[LINK] Solitaire

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Regarding the 'cascade' end to the MS card game, Solitaire ..

> > And yes .. my initial thought also .. but the cards speed-up when the
> > mouse is moved quickly, and slow down when it's moved slowly, and for
> > me will even seem to keep time with the mouse when bouncing, a little
> > bit anyway .. so does not seem CPU etc related.. tho i may imagine it?
> 
> sounds like more research required. yep, that's the ticket, tell your
> boss you're "doing research" e.

Yes, good advice Eric, if i had any boss i certainly would .. but, having
done some research as you suggest, i did find out 2 things about Solitaire

You can cheat at Solitaire (don't ask me why one would want to do that)
by playing for about 30 seconds, then pressing Alt + Shift + 2  and you
will automatically win. It's apparently a Microsoft Solitaire easter egg

Second, just ONE other person on the net, that i can find, agrees that the
mouse does 'sort-of' influence the cascading cards at the end of Solitaire
via some sofware routine, and, not simply through some hardware inadequacy
as one might logically suspect.

And yes i know it appears that i have entirely too much time on my hands
but it's actually all an escape from trying to start the 70's honda bike
bought yesterday .. sigh, looks like i may have to dismantle the carby :(
Still a classic/mint Honda 750 on the road & ready to kill me for $600 is
worthy of a little agro getting it started & running for the first time :)

Cheers,
Stephen