OT: Game

Spehro Pefhany · Jul 18, 2005

Ability at this flash game is probably a good indicator or predictor
of ability at certain aspects of PCB layout:

http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/

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Jonathan Kirwan · Jul 18, 2005

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 02:08:19 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

Ability at this flash game is probably a good indicator or predictor
of ability at certain aspects of PCB layout:

http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/

Cute. I just struggled getting through level 4 on my terrible screen
(my cowardly excuse is that it sprawls off screen so I am using the
slider bars to look around.) I've got a 902 score at that point, with
a 508 bonus on level 4.

I'm not sure about clicking for another round, though. It is getting
notty. Ok, here goes. Ah. Bonus 1231, total score 2133.

Thanks, Spehro.

Jon

Jonathan Kirwan · Jul 18, 2005

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:24:48 GMT, Jonathan Kirwan
<jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote:

Thanks, Spehro.

You know, I'm running all this on a very ancient sub-100MHz processor
on Win98se. With level 6 I get a "macromedia is running slowly" error
asking me if I want to quit. It works, but it is slow!! Got 4781
total score after completing level 6.

Sheesh. I need to stop before it blows up my poor Windows!

Jon

Ken Taylor · Jul 18, 2005

"Jonathan Kirwan" <jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:24:48 GMT, Jonathan Kirwan
jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote:

Thanks, Spehro.

You know, I'm running all this on a very ancient sub-100MHz processor
on Win98se. With level 6 I get a "macromedia is running slowly" error
asking me if I want to quit. It works, but it is slow!! Got 4781
total score after completing level 6.

Sheesh. I need to stop before it blows up my poor Windows!

Jon

Very, very cool. Got to level 8 before dinner, but my brain was
hurting......

Ken

Jim Douglas · Jul 18, 2005

Level 24 is way toooo much...........

Right,at level three I moved on to something else
different........................

"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message
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Ability at this flash game is probably a good indicator or predictor
of ability at certain aspects of PCB layout:

http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers:
http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers:
http://www.speff.com

Jeff · Jul 18, 2005

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"Jonathan Kirwan" <jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:24:48 GMT, Jonathan Kirwan
jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote:

Thanks, Spehro.

You know, I'm running all this on a very ancient sub-100MHz processor
on Win98se. With level 6 I get a "macromedia is running slowly" error
asking me if I want to quit. It works, but it is slow!! Got 4781
total score after completing level 6.

Sheesh. I need to stop before it blows up my poor Windows!

Jon

Very, very cool. Got to level 8 before dinner, but my brain was
hurting......

Ken

Interesting application of combinatorics. I made it to level 14, with 813440

points, but I must leave it be for now.

jim dorey · Jul 18, 2005

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:24:48 -0300, Jonathan Kirwan
<jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote:

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 02:08:19 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

Ability at this flash game is probably a good indicator or predictor
of ability at certain aspects of PCB layout:

http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/

Cute. I just struggled getting through level 4 on my terrible screen
(my cowardly excuse is that it sprawls off screen so I am using the
slider bars to look around.) I've got a 902 score at that point, with
a 508 bonus on level 4.

I'm not sure about clicking for another round, though. It is getting
notty. Ok, here goes. Ah. Bonus 1231, total score 2133.

Thanks, Spehro.

Jon

level 5, 2:50 b1430 s2785, but i can't go any further i think, not because
i can't, but cause i'm lazy.

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martin griffith · Jul 18, 2005

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:25:25 GMT, in sci.electronics.design "jim
dorey" <skaar@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:24:48 -0300, Jonathan Kirwan
jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote:

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 02:08:19 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

Ability at this flash game is probably a good indicator or predictor
of ability at certain aspects of PCB layout:

http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/

Cute. I just struggled getting through level 4 on my terrible screen
(my cowardly excuse is that it sprawls off screen so I am using the
slider bars to look around.) I've got a 902 score at that point, with
a 508 bonus on level 4.

I'm not sure about clicking for another round, though. It is getting
notty. Ok, here goes. Ah. Bonus 1231, total score 2133.

Thanks, Spehro.

Jon

level 5, 2:50 b1430 s2785, but i can't go any further i think, not because
i can't, but cause i'm lazy.
level 7, gave up on 8, my screen is not big enough, and I couldnt find

the "Block Move" command

martin

Jim Thompson · Jul 18, 2005

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 02:08:19 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

Ability at this flash game is probably a good indicator or predictor
of ability at certain aspects of PCB layout:

http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

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john jardine · Jul 18, 2005

"Jeff" <antispam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Jonathan Kirwan" <jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:24:48 GMT, Jonathan Kirwan
jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote:

Thanks, Spehro.

You know, I'm running all this on a very ancient sub-100MHz processor
on Win98se. With level 6 I get a "macromedia is running slowly" error
asking me if I want to quit. It works, but it is slow!! Got 4781
total score after completing level 6.

Sheesh. I need to stop before it blows up my poor Windows!

Jon

Very, very cool. Got to level 8 before dinner, but my brain was
hurting......

Ken

Interesting application of combinatorics. I made it to level 14, with
813440
points, but I must leave it be for now.

Neat!. Finished level 10 and 93,767. Bored now

regards
john

Martin Riddle · Jul 18, 2005

Nice game,

I was on Level 5, but...

Then was called to an 1 1/2 hour engineering meeting and the project had major changes.

Now were back at level 1.

(sigh)

;D

"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message news:rkhmd19m9n9a4v6t064cl41fhb7auilgbk@4ax.com...

Ability at this flash game is probably a good indicator or predictor
of ability at certain aspects of PCB layout:

http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

Rich Grise · Jul 19, 2005

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:51:49 +0100, john jardine wrote:

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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:24:48 GMT, Jonathan Kirwan
jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote:

Thanks, Spehro.

You know, I'm running all this on a very ancient sub-100MHz processor
on Win98se. With level 6 I get a "macromedia is running slowly" error
asking me if I want to quit. It works, but it is slow!! Got 4781
total score after completing level 6.

Sheesh. I need to stop before it blows up my poor Windows!

Jon

Very, very cool. Got to level 8 before dinner, but my brain was
hurting......

Ken

Interesting application of combinatorics. I made it to level 14, with
813440
points, but I must leave it be for now.

Neat!. Finished level 10 and 93,767. Bored now
regards

I haven't been able to get past level 2 yet. )-;

Thanks,
Rich

Tom Del Rosso · Jul 19, 2005

"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
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Guess I'll never be a maker of PCB layouts. Quit at Level 2 ;-)

Do you ever do the layout of chips?

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Jim Thompson · Jul 19, 2005

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:17:22 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
<ng01@att.net.invalid> wrote:

"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
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Guess I'll never be a maker of PCB layouts. Quit at Level 2 ;-)

Do you ever do the layout of chips?

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Tom Del Rosso · Jul 19, 2005

"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
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Not for at least 25 years, but I used to be very good at it... all
kinds of tricks to do single-layer metal.

I've wondered about how they do 7-layer metal now. The "vias" must be
limited to passing only a few layers down, right? I can't believe they go
down from top to bottom.

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Ian · Jul 19, 2005

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Very, very cool. Got to level 8 before dinner, but my brain was
hurting......

Ken

Interesting application of combinatorics. I made it to level 14, with
813440
points, but I must leave it be for now.

Neat!. Finished level 10 and 93,767. Bored now
regards
john

I just e-mailed the pointer to my PCB layout guy, and let him

get on with it.

Regards
Ian

;-)

Ken Taylor · Jul 19, 2005

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Very, very cool. Got to level 8 before dinner, but my brain was
hurting......

Ken

Interesting application of combinatorics. I made it to level 14, with
813440
points, but I must leave it be for now.

Neat!. Finished level 10 and 93,767. Bored now
regards
john

I just e-mailed the pointer to my PCB layout guy, and let him
get on with it.

Regards
Ian

;-)

Very cruel. Toss him a pizza every few days.....

Ken

Spehro Pefhany · Jul 19, 2005

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"Ken Taylor" <ken@home.nz> wrote in message
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Very, very cool. Got to level 8 before dinner, but my brain was
hurting......

Ken

Interesting application of combinatorics. I made it to level 14, with
813440
points, but I must leave it be for now.

Neat!. Finished level 10 and 93,767. Bored now
regards
john

I just e-mailed the pointer to my PCB layout guy, and let him
get on with it.

Regards
Ian

;-)

Very cruel. Toss him a pizza every few days.....

Ken

I've probably wasted $100K worth of engineering time with just one
little pointer to one little piece of software. 8-( Imagine the power
of a Bill Gates.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

Winfield Hill · Jul 19, 2005

Martin Riddle wrote...

Nice game,
I was on Level 5, but...
Then was called to an 1 1/2 hour engineering meeting and the
project had major changes.

Now were back at level 1.

I reached level 7 in the first 10 minutes, but then I've done
a lot of tough pcb layouts in my day. That game needs a block
drag-select-and-move capability, like any decent PCB program.

--
Thanks,
- Win

Jim Thompson · Jul 19, 2005

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:58:21 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
<ng01@att.net.invalid> wrote:

"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
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Not for at least 25 years, but I used to be very good at it... all
kinds of tricks to do single-layer metal.

I've wondered about how they do 7-layer metal now. The "vias" must be
limited to passing only a few layers down, right? I can't believe they go
down from top to bottom.

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