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From: llizard <llizard@iNOdirect.ca>
Subject: Re: puzzle time 2......
Date: 1999/11/07
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In article <3824E42D.57B2@earthling.net>, Veronica Karlsson
<acinorev@earthling.net> wrote:
> 
> Przemyslaw Brojewski wrote:
> > Krogg <krogg.no.to.spam@gtcom.net> wrote:
> > : At least it took longer to figure this one out.
> > : Did any one else get it?
> >
> > I got it too. It's a great idea, Krogg!
> > Hmmm, to make things a little bit more interesting, let
> > us allow flipping pieces horizontally and vertically.
> > <snip>
> >
> > And finally, here are the pieces, some of them
> > flipped, most are not:
> >
> >  v--+     |-_            /\____/\          /\    v-----------.
> >  /  |     |  \           \      /     +---' (     \        _-|
> > /   |     |   \          /      \     |     /      \      /
> > \    )    |    \        |       /     |    /        \    /
> > /   |     |/\  (        ^----.-+      |   /  /\__    \  /
> > \   |        \/                       |  /   )   |    )/
> >  \  |                /\/\  .--'|      `-+    \/\ |
> >  ^--^         v-v    \   \/    |   v------v     \|
> > <snip>
> 
> After applying my trusted old knife to some of the pieces...
> 
>    ...and breaking the rules for a couple of them...
> 
>        ...I finally came to this result:
> 
> .----------v----v--v------v-----v-v-----------.
> | __---__ _/    |  \     (       ) \        _-|
> |)____   `-_    |   \     \     (   \      /  |
> |    (____  `-__|   /\____/\____/\   \    /   |
> |         )  / (    \     \      /`--'\  /    |
> |`--.  /\/\ (   |   /     /      \     )/)  /\|
> |    \/   /\|   |  /     |       /     /  \/  |
> |         ) `---+--^-----^----.-+     /   /   |
> |`-'\    /\     |             | |    /   /\   |
> |    \  /  \    |             | '--./   /  \  |
> |     \/    \   |             |     )  (   (  |
> |     ||     \  |             |    /`--'\  /  |
> |__/\ ||     +-'|             |   /      )/   |
> |   (/  \    |  |             |  /      / \___|
> | /\/    ) __/\ `v-----v------'\/----. (      |
> |/      /\|__ (_/      |       /      \_)    /|
> |  /`--'     \/\__     |-----./        |    / |
> | /     +----') __|_   |     /`---.    /\  /  |
> |/      |     \/    \  |    /      \__/  \/   |
> |        )           \ |   /       (__   /    |
> |       (             \|  /           \  \    |
> `--------^-------------^-^-------------^--^---'
> 
> >
> > PS. Tell me, is that piece-flipping a good thing?
> >
> 
> It's OK, but you should be more careful when you take the thing apart.
> Get one character wrong in one piece, and you have increased the
> difficulty a lot!    :-/

Oooooh!!! THAT'S why I couldn't solve it...

  snip, '.             ha
    snip  '.   _  .^%--- ha
      ______'.(_)_<  \ ha    I'm not really allowed
             (__)_/>          to have scissors...
                   >
                 /\>,^
                   |
  ejm              \

So I had to stop when I got this far:

                          ____ 
                      ____)    |
                     (         |
                     /\/\  .--'|
                    /\   \/    |
               +---' (         |
               |     /\    /`-'|
               |    /  \  /    |
  I knew       |   /    \/     | 
  this was     |  /     ||     |  
  wrong  --->  `-++     || /\__| 
                  |    /  \)   |
        v-----v  /\__ (    \/\ |
        |      \_) __|/\      \|
        |     __/\/     `--'\  |
        |   _|__ (`----+     \ |
        |  /    \/     |      \|
        | /           (        |
        |/             )       |
        ^-------------^--------' 




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