This game is so damn hard!
March 3, 2004 11:40 AM Subscribe
i love every game that gets posted on mefi!!
it got really tricky once there was only one ball left.
Time: 137 Blue Ok: 10 Red Ok: 10
posted by Peter H at 11:47 AM on March 3, 2004
it got really tricky once there was only one ball left.
Time: 137 Blue Ok: 10 Red Ok: 10
posted by Peter H at 11:47 AM on March 3, 2004
Time: 104. Not shabby.
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:58 AM on March 3, 2004
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:58 AM on March 3, 2004
I 'glitched out' the game. My last two balls (red & blue) swapped sides at the same time and even with the count at zero for both sides the counter continued to run.
No matter what I do I just can't win... (sigh)
posted by blade at 12:12 PM on March 3, 2004
No matter what I do I just can't win... (sigh)
posted by blade at 12:12 PM on March 3, 2004
Is that was the popups were? [Runs popup blocker and up-to-date AV software]
posted by hurkle at 12:12 PM on March 3, 2004
posted by hurkle at 12:12 PM on March 3, 2004
188... but only because I didn't realize you not only had to separate them, but separate them the way the game wanted. Done correctly, 70.
posted by GhostintheMachine at 12:15 PM on March 3, 2004
posted by GhostintheMachine at 12:15 PM on March 3, 2004
D'oh - I didn't notice the counters at the bottom. I sorted them to the wrong sides, and once I realised I couldn't be bothered swapping them all over.
posted by wilberforce at 12:28 PM on March 3, 2004
posted by wilberforce at 12:28 PM on March 3, 2004
I was worse than all y'all. I forgot mid game which way I initially intended to sort them.
posted by machaus at 12:37 PM on March 3, 2004
posted by machaus at 12:37 PM on March 3, 2004
After playing this game for a while, I can't seem to use my browser's scrollbar properly. I keep looking for imaginary dots. Ack...
posted by Tin Man at 12:48 PM on March 3, 2004
posted by Tin Man at 12:48 PM on March 3, 2004
24, baby!
it helps to ignore one color and concentrate on the other, at first
posted by GeekAnimator at 1:09 PM on March 3, 2004
it helps to ignore one color and concentrate on the other, at first
posted by GeekAnimator at 1:09 PM on March 3, 2004
Yeah!! This is pretty awesome.
It's based on the thought experiment known as Maxwell's Demon, which might be vaguely familiar to anyone who has studied thermodynamics... The world surely needs more web games based on thought experiments.
Best time: 43. Sigh.
posted by jeffj at 1:29 PM on March 3, 2004
It's based on the thought experiment known as Maxwell's Demon, which might be vaguely familiar to anyone who has studied thermodynamics... The world surely needs more web games based on thought experiments.
Best time: 43. Sigh.
posted by jeffj at 1:29 PM on March 3, 2004
Yeh, I only realised the link to thermodynamics after I posted. Still haven't beaten the damn thing though...
posted by Orange Goblin at 2:09 PM on March 3, 2004
posted by Orange Goblin at 2:09 PM on March 3, 2004
That's a pretty nasty little script that opens up. You know when the friggin' Javascript code uses terms like "Malware" and "Parasite" that you're in trouble.
Doing a little research, it looks like the popup attempts to check if PUP.EXE has been installed on your system, if not, it tries to install it. This is apparently spyware from the Tmax Corporation -- an advertising business in England. It also checks to see if the Google Toolbar is loaded, so it may attempt to circumvent it.
Anyway, this thread should be deleted just as a public service to those Mefites who aren't properly protected (I know, I know).
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:20 PM on March 3, 2004
Doing a little research, it looks like the popup attempts to check if PUP.EXE has been installed on your system, if not, it tries to install it. This is apparently spyware from the Tmax Corporation -- an advertising business in England. It also checks to see if the Google Toolbar is loaded, so it may attempt to circumvent it.
Anyway, this thread should be deleted just as a public service to those Mefites who aren't properly protected (I know, I know).
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:20 PM on March 3, 2004
More Googling reveals this information on the worm.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:23 PM on March 3, 2004
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:23 PM on March 3, 2004
Sorry to anyone who now has virus troubles...using Mozilla here and didn't get anything. I agree, delete the post.
posted by Orange Goblin at 4:43 PM on March 3, 2004
posted by Orange Goblin at 4:43 PM on March 3, 2004
I got it in 63 - but that included getting all of the balls separated, but on the wrong sides, first, then getting them all separated again, but this time on the correct sides.
posted by syzygy at 2:42 AM on March 4, 2004
posted by syzygy at 2:42 AM on March 4, 2004
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