--- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I don't really have much of a problem with it. It is a "spirit of the > law" but the letter of the law is also clear. If you drop the cube on > the table or if you drop the cube and it falls onto your chest or foot, > you're not breaking the rule because you're not using the table or the > body to manipulate the cube. Manipulate implies "making a turn" and so > if you are using the table to apply a force to the cube which turns a > side, then you're breaking the rule. If you use your armpit to hold > the cube while your other hand turns the cube, that's not good either. > > Tyson Mao > MSC #631 > California Institute of Technology
I think that is the point here. Unless Anssi did not copy the entire section in question, the rule does not appear to have the word "manipulate" in it. It states "touch" as being the culprit. -Dave Campbell ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
