X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,bb15b14d5363f6f4,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-10 16:54:07 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: nveilleu@emr1.emr.ca (Normand Veilleux) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: LINE: ASCII Puzzle Date: 10 Nov 1994 18:54:07 -0600 Organization: Information Management Branch Lines: 176 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <39ufbf$f2u@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com I was playing around with pattern replicating and stuff like that over the weekend and ended up with something that completely puzzled me! :-> _______________________________________________________________________ | (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ | | _) _) _) _) _) _) _) _) | | _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | _) _) _) _) _) _) _) _) | | (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ | |_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ | | _) _) _) _) _) _) _) _) | | _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _( _ _| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | _) _) _) _) _) _) _) _) | | (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ | |_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ | | _) _) _) _) _) _) _) _) | |_______(_______(_______(_______(_______(_______(_______(_______(_______| Normand Veilleux >From this came the idea to make a real ASCII puzzle for all those ASCII art fans out there. So, here is a small puzzle that only contains 22 pieces. Don't laugh, putting it back together is a lot harder than you might think at first. All pieces are different and the goal is to assemble them to produce a rectangle of this size: _______________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_______________________________________________| Got it? OK, here are the pieces: _ _ ________ _ _ ________ _| |_| | (_ (_ _| |_| | (_ (_ (_ _) _) _) _) _) _) _) _) (_ ( ( (_ (_ ( ( ( ) | 13 | ) ) | 20 | | 1 | _) _) | 16 | _) _) (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ _) _) )_ _ ) _) _) )__ __) (_______( |_| |_| (__ __( |_| |_| _ __ __ __| |__| |_| | ________________ _) _) (_ (_ (_ 5 (_ _) 8 _) ) _ _ _ ) (__ __ _ _( |__| |__| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| _ ____ __ _| |_| |_| | _ _ _ | (_ | |_| |____| |__ | 9 _) (_ (_ | _ _ _ _( _) 19 _) |_| |_| |_| |_| (_______________( __ __ _ _ ________ _ _ | |_| | _| |_| | | (_ | |_| |_ _) _) | (_ | 4 _) (_ | (_ 2 (_ | 3 _) | _ _( _) 6 | )_ _ ) | _ _( |_| |_| (_______| |_| |_| |_| |_| _ _ _ _ _ _ | |_| |_ _ _ _| |_| | | |_| |_ (_ (_ _| |_| | | _) (_ (_ _) 7 _) | (_ | 11 (_ _) 12 _) ( _ _( | 10 _) | _ _) ( _ ( |_| |_| |_______( |_| |_| |__| |__| _ _ _ _ _| |_| | _ _______ | |_| |_ _) _) __| |__ (_ | (_ | (_ 14 |_ (_ (_ _) 17 | _) 18 | ) _ ) _) 15 _) (_ _ | (_ _ | |__| |__| (_______( |_| |_| |_| |_| _ _ _ _ | |_| |_ | |_| |_ _) | _) | (_ 21 | |_ 22 | )_ _ | )_ _ | |_| |_| |_| |_| A few additional information: 1) if you want to give this a try, a text editor with a block copy is a must, 2) none of the pieces need to be rotated, 3) consecutively numbered pieces do not touch each other (ex: 7 does not touch either 6 or 8, not even diagonally), and 4) when combining certain pieces it's possible that a parenthesis or a vertical bar will replace an underscore. For example, when combining __ __ | |_| | _ _ _ _) _) | |_| |____| |__ (_ 2 (_ and (_ (_ )_ _ ) _) 19 _) |_| |_| (_______________( like this: __ __ | |_| | _) _) (_ 2 (_ )_ _ ) _ | |_| |_|__| |__ (_ (_ _) 19 _) (_______________( the underscore over the 1 had to be replaced by the vertical bar. One last thing: good luck! You'll need it! NOTE: I will post the solution next Thursday (Eastern time). ___ _______ ,88888, ,d88888888a ,88" `Y8, ,88"' `"Y8i ,ggggg, ,ggggg, ,ggg,,ggg,,ggg, I8b, `8b ,88' d8I dP" "Y8ggg8""""8I ,8" "8P" "8P" "8, `Y8P 88.88' ,88' i8' ,8I 8I I8 8I 8I 8I (8V8' d8P I8, ,d8' Y8,,dP 8I 8I Yb, (88P ,8P `Y8888P" `Y88P' 8I 8I `Y8ba d88 d8' ,88' ,8P _,,ggdd888bbgg,,_ d8P I8I _,gd8888P"""""""""Y8888bg,_ ,88 I8b _,gd88P"""' `"""Y88bg,_ 88' `Y8b,__,gd8P""' Normand Veilleux `""Y8bg,_ d8P `Y88888P"' nveilleu@emr1.emr.ca `"Y88ba