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A Working 5D Rubik's Cube 171

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:00AM from the i'm-still-confused-in-2d dept.

Melinda Green writes "Readers who enjoyed the previous Slashdot postings regarding the 4-dimensional Rubik's cube called MagicCube4D will be interested to know that a couple of brilliant developers have recently created a working 5-dimensional Rubik's cube. Operating a 5 dimensional puzzle projected all the way down to a 2D computer screen may seem a hopeless task but the full 5D puzzle has already been solved by 3 people. Also noteworthy is the fact that the 4D puzzle has now been ported to Java and is available as both a full-featured desktop application and as an Applet."

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A Working 5D Rubik's Cube

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MY HEAD ASPLODE! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:05AM (#15466021)

n/t

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Re:MY HEAD ASPLODE! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:08AM (#15466035)

Mr.Burns: Quick Smithers. Bring the mind eraser device!
Smithers:You mean the revolver, sir?
Mr.Burns: Precisely.

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Bet they cheated (Score:5, Funny)

by Mostly a lurker ( 634878 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:09AM (#15466039)

the full 5D puzzle has already been solved by 3 people.
No doubt, they just pulled it apart and put it back together with all the blocks in the correct orientation. Saw my kid sister do that with the 3-D version.

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Re:I see that... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:11AM (#15466043)

Yeah, because everyone knows that .NET is a Framework for 5D rubik's cube applications only.

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Re:I see that... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:11AM (#15466045)

...it requires .NET. Thanks. I don't mind downloading and installing 30MB's of framework just to play with a Rubik's cube. Really, I don't.

You don't need to explain your reasons not to solve this puzzle. ;)

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Anyone know where you can buy one? (Score:5, Funny)

by MarkByers ( 770551 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:13AM (#15466052) Homepage Journal

Anyone know where you can buy a real 5D cube? I hate trying to solve them on a computer screen. Much easier in real life.

Also I will need a spare set of 4 dimensional stickers in case the original ones fall off.

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Can you still... (Score:4, Funny)

by d_p ( 63654 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:19AM (#15466066)

...peel off the stickers in 5 dimensions?

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Don't look so surprised... (Score:3, Funny)

by MojoMagic ( 669271 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:32AM (#15466104)

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd!!!!

Damn... And I thought I was hopelessly nerdy.
I must look positively herculean next to these guys.

I remember spending the better part of an afternoon last summer trying to solve my girlfriend's father's 20 year old rubiks cube.
I was really close to solving it when it litterally fell apart in my hands. Turns out one of the (now grown up) kids had once tried to forcibly solve it with a screwdriver. Now, whenever you it get into a certain configuration (ie: a near-finished state) it loses all structural integrity.
I could have cried... I WAS SO CLOSE!!!

I was crazy to spend so long on a three diementional rubik's cube.
But, I don't know which is crazier... That someone made a four diementional version, or that people have already solved it. ... And don't get me started on the five diementional one...

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Re:Can you still... (Score:5, Funny)

by El_Muerte_TDS ( 592157 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:45AM (#15466145) Homepage

Did that with my cube. Now that's a challenge, trying to solve it without any visual indication.

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Re:I think... (Score:1, Funny)

by aurb ( 674003 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:51AM (#15466163)

So, if a 5D cube was created, it would prove that we live in a matrix?

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Re:I see that... (Score:5, Funny)

by Mathiasdm ( 803983 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @09:56AM (#15466182) Homepage

But you can get 4GB for about $250 nowadays! Stop complaining!

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Re:I see that... (Score:5, Funny)

by jdbartlett ( 941012 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @10:21AM (#15466283)

And that's in flash... with an iPod Nano surrounding it!

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Re:I see that... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @10:36AM (#15466351)

But you can get 4GB for about $250 nowadays! Stop complaining!

You're completely missing the point!

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Re:I see that... (Score:2, Funny)

by jamar0303 ( 896820 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @11:01AM (#15466454)

What are you talking about? I had to pay $100 for a 256MB stick for my laptop (Sony VAIO TR5EB)!

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Re:I see that... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @11:08AM (#15466479)

What the fsck are you Windows users doing on Slashdot anyway?

We're all masochists. And just using Windows isn't enough by itself.

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Re:I see that... (Score:4, Funny)

by DrunkenTerror ( 561616 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @11:11AM (#15466496) Homepage Journal

You know, the Nazis had pieces of framework that they made the Jews download.

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Re:MY HEAD ASPLODE! (Score:4, Funny)

by moro_666 ( 414422 ) writes: <kulminaator@gmai ... Nom minus author> on Sunday June 04, 2006 @11:55AM (#15466714) Homepage

I think even Freud would say that: if you play with 5d rubic's cubes, you need to get laid.

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Re:I see that... (Score:3, Funny)

by Mathiasdm ( 803983 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @12:14PM (#15466813) Homepage

But it comes with a free DRM rootkit!

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Re:All I can say is: vist timecube.com (Score:2, Funny)

by WilliamSChips ( 793741 ) writes: <full...infinity@@@gmail...com> on Sunday June 04, 2006 @12:18PM (#15466830) Journal

5-dimensional Rubik's Cube is word evil.

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No good deed... (Score:5, Funny)

by KingSkippus ( 799657 ) * writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @12:30PM (#15466898) Homepage Journal

Oh my god, you're right! It does look like he wrote this application in .NET solely for the purpose of being a huge burden on everyone! After thinking about it, I guess it really does have nothing to do with .NET probably being the language he's most familiar with. I'm sure that he probably did want to spend several months learning a new language for something that could best be described as an amusing diversion, but chose not to because he wanted to waste the few minutes it would take you to download and install .NET. Come to think of it, I'm sure the fact that most people already have .NET installed probably just makes him mad, because it mitigates the toll his application will take on society.

The fact that it's kind of cool is only a ruse in his more diabolical agenda of making your life miserable for five or so minutes. The fact that we are compelled to install it by means I don't quite understand yet only makes the situation worse. If only we had a choice whether or not we wanted to play with a 5-dimensional Rubik's Cube!

Personally, I think that if you're as outraged as I am, since you're obviously so much smarter then me, you should rewrite his application in a morally superior language. The kink in this fool's plan is that he seems to have forgotten to patent the application (but be careful, it could be another trick!), which leaves the door open for anyone to simply rewrite it!

Please start working on it right away, as this outrage must not go unanswered!

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Re:4D ? 5D? (Score:4, Funny)

by Easy2RememberNick ( 179395 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @12:30PM (#15466899)

What is the 5th dimension?

They were a 1970's group, they had a hit called "Aquarius".

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Psh~ (Score:3, Funny)

by FFOMelchior ( 979131 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @12:48PM (#15466988)

Why must people always strive to make things more complicated. I say someone should design and implement a 2D Rubik Cube. Personally, I'd find that far more fun.

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Re:I see that... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @12:56PM (#15467025)

> But it comes with a free DRM rootkit!

"That's good!"

"The free DRM rootkit is also cursed."

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Re:Anyone know where you can buy one? (Score:3, Funny)

by K8Fan ( 37875 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @02:07PM (#15467427) Journal

To us, they look like white mice.

You see, they really were very clever hyper-intelligent, pan-dimensional beings.

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Re:Psh~ (Score:5, Funny)

by Surt ( 22457 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @02:33PM (#15467566) Homepage Journal

Here you go:

http://ptth.net/slashdot/2d_rubik's_cube.JPG [ptth.net]

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Re:Bet they cheated (Score:3, Funny)

by FyRE666 ( 263011 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @03:45PM (#15467922) Homepage

Pfft! Why go to all that trouble. When I bought my Rubik's cube I just took it out of the box, looked at each side and it was done! It's sat on my windowsill ever since! Far too easy...

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Re:Bet they cheated (Score:3, Funny)

by rk ( 6314 ) * writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @04:54PM (#15468226) Journal

The problem with that is if you take apart and reassemble a 4D or 5D Rubik's Cube, you also turn the universe inside-out.

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Re:2D "cube"? (Score:2, Funny)

by Tablizer ( 95088 ) writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @06:08PM (#15468554) Journal

Hmmm. Maybe even I could solve a 2D Rubik without having to buy a damned book. If not, maybe the 1D?

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Re:Wrinkle in Time (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 04, 2006 @08:22PM (#15469099)

I fully intend to use this "cube" to teleport around the universe!!! muhahahhhahaa

I suggest you start by teleporting yourself out of your parents' basement.

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