From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leatheret \Leath"er*et\, Leatherette \Leath`er*ette"\, n.
[Leather + et, F. -ette.]
An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]:
Leatherette
n : a fabric made to look like leather [syn: {Leatherette}, {imitation
leather}]
Somebody broke Microsoft DRM (encryption on WMA files). Perhaps this will lead eventually to WMA support for all platforms -- like Linux -- without the need for developers to obtain Microsoft's approval for their software.
Unfortunately, given the present legal climate, that doesn't feel very likely.
I wonder how to get to Yreka, because I want to see the new Yreka Bakery. The Yreka Bakery has re-opened next to the Yrella Gallery, which occupied the old bakery's premises when it closed down (thirty or forty years ago).
People on seth-trips suggested that the Greyhound and the Green Tortoise both go there.
I seem to have learned that 15-13-14 macro, because I've been able to do it a couple of times without looking at the directions. It's wonderful that what once took me four or five minutes can now be done in four or five seconds, although one could argue that the puzzle is less exciting as a result.
I'm curious whether I could figure out a purely mechanical algorithm for solving the 15 puzzle from an arbitrary state. I do have a pretty effective search program to tell you how to get from one state to another (assuming they're reasonably close and you can code up some useful constraints). But it would definitely take too long to ask it to do something like my_puzzle.unconstrained_search_match(FifteenPuzzle(), 500, 1000000); you could be waiting for days, at least.
It usually seems straightforward to get the
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although there are some odd things that can come up (in particular around placing the 4, 7, and 8, assuming you start in numerical order).
It never seems to take long after that to get
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but I can't say exactly how I do it!
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