[Coco] Re: Minesweeper

[Robert Gault]

Before you get all excited, the numbers are 45 out of 338 not 45 out of 
52. No one is going to deselect 293 for Minesweeper.

Frederick D Provoncha wrote:

>>Message: 5

>>Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 10:04:55 -0500

>>From: "Mike Moore" <mikmoore at math.carleton.ca>

>>Subject: Re: [Coco] Minesweeper

>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" 

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>>Yes, but in that case you select 7 of the 52 by the "dart" process 

>>and then

>>use the remaining 45. For less than half you keep the selected ones, 

>>for

>>more than half you throw them away and use the remainder. For 

>>exactly 1/2,

>>use either!

>>

>>Mike Moore

> 

> 

> Exactly! Instead of selecting 45 out of 52 using the dart method, start

> out with them all "selected", and then "unselect" 7 at random using the

> dart method! Brilliant, Mike! That would be *much* faster.

> 

> Fred Provoncha

> Stansbury Park, UT

>