X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,b912ea8e4126e777 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-03-01 17:42:27 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Path: gmd.de!xlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!msuinfo!uchinews!kimbark!mbr2 From: mbr2@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Curious Of All Natures) Subject: Re: DIS: The Maze Craze Message-ID: <1994Mar2.014227.3829@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Reply-To: mbr2@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: Not Necessarily But Maybe Sometimes References: Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 01:42:27 GMT Lines: 22 Cool discussion! I have the following point to add in support of the rationality of those who start at the finish: If the maze-designer was assuming that a would-be solver would start at a particular side, then they strove to make the maze difficult from this direction. This doesn't *imply* that it will be easier from the other direction, but I submit that this is more likely than not. If the maze-designer designer kept an open mind about which side would be START and which END, then they almost *certainly* chose START to be what they thought was the harder entrance. Their judgement of relative difficulty would be pretty reliable, I submit, given their exhaustive knowledge of the maze. -Matt Ryan, I dunno, I prefer "there's a cabin on a mountain..." mbr2@midway.uchicago.edu Curious Of All Natures ================================== ==================================== If I'm dreaming, never let me wake. You'll never see the end of the road If I'm awake, never let me sleep. When you're traveling with me. -old chinese fellow -Crowded House ================================== ====================================