From: Joe McGarity Reply-To: joemcg3@snowcrest.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Mailing List, Rubik's Cube" Subject: Solved in 20 moves? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On the subject of a new upper bound for Rubik's cube solution, Joe McGarity wrote: >Forgive me for saying so, but, "Bulls**t" While it's certainly possible that the news release may have distorted the original message, I certainly would not in any way discount the work of Dr. Korf as he is a recognized authority in the area of computer search (you'll find his name within the index of any decent book on the subject). As far as I know he is also the first, and only, person to have developed a computer program capable of discovering a general solution to the cube starting only from basic knowledge of cube states and operators. Forgive me for keeping an open mind on this one. -- Greg