Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!rayssd!tdw206!musante@tdw248.ed.ray.com From: musante@tdw248.ed.ray.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: 3 in three clue? Summary: Very simple solution to a seemingly difficult problem Message-ID: <3830@tdw206.ed.ray.com> Date: 13 Feb 91 15:25:06 GMT References: <24220@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> <11032@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: musante@tdw206.ed.ray.com (Mark Musante @ Raytheon Company, Sudbury MA) Followup-To: /dev/null Organization: Starbase 23 Lines: 57 In article <11032@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> gousha@cory.Berkeley.EDUIn article hm0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (H. Scott Matthews) writes: writes: >> I'm having a few problems with the "Outside In" puzzle. Actually, >>I'm having a lot of problems because I can't solve it! > >This is a tricky one. One of the keys is that ALL of the windows have >to be closed, including the ones along the outside edge. Notice that >there are twelve inside windows, and twelve ouside windows. >Beyond that, there's no real advice. You *could* map out what each >and every window does, but it gets tiring and too analytical very quickly. >Probably the best idea is just to poke away at it for an hour or two >(like I did), and hope memory serves you right and gets you lucky. You *should* map out what each and every window does. That's how I solved it without "poking away at it for an hour or two." The solution presents itself quite nicely when you determine which inside window controls which outside window, and whether the outside window closes upon closing the inside window, or upon opening the inside window. Here's a quick way to figure everything: **************** SPOILERS BELOW ********************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There happens to be a very simple solution. As was pointed out, there are twelve outside windows and twelve inside windows. It stands to reason (to coin a phrase) that each inside window controls one and only one outside window. This is, in fact, the case. All you have to do, then, is: 1. Number the outside windows 1 to 12 starting from the lower right and working your way counterclockwise. 2. Then pick an inside window and click on it until it changes the state of an outside window. Write down the number of the outside window that you changed. 3. Repeat step 2 for the remaining 11 inside windows. 4. Starting from 1 and working your way to 12, click on each inside window as you numbered it from step 2. 5. Volia`! >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Charles Gousha | "Yes, Star Trek IS a way of life" >gousha@cory.berkeley.edu | (my own philosophy) >All normal disclaimers apply, as well as some abnormal ones. -- mjm -- musante@tdw248.ed.ray.com musante@sud509.ed.ray.com olorin@world.std.com 73757.2623@compuserve.com