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Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 14 Jun 1994.
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What's this ?

What's this ?

rec.arts.ascii · 2 messages · 14 Jun 1994 - 15 Jun 1994
Jouko Valta <jop...@stekt.oulu.fi> ASCII art 14 Jun 1994 20:36 · permalink · report 
  I need the name of this gadget. And does anyone have the more complex
  variations of this puzzle ?


                          _________              
                         /        /\  _____________
                        /        /  \/     /      /\  
                       /________/    \    /	 /  `.
                      /        /\     \  /      /    /
                     /        /  \     \/      /    / 
                    /________/    \     \     /	   /  
                    \        \     \    _\___/____/_______
           /~~~~~~~~ \        \     \  /                 /\
          /           \        \     \/                 /  \                        
         /_____________\        \    /_________________/    \
         \              \        \   \                 \    /\
          \             /\        \  /~~/\              \  /  \ 
           \___________/  \________\/  /  \______________\/    \                   
            \         /       /       /    \              \    /
             \       /       /       /     /               \  /                   
              ~~~~~~/       /       /     /__jopi@stekt_____\/                    
                   /       /       /     /    \   `,
                  /_______/_______/     /\     \  / 
                  \       \       \    /  \     \/                                 
                   \       \       \  /    \    /   
                    \_______\_______\/      \  /        
          			     \_______\/
Bram Cohen <bco...@acsu.buffalo.edu> ASCII art 15 Jun 1994 01:16 · permalink · report 
In article <2tl4d2$jj...@gagme.wwa.com>, Jouko Valta <jop...@stekt.oulu.fi> wrote:
>
>  I need the name of this gadget. And does anyone have the more complex
>  variations of this puzzle ?
>
>
>                          _________              
>                         /        /\  _____________
>                        /        /  \/     /      /\  
>                       /________/    \    /      /  `.
>                      /        /\     \  /      /    /
>                     /        /  \     \/      /    / 
>                    /________/    \     \     /    /  
>                    \        \     \    _\___/____/_______
>           /~~~~~~~~ \        \     \  /                 /\
>          /           \        \     \/                 /  \
>         /_____________\        \    /_________________/    \
>         \              \        \   \                 \    /\
>          \             /\        \  /~~/\              \  /  \ 
>           \___________/  \________\/  /  \______________\/    \
>            \         /       /       /    \              \    /
>             \       /       /       /     /               \  /     
>              ~~~~~~/       /       /     /__jopi@stekt_____\/        
>                   /       /       /     /    \   `,
>                  /_______/_______/     /\     \  / 
>                  \       \       \    /  \     \/                 
>                   \       \       \  /    \    /   
>                    \_______\_______\/      \  /        
>                                     \_______\/    

Cleaned it up a bit - remember, DON'T USE TABS.

It's called a Burr puzzle, and there are variations which are plenty
hard enough which from the outside look exactly like the one drawn here.
-- 
       ___   ___  /  \____                  ############################
      /   \_/   \ \_   __ \                 # Bram Cohen               #
     /           \_/  /  \/                 # bco...@acsu.buffalo.edu  #
    /\            ___/                      # Just trying to be myself #

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