Archive for June 8th, 2010

World Cube Puzzle

I subscribe to World Magazine. The cover a few issues ago had an advertisement that tried to get my attention.

cover of an April 2010 issue of World magazine

I ignored the ad until I had finished the issue. Then I looked at the Rubik’s-like puzzle that they used as the centerpiece of the ad. And, being the good engineer that I am, I tried to solve it

puzzle cube advertisement on cover of an April 2010 issue of World magazine

But I couldn’t solve it because it was wrong. I found 8 and a half things wrong with it.

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