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    Probability Thread

    No, actually. The probability of that outcome is 100%. To conclude that it is less you would have to ignore a fact already stated in the premise.
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    Seven Towns Infringement on eBay - All of EU

    I believe the International Olympic Committee would beg to differ. The World Chess Federation (FIDE) is one of the largest sports federations in the world, and is officially recognized by the IOC as a sports federation. ( See http://www.olympic.org/chess ) Given this fact, I see no reason to...
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    Probability Thread

    Right, just like the odds of the sun rising tomorrow morning. Either it will or it won't, so 50/50.
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    plusTimer - Open Source Android Timer with TNoodle Scrambles

    Glad to see this new setting has been added. Up until now I haven't been able to make use of this app because the resolution of my device is so high that the default scramble text size is hard on my eyes, so this should help. One thing I've noticed, however, is that instead of displaying the...
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    TheCubicle.us - High Quality Puzzles, Custom-Cut Stickers, Premium Lubricants & More!

    Personally, I'm holding out for a stickerless 1x1. While you wait for a more official answer, I'll just say that if you're looking for the brightest shade of blue, the one with highest saturation, I think you may want to try the one called "Ocean Blue". As far as I know, it's the only blue...
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    YJ GuanLong Magic Cube

    If I actually go through with my plan to give a few GuanLongs away to strangers I meet, I want to know what experience they might actually have with it. To that end, I'm avoiding altering my GuanLong in any way, because they won't know how to tension it, they won't have any cube lube, and they...
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    YJ GuanLong Magic Cube

    I got a GuanLong to try out, and though it's not the best cube I own, it's quite agreeable and has brought an old idea back to mind. See, when I'm out and about, I tend to bring a cube with me to solve in the stops and pauses, and sometimes strangers see what I'm doing, walk up to me, and...
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    TheCubicle.us - High Quality Puzzles, Custom-Cut Stickers, Premium Lubricants & More!

    Do you know whether the MoYu AoChuang is ever going to be available in "Stickerless (Bright)"? Or is "Stickerless (Pink)" the closest that we're ever going to get?
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    MoYu AoChuang 5×5×5 Pink Version

    Actually, the newer "bright" shades are not the same as the "pink" shades. The photos don't do the colors justice, but I have two YuLongs here, one the "pink" stickerless and the other the "bright" stickerless that replaced the "standard" stickerless colors. Some sides looks the same, but...
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    MoYu AoChuang 5×5×5 Pink Version

    I have a stickerless YuLong in their newer "bright" colors that replaced their "standard" colors, and they are basically the perfect stickerless shades. If/when the AoChuang becomes available in these newer "bright" colors, I intend to order one immediately. Until then, I shall be waiting.
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    Should 3x3x3 With Feet Remain an Official WCA Event?

    His underlying reasoning is sound, he just omitted certain salient parts from his expression of it. Allow me to rephrase it into a clearer expression of what I believe he meant: "Even though a lot of people don't like it, MORE people DO like it, as evinced by the current poll results." At the...
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    New MoYu 5x5x5

    Does anybody know if/when a stickerless version will be made? The design implies that stickerless is possible, but I haven't yet seen anything about a stickerless version actually being planned.
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    Problem with 57mm DIY Stickerless Zhanchi

    I'm kind of afraid to answer this question because if I were to give you advice and it were to go badly, you would blame me, so I will not give you advice. Instead I will simply relate a true story. Do not take this story as advice. Proceed at your own risk. I disavow any and all...
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    New MoYu 5x5x5

    If it ends up being available in stickerless, and in MoYu's newer "bright" colors, I will be sorely tempted to get one. Those are some nice stickerless colors.
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    What puzzle do you think the WCA should add next?

    I second this opinion. To be clear, there would be no visual inspection. Inspection and solving would both be done blindfolded.
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    MoYu Aolong V2

    I don't specifically recall ever getting a corner twist with my AoLong, but oddly enough I did have a pop where one edge piece shot across the room during a hand scramble. I thought these things weren't supposed to pop.... (It was on default tensions.)
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    Should 3x3x3 With Feet Remain an Official WCA Event?

    In many regulatory instances, a controlling authority must draw the line somewhere. It is natural to desire that the choice of where to draw the line is not arbitrary, but it is generally wiser to have an arbitrary point in the middle than to cling to one extreme or the other merely out of...
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    Should 3x3x3 With Feet Remain an Official WCA Event?

    I imagine they could still compete at FMC, provided they have some way to communicate their solution. What is your point? By having other events, such as foot solving, such that one strength cannot dominate the entirety of the sport. This should be obvious from what has been said thus far, so...
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    Should 3x3x3 With Feet Remain an Official WCA Event?

    Yes, I think it's entirely reasonable, and here is why: I see no reason to think that an able-bodied Olympian would have an advantage over an Olympian without legs in an event where the legs cannot be used, so if they were engaged in a wheelchair race, it would be a more-or-less fair contest...
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    Should 3x3x3 With Feet Remain an Official WCA Event?

    This makes no sense. To continue the analogy, this comment is tantamount to saying that it's okay to discontinue the special Olympics because the physically disabled would still be able to compete against ordinary Olympians. Does that really seem like a reasonable position to you? Can you not...
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