>> I did get a semi-working version, but it was crazy inefficient because
>> it regenerated the swap list after every move, and it bombed out with
>> a IndexError about half the time. I found that moving a single block
>> at a time lacked the aesthetic appeal I was hoping for, so I bagged it
>> fo
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Dave Angel wrote:
> Anyway, you can slow it down drastically by alternating bubble passes with
> random passes, where in each case a random pair is swapped if they're out of
> order.
>
You can also slow it down by adding a time.sleep(1) (sleeps for 1 second).
Use
On 10/05/2011 07:58 AM, R. Alan Monroe wrote:
Since all the moves are swaps, it'll be guaranteed to be in a sequence
that converges on the correct final order. Will it be the minimum
number of moves? Definitely not. But that wasn't a requirement, and if
it were, you wouldn't start by building t
> Since all the moves are swaps, it'll be guaranteed to be in a sequence
> that converges on the correct final order. Will it be the minimum
> number of moves? Definitely not. But that wasn't a requirement, and if
> it were, you wouldn't start by building that list of tuples.
I did get a sem
On 10/01/2011 03:53 PM, R. Alan Monroe wrote:
You missed the rest of the paragraph. Don't wait for the sort to
finish, you do the swapping in the compare function.
Either I'm too dumb to understand your answer, or explained my
original problem too poorly.
Have you ever played the Rush Hour
On 10/01/2011 11:53 AM, R. Alan Monroe wrote:
achieve the cosmetic randomness, until I realized the real problem is
magically determining the correct sequence in which to perform the
moves without ruining a future move inadverently.
If I move 0-to-1 first, I've now ruined the future 1-to-22 whic
>> achieve the cosmetic randomness, until I realized the real problem is
>> magically determining the correct sequence in which to perform the
>> moves without ruining a future move inadverently.
>>
>> If I move 0-to-1 first, I've now ruined the future 1-to-22 which ought
>> to have taken place in
On 10/01/2011 02:06 AM, R. Alan Monroe wrote:
I'm revisiting the fake defrag program I posted about a few months
ago. The concept is basically a screensaver or light show where you
can enjoy watching entropy being reversed as colored blocks order
themselves visually.
I set it aside for a while b
I'm revisiting the fake defrag program I posted about a few months
ago. The concept is basically a screensaver or light show where you
can enjoy watching entropy being reversed as colored blocks order
themselves visually.
I set it aside for a while because it was too slow, but I finally came
up wi
