep runtime increase. <p>