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From: mikel@codas.UUCP (Mikel Manitius)
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Subject: Re: Source of 5x5x5 Rubik's Cube
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 17:44:35 EDT
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> A very large toy store in Tokyo had 5x5x5 cubes last February.
> Try writing to
> 	Toypark
> 	8 8 11, Ginza
> 	Chuo Ku
> 	Tokyo 100
> 	Japan
> 
> (Note re Japanese street numbers: 8 8 11 refers to the section,
> block number, and house number in the Ginza section of the
> Chuo district of Tokyo.  Houses are numbered in the order
> thy are built; blocks and districts are numbered -- I think --
> right to left and top to bottom -- or somesuch.  Makes finding
> something given its address an NP complete problem.)
> 
> PS: The mechanics of the 5x5x5 are intresting, but I haven't
> dared to scramble/solve it.  I think most of the 3x3x3 tricks
> should work.
> 
> Martin Minow
> decvax!minow

Re: Japanese street numbers, that's kind of like having
sectors, tracks, and cylinders on a disk, does this mean
that in Japan you need little I-node tables to look up
when you want to get to someone's house?  :-)
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