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;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.

;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

;;; Commentary:

; by F. Thomas May <uw-nsr!uw-warp![e-mail]>
; doc comment by Root Boy Jim <[e-mail]>, 27 Apr 89
; interface improvements by ESR, Dec 5 1991.

; The object of the game is to find four hidden balls by shooting rays
; into the black box.  There are four possibilities: 1) the ray will
; pass thru the box undisturbed, 2) it will hit a ball and be absorbed,
; 3) it will be deflected and exit the box, or 4) be deflected immediately,
; not even being allowed entry into the box.
; 
; The strange part is the method of deflection.  It seems that rays will
; not pass next to a ball, and change direction at right angles to avoid it.
; 
; 		             R   3   
; 		 1 - - - - - - - - 1 
; 		   - - - - - - - -   
; 		   - O - - - - - - 3 
; 		 2 - - - - O - O -   
; 		 4 - - - - - - - - 
; 		 5 - - - - - - - - 5 
; 		   - - - - - - - - R 
; 		 H - - - - - - - O   
; 		   2   H 4       H   
; 
; Rays which enter and exit are numbered.  You can see that rays 1 & 5 pass
; thru the box undisturbed. Ray 2 is deflected by the northwesternmost
; ball.  Likewise rays 3 and 4. Rays which hit balls and are absorbed are
; marked with H.  The bottom of the left and the right of the bottom hit
; the southeastern ball directly.  Rays may also hit balls after being
; reflected. Consider the H on the bottom next to the 4.  It bounces off
; the NW-ern most ball and hits the central ball.  A ray shot from above
; the right side 5 would hit the SE-ern most ball.  The R beneath the 5
; is because the ball is returned instantly.  It is not allowed into
; the box if it would reflect immediately.  The R on the top is a more
; leisurely return.  Both central balls would tend to deflect it east
; or west, but it cannot go either way, so it just retreats.
;
; At the end of the game, if you've placed guesses for as many balls as
; there are in the box, the true board position will be revealed.  Each
; `x' is an incorrect guess of yours; `o' is the true location of a ball.

;;; Code:

(defvar blackbox-mode-map nil "")

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;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.

;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

;;; Commentary:

;; by F. Thomas May <uw-nsr!uw-warp![e-mail]>
;; doc comment by Root Boy Jim <[e-mail]>, 27 Apr 89
;; interface improvements by ESR, Dec 5 1991.

;; The object of the game is to find four hidden balls by shooting rays
;; into the black box.  There are four possibilities: 1) the ray will
;; pass thru the box undisturbed, 2) it will hit a ball and be absorbed,
;; 3) it will be deflected and exit the box, or 4) be deflected immediately,
;; not even being allowed entry into the box.
;; 
;; The strange part is the method of deflection.  It seems that rays will
;; not pass next to a ball, and change direction at right angles to avoid it.
;; 
;; 		             R   3   
;; 		 1 - - - - - - - - 1 
;; 		   - - - - - - - -   
;; 		   - O - - - - - - 3 
;; 		 2 - - - - O - O -   
;; 		 4 - - - - - - - - 
;; 		 5 - - - - - - - - 5 
;; 		   - - - - - - - - R 
;; 		 H - - - - - - - O   
;; 		   2   H 4       H   
;; 
;; Rays which enter and exit are numbered.  You can see that rays 1 & 5 pass
;; thru the box undisturbed. Ray 2 is deflected by the northwesternmost
;; ball.  Likewise rays 3 and 4. Rays which hit balls and are absorbed are
;; marked with H.  The bottom of the left and the right of the bottom hit
;; the southeastern ball directly.  Rays may also hit balls after being
;; reflected. Consider the H on the bottom next to the 4.  It bounces off
;; the NW-ern most ball and hits the central ball.  A ray shot from above
;; the right side 5 would hit the SE-ern most ball.  The R beneath the 5
;; is because the ball is returned instantly.  It is not allowed into
;; the box if it would reflect immediately.  The R on the top is a more
;; leisurely return.  Both central balls would tend to deflect it east
;; or west, but it cannot go either way, so it just retreats.
;;
;; At the end of the game, if you've placed guesses for as many balls as
;; there are in the box, the true board position will be revealed.  Each
;; `x' is an incorrect guess of yours; `o' is the true location of a ball.

;;; Code:

(defvar blackbox-mode-map nil "")