Look at this picture. Do you hear what I hear?
The Windowx XP startup sound? This hillside is almost the default Bliss wallpaper.
I’m not going to tell you I didn’t vocalize the startup sound as I took this picture. 😆
It’s only recently that I’ve begun to play that classic computer game Minesweeper. There are many variants/clones/remakes. The one I play is the old Linux X11 game, Xbomb.
Here’s a game from last night. Let’s look at the progression.
Look at that! 76 percent of the board cleared. Except… I’ve only found two mines. The other 8 are along the left and bottom edges. Oh, this will be tricksy…
Solved the left side!
Five bombs remain for eight spots along the bottom row.
The 2-3-1 was the key, as it helped me to see that, from left to right, the sequence had to be bomb-no bomb-bomb. The problem is I get to the 4, there are two spaces left to solve, and the only numerical indicator is the four. The bomb could be in either spot. It’s a 50-50 coin flip…
I flipped wrong. Somewhere, a Grail knight looks upon me with weary sadness.