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Solved the Rubik's Cube

After a half's days effort today, i have been successful in solving the Rubik's puzzle. It is really not that hard to solve the puzzle, although it looks like it is. just that you will need to have a step b step approach and use some simple algorithms to have the output. you will also need loads and loads of patience to get it done.



Steps

Step #1 : getting the first row right.

I have no clue of what algorithm to use here. i did it on my own so it should be simple.
Finnish off one side right and place it in the bottom so the completed side faces the bottom. Now we will do completion towards up.

Step #2 : getting the second row right.


Two algorithms here, left one and the right one

Left one: Ui Li U L U F Ui Fi
Right one: U R Ui Ri Ui Fi U F

Step #3: Now you should have completed the bottom 2 layers
Creating a cross on top, either from a center piece, or from a L or from a line

===> F R U Ri Ui Fi

L should face towards North West



Step #4: Aligning the cross Elements to relevant center pieces

When you complete the cross which has 'four center pieces', at least two of them will be aligned to the center pieces of the the four sides, if the aligned pieces are adjacent to each other place one aligned side on your opposite and one on right and do this algorithm, if they are opposite to each other try this algorithm to get adjacent pieces and then repeat the step as detailed.

===> R U Ri U R U U Ri


Step #5: Aligning the aligning edge elements to their positions

===> U R Ui Li U Ri Ui L

up , away from you (r) , up inverted , away from you (l), up , towards you (r) , up inverted , towards you (l),


Step #6: Super rotation

===> Ri Di R D

Note: nothing will go wrong in step 6,don't be afraid, if you repeat step 6 - 6 times, the cube will come back to its original position. also when you align one corner piece on the topside, rotate the topside anticlockwise to get a new corner to be aligned, don't rotate the whole cube when you align one corner price in step 6

After a few attempts you are done. See the completed version of my cube here.

Buy Diamonds online in india? - Yes, Welcome to CaratLane

Ever wondered what will happen if jewellery shopping is made online, ladies choosing and buying jewellery using a computer instead of making men spend whole day(s) standing in a shopping mall. This is where the future is .. Visit Caratlane.com this i think is probably the first portal in india focussed towards online sales of diamonds jewellery, they say that they are gonna change the way indians buy jewellery.

"CaratLane is an online Diamond and Diamond Jewellery Portal that aims to change the way Indians buy diamonds and diamond jewellery"

Visit: www.caratlane.com

P.S. You also get a free gold coin as a part of their launch

the Zilla ! vs Business User

"The Zilla" has become my new nickname in office (with all credits to Collen for this amazing initiative) after I have started with bugzilla project to manage development activity at Chennai office. And the same guy says that I talk in C++ when he talks to me in English. I was wondering what makes me/us different from others, I think i have spend more time learning business process engineering, on-demand businesses, web design and marketing then with learning PHP or AJAX. So I thought of comparing the software that we use everyday to see if I can find any key differences in the way we work

An assumed list of tools that a business guy will use Windows Outlook CRM Web Meeting MSN Messenger Word Excel Powerpoint Internet Explorer Skype Notepad Microsoft SQL Server Technologies/Concepts that they work with everyday Saas Strategic Planning EPM Strategy Maps BSC Six Sigma BI EFQM TQM

List of tools that I use everyday grub (the boot loader) ubuntu (my operating system) gnome (window manager - I tried KDE, didn’t look well) pidgin (MSN messenger) wine (to run some windows apps) eclipse (the development environment) php (one of the main languages that I speak) umbrello (UML) dojo (the JS toolkit) dijit (more into dojo) jquery (the other JS toolkit) apache (the big - boss) evolution (my email client) firefox (obviously) firebug (yes!) subversion (source code management) bugzilla (work management) nautilus (file manager) gedit (more that just notepad... ) shell (well the all illusive command prompt) sudo (‘I am the god’ mode) nano (notepad when I become god) emacs (1 more) Technologies/Concepts that I work with everyday JSON XML REST SOAP CRM BI SaaS

From the above comparision (length of the list)we infer that they are obviously doing lesser work then developers (he.. he.. i know i m gonna get kicked when collen sees this). They have fancy names for thier software, the only well known name in the list of my tools is firefox. But I never managed to understand what EFQM means???