Saturday, April 25, 2009

Putting on the Finishing Touch


At last, Tic-Tac-Terminator (T3 as I like to think of her) is ready to go. Here Justin pastes the tic-tac-toe grid on the final matchbox. It represents T3's first move.

Since T3 always plays first (and always plays X), there are three possible unique opening moves: a corner, the center, or a center side position. A color dot appears on the grid in one instance of each of those positions. Four beads of each of those three colors are already inside the box. To begin, one shakes the box and selects a bead at random to mark T3's opening move.

Tic-Tac-Terminator is officially primed and ready to go. You can sense that Justin can practically hear her whispering her first move and challenging all comers to face the stark logic of her tic-tac-toe brain.

Stay tuned.

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