"Why do people choose the substitute over God himself? Probably the most important reason is that it obviates accountability to God. We can meet idols on our own terms because they are our own creations. They are safe, predictable, and controllable; they are, in Jeremiah's colorful language, the 'scarecrows in a cornfield' (10:5). They are portable and completely under the user's control. They offer nothing like the threat of a God who thunders from Sinai and whose providence in this world so often appears to us to be incomprehensible and dangerous . . . [People] need face only themselves. That is the appeal of idolatry."
- David F. Wells
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Even though he probably already knows this.
The knight on a chess board can visit each square exactly once.
HT: Abraham Piper
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Comments on "This One's For Bird":
2. KenLeonard
- 08/03/2011 9:42 pm CDT
And now all I need to do is integrate that into a winning strategy, and then I'll be the most awesome mortal ever ...
I hadn't seen this before. Thanks for sharing.
4. salguod
- 08/05/2011 11:54 am CDT
And in the end the path makes a silly / scary face. :-P
I think the 'only once' thin only refers to the spaces it actually lands on, not the spaces it skips over to get there.
5. Andrew
- 08/05/2011 12:18 pm CDT
I think the 'only once' thin only refers to the spaces it actually lands on, not the spaces it skips over to get there.
I must be going insane. The first few times I watched it, I was certain it was landing on squares multiple times. I'm watching it now and I don't know why or how I came to that conclusion.
8. Bill
- 08/06/2011 4:49 pm CDT
AHA! I think Ken's point is a good one, and it discredits this entire premise!!! Boom!
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I don't understand the "exactly once" thing. even in the animation the knight is hitting squares he's already hit. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding.