jedusor: (badass geek)
jedusor ([personal profile] jedusor) wrote2008-10-08 11:02 am

chemistry=puzzles

I had an epiphany in biology today: molecular structure is just a bunch of little games of Hashiwokakero.

This is easy.

[identity profile] kaberett.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Well. Ish.

It can get a lot more complicated that that, but I suppose as an understanding it will do for icky biological foo. :p

[identity profile] jedusor.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course it's more complicated than that. I'm just trying to get past December, here. ;)

[identity profile] kaberett.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Meanwhile I'm busy panicking about the idea of doing physics for the next year. Enough so that I'm failing to, you know, GO AND SORT OUT MY LOAN ARRIVING THIS WEEK. :/ *hugs* (I needed to tell someone so I'd actually go and do it...)

[identity profile] jedusor.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Go sort out your loan, sweetie. *kiss*

[identity profile] kaberett.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Have done. *squish*

Thank you for being patient with me. :p

[identity profile] jedusor.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Jeez, your loan took five minutes to sort out? Wish I lived in your country.

[identity profile] kaberett.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hah! No.

It took lots of paperwork and several months. This was the final bit of paperwork that meant that the money would ACTUALLY SHOW UP IN MY ACCOUNT; it was due to yesterday, and the college only told us today that they wanted to see said bit of paper...

[identity profile] mamagotcha.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! Be sure to point this out to your TA; s/he will surely get a grin out of it!

[identity profile] bookishfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
And conversely, having never seen that puzzle type before, I figured it out just from your comment that molecular structure is just like it. Heh.

[identity profile] devjoe.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
That's about right! Now you understand valences and how not to cross the streams. Er, bonds. Well, that part doesn't match Hashiwokakero quite as well, so just stick to the valences. :-)

[identity profile] mamagotcha.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Important safety tip. Thanks, Devgon.

[identity profile] dacrons-lair.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
A wonderful game. I, however, wish the clock would stop automatically once the puzzle is solved, instead of having to press a button to stop the clock. It could be right, but you wouldn't know.

Meh. And yes, I do see a bit of semblance between molecular structures and Hashiwokakero. Nifty find.

-M