"Speedsolving the Cube" by Dan Harris-lolz good read

[Dene]

lol means laughing out loud. I don't think that can be pluralised. I just consider it bad writing and/or wanna-be l33t

You didn't detect my sarcasm?

The internet has really done poo to the english language (not that I'm a particular fan of it in the first place).

 

[4ZN_5H4D0W]

lol means laughing out loud. I don't think that can be pluralised. I just consider it bad writing and/or wanna-be l33t

You didn't detect my sarcasm?

The internet has really done poo to the english language (not that I'm a particular fan of it in the first place).

IT'S A TERRORIST! SOMEONE CALL HOMELAND SECURITY NOW!!! LOLZ

 

[AvGalen]

What's the number?

Never mind, calling homeland security (US-only) is not very usefull when you suspect Dene and/or me

 

[Dene]

>.< . Nice one Mr. van Galen .

(btw, not sure if you noticed, but I think he was referring to the internet as the terrorist).

 

[AvGalen]

>.< . Nice one Mr. van Galen .

(btw, not sure if you noticed, but I think he was referring to the internet as the terrorist).

I completely misread. I thought he thought you weren't "a particular fan of it in the first place" where it meant "the internet" (not the English language)

 

[Dene]

lolz Mr. van Galen

 

[dChan]

I saw this book a few weeks before Speedcubing.com picked it up but I really didn't want to pick it up myself. I think it is just because I have a wealth of pages that I printed containing algorithms for virtually every single aspect of cubing aside from anything outside of the realm of being non-cubical(like Megaminx). I looked it over and thought it was pretty interesting but it was $15 USD at my store and I would prefer something like $5 or $6 USD simply because I already have all of that information(and more actually) sitting in a folder and I could buy something I havn't read about before with more a lot more pages for the same price. The price is really my only complaint about the book because I looked through it and thought that it gave pretty good, albeit, standard instructions for the methods. Of course, as mentioned before, alternative algorithms would have been nice. Even if they were algorithms for lefties that would have been good too (I am sure the lefties would appreciate it).

 

[Lord Voldemort]

I'm left handed, but I'm used to Algs with right and up turns...
My cousin bought the book, he's nine, so he's not really a master at the Internet.
He taught himself 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, and 5x5 with it, so it was pretty impressive.
I don't think he can really do it very fast, but it's a really good book for someone who has an old cube sitting around, that's been scrambled since the dawn of time.

 

[qqwref]

Yeah, I'd say in general books like this are definitely meant for beginners, not people who have already learned or printed out complex methods for all the WCA puzzles. I think it's still going to be a long while before there's enough advanced information out there to be able to make a book that would appeal to experienced cubers I was planning to make a book like this a while ago and it was the same idea, explain how to solve everything and get people up to speed, as opposed to something that advanced people would learn from.

Maybe in a few years it would be possible to publish some kind of 'Cuber's Dictionary', with a description of each term and method, and how it applies to the different puzzles. Or perhaps I'm dreaming

 

[jcuber]

so who actually has bought this thing?

The information is a wee bit outdated (Ron Von Bruchem holds the WR for 3x3) but Fridrich method and LBL are pretty nicely described.

but frankly, some of his algs suck and it would've been more helpful if he gave at least one alternative alg for each OLL or PLL

but it does A GREAT JOB of breaking down VHF2L and providing the 32 cases

What is VHF2l?

 

[Lucas Garron]

so who actually has bought this thing?

The information is a wee bit outdated (Ron Von Bruchem holds the WR for 3x3) but Fridrich method and LBL are pretty nicely described.

but frankly, some of his algs suck and it would've been more helpful if he gave at least one alternative alg for each OLL or PLL

but it does A GREAT JOB of breaking down VHF2L and providing the 32 cases

What is VHF2l?

Please look at post #12 and use [insert your favorite search engine here].

 

[Hadley4000]

I ended up getting it. Since I am still learning full OLL, it can be a nice read while out somewhere.

 

[panyan]

lol means laughing out loud.

what country are you in becuase i was sure that lol started out as: "lots of love"


UPDATE: ooops, sorry, i didnt realise how old this thread was, i found it via google not the forum, sorr

 

[qqwref]

what country are you in becuase i was sure that lol started out as: "lots of love"

The internet isn't a country. And lol almost always means "laughing out loud" on the internet. Wikipedia says that lol was used to mean "lots of love" or "lots of luck" in letter writing (snail mail), but this is actually not a related abbreviation, it just has the same letters.

 

[Odin]

what country are you in becuase i was sure that lol started out as: "lots of love"

The internet isn't a country. And lol almost always means "laughing out loud" on the internet. Wikipedia says that lol was used to mean "lots of love" or "lots of luck" in letter writing (snail mail), but this is actually not a related abbreviation, it just has the same letters.

i use to think lol was a guy with his hands up! (the (o) was his head and the 2 l's was his arms!)

 

[qqwref]

Nah, Odin, that's \o/. Actually LOL should be capitalized, but most people are too lazy to do that, including me

 

[Odin]

\d'o'b/ how about that?

 

[MTGjumper]

what country are you in becuase i was sure that lol started out as: "lots of love"

Heh, that reminds me of when my Nan sent a text to my brother after he had broken his arm saying "Heard about your arm lol" thinking that lol meant "lots of love".

 

[Lord Voldemort]

Sorry about bumping an old thread.
I was talking to my cousin about a book (a few weeks ago), and he said that there's a beginners method and an intermediate and an advanced method (for 3x3x3). He never went into much depth as to what they are, and I've been wondering.

Could anyone that owns the book enlighten me?

 

[04mucklowd]

I got this book