Re^2: I've played solitaire with physical cards within the last: (mindless and hopeless)

tye,
Freecell is only a moderate challenge but you can almost always win there.

Having been interested in this in the past, I did a bit of research. Comments here indicate that there is only 1 game in the 32K on Windows that is unsolveable though you can get 2 more using an easter egg. Unfortunately, this proof doesn't list the total number of impossible games.

As for using puzzles to get to sleep - I am very envious.

Cheers - L~R

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Re^3: I've played solitaire with physical cards within the last: (mindless and hopeless) by bmann (Priest) on Jul 12, 2005 at 16:48 UTC
Limbic~Region, There is another easter egg in Freecell that will let you win any of the games, unwinnable or not. Not much satisfaction winning this way, but your stats look great. <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> BTW, a good puzzle tends to keep me up too - not lull me to sleep.	[reply]
Re^3: I've played solitaire with physical cards within the last: by tlm (Prior) on Jul 17, 2005 at 02:27 UTC
As for using puzzles to get to sleep - I am very envious. I find that the soporific power of a puzzle increases if I attempt to solve it in my head, in the dark... Lewis Carroll wrote a book around this idea. the lowliest monk	[reply]