Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

I told my Aunty I was going to learn Fridrich, to improve my F2L and PLL, so I could get sub-20. She just looked at me like I was crazy.
 
I was learning a PLL in class today and I of course had a PLL sheet out and while i'm looking at it a guy passes by and stares at it.Then he suddenly yells look this guy has the cheat codes to the square.Another guy shows up and looks at and says,"sh*t this guy is cheating thats how he does it all easy".So i set up the v-perm i was learning and handed the cube to him and tell him,"if its so easy look at the paper and solve this." He looks at it says R(it was actually R') U2 and at at the same time starts dumb scrambling.(you know getting the cube in both hands turning it randomly).After two seconds he hands it back after saying WTF.
 
Xprime7 said:
I told my Aunty I was going to learn Fridrich, to improve my F2L and PLL, so I could get sub-20. She just looked at me like I was crazy.
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~Phoenix Death~ said:
Seriously, it's cheat codes this and cheat codes that. This (stupid) guy look sat it and says "He use cheat codes". For a year.
So now my response is "Get over it, you wuss"
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just say that you put down your thoughts so that you didnt forget them ;)
 
I am glad to say that my non-cubers are now more educated. =)
I'm seen walking down to lunch, while teaching a kid 4x4 parity, and everyone just looks at us, watches what I'm explaining, and then they say "Oh, Why didn't I think of that?"

Usually gets more curiosity. =)
 
ZamHalen said:
I was learning a PLL in class today and I of course had a PLL sheet out and while i'm looking at it a guy passes by and stares at it.Then he suddenly yells look this guy has the cheat codes to the square.Another guy shows up and looks at and says,"sh*t this guy is cheating thats how he does it all easy".So i set up the v-perm i was learning and handed the cube to him and tell him,"if its so easy look at the paper and solve this." He looks at it says R(it was actually R') U2 and at at the same time starts dumb scrambling.(you know getting the cube in both hands turning it randomly).After two seconds he hands it back after saying WTF.
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He got pwned.
 
ZamHalen said:
I was learning a PLL in class today and I of course had a PLL sheet out and while i'm looking at it a guy passes by and stares at it.Then he suddenly yells look this guy has the cheat codes to the square.Another guy shows up and looks at and says,"sh*t this guy is cheating thats how he does it all easy".So i set up the v-perm i was learning and handed the cube to him and tell him,"if its so easy look at the paper and solve this." He looks at it says R(it was actually R') U2 and at at the same time starts dumb scrambling.(you know getting the cube in both hands turning it randomly).After two seconds he hands it back after saying WTF.
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I'm siding with the non-cuber on this one. What's the difference between a cheat code and applying an algorithm without understanding how it works?
 
adimare said:
ZamHalen said:
I was learning a PLL in class today and I of course had a PLL sheet out and while i'm looking at it a guy passes by and stares at it.Then he suddenly yells look this guy has the cheat codes to the square.Another guy shows up and looks at and says,"sh*t this guy is cheating thats how he does it all easy".So i set up the v-perm i was learning and handed the cube to him and tell him,"if its so easy look at the paper and solve this." He looks at it says R(it was actually R') U2 and at at the same time starts dumb scrambling.(you know getting the cube in both hands turning it randomly).After two seconds he hands it back after saying WTF.
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I'm siding with the non-cuber on this one. What's the difference between a cheat code and applying an algorithm without understanding how it works?
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Applying cheat codes in games is to break the rules of the game to give you an advantage. To cheat in solving a cube you would have to dissassemle it and then reassemble it into a solved state. Or to remove the stickers.
 
Johan444 said:
Applying cheat codes in games is to break the rules of the game to give you an advantage. To cheat in solving a cube you would have to dissassemle it and then reassemble it into a solved state. Or to remove the stickers.
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And who gets to make up "the rules" for solving a cube? You? What if I make up the rule "you must have a good understanding of what's going on with the cube as you solve it"? Some people (myself included) find very little merit in someone just being able to solve the cube by applying algorithms found on the internet without having any idea of how they work; you might as well be disassembling the cube.
 
adimare said:
Johan444 said:
Applying cheat codes in games is to break the rules of the game to give you an advantage. To cheat in solving a cube you would have to dissassemle it and then reassemble it into a solved state. Or to remove the stickers.
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And who gets to make up "the rules" for solving a cube? You? What if I make up the rule "you must have a good understanding of what's going on with the cube as you solve it"? Some people (myself included) find very little merit in someone just being able to solve the cube by applying algorithms found on the internet without having any idea of how they work; you might as well be disassembling the cube.
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I thought as long as you turn the cube from a scrambled state into a solved state by, and only by turning the U, D, L, R, B, F faces you had the right to say you solved the cube.

The statement "have no clue how an algorithm works" is also unclear and can be discussed for ages.

I think it's best not to derail this thread into a discussion about definitions.
 
Today I was on the bus home from school & someone asked me if I could solve a Rubik's cube. I said yes, they gave me a rubik's cube & I solved it, then they asked me for it back! I convinced them (I think they were actually playing along) that under US law once a person solves a Rubik's cube it becomes their legal property.
 
Cyrus C. said:
Today I was on the bus home from school & someone asked me if I could solve a Rubik's cube. I said yes, they gave me a rubik's cube & I solved it, then they asked me for it back! I convinced them (I think they were actually playing along) that under US law once a person solves a Rubik's cube it becomes their legal property.
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Win.
 
Today, I was solving in the last few minutes of PE before lunch, since we get lots of free time. I was at a table, my friends watching my times, and one of my friend's friends walks over and says, "You can't solve that! You're just mixing it up!"
I finish OLL, and he says, "See, you got the yellow wrong! Look at the sides!"
I do as he says, recognise a T-perm, and look him straight in the face, and say, "If I couldn't solve it," then doing the T-perm while staring at him, "could I do this?"
I show him the solved cube, and he backs away, horrified.
 
Ranzha V. Emodrach said:
Today, I was solving in the last few minutes of PE before lunch, since we get lots of free time. I was at a table, my friends watching my times, and one of my friend's friends walks over and says, "You can't solve that! You're just mixing it up!"
I finish OLL, and he says, "See, you got the yellow wrong! Look at the sides!"
I do as he says, recognise a T-perm, and look him straight in the face, and say, "If I couldn't solve it," then doing the T-perm while staring at him, "could I do this?"
I show him the solved cube, and he backs away, horrified.
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Even MORE win!
I'm getting amused and irritated whenever I have to pull of PLL in public. I don't mean finger-tricking exercise, but after OLLs.
"YOU MESSED IT UP MAN!"
 
Johan444 said:
adimare said:
ZamHalen said:
I was learning a PLL in class today and I of course had a PLL sheet out and while i'm looking at it a guy passes by and stares at it.Then he suddenly yells look this guy has the cheat codes to the square.Another guy shows up and looks at and says,"sh*t this guy is cheating thats how he does it all easy".So i set up the v-perm i was learning and handed the cube to him and tell him,"if its so easy look at the paper and solve this." He looks at it says R(it was actually R') U2 and at at the same time starts dumb scrambling.(you know getting the cube in both hands turning it randomly).After two seconds he hands it back after saying WTF.
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I'm siding with the non-cuber on this one. What's the difference between a cheat code and applying an algorithm without understanding how it works?
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Applying cheat codes in games is to break the rules of the game to give you an advantage. To cheat in solving a cube you would have to dissassemle it and then reassemble it into a solved state. Or to remove the stickers.
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Not only that, If you were observant, you could come up with your own algorithms (Like intuitive f2l), so you do gain understanding. Solving higher order cubes like the 5x5 and up are mostly intuitive, and you gain greater understanding of how the pieces work without algorithms. You can solve a megaminx if you know how to solve the 3x3. It's called intuition.
 
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