[peterkelly]

Found a bug you might want to look into:

After 8 steps, I "won" after reaching the following configuration (all on the edges, from top-left clockwise):

16, 584, 26, 6, 18, and 7

That's not numberwang, according to the official definition [1]

[1] D. Mitchell, B. Russell, A. Turing, and R. Webb. Numberwang determination and the Entscheidungsproblem. Principles of Mathematics and Computation, 1944. Cambridge Press 14(2).

[thedufer]

No, "That's numberwang" does not indicate winning nor the end of the game. It just pops up at random throughout the game.

[peterkelly]

Ah yes - that's true in the BBC 4 version of the rules, introduced in 1968. I think most countries use that now. In Australia we play according to the original rule set, hence the misunderstanding.

[throwaway13qf85]

Presumably you modify the rules to allow lateral shunts though, as per the the 1963 Davison Reformed Numberwang Rule Set (Version 3)?

[lotsofmangos]

Has it turned into Calvinball yet?

[LanceH]

One.

[joyeuse6701]

Q

[martin-adams]

BBC 4 was never associated with Numberwang, it was actually BBC 7.1

[martiuk]

The pilot debuted on BBC α

[pcrh]

Mornington Crescent!

[buro9]

Do HN users outside of the UK get the surreality and humour of this entire conversation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game)

You can tell it's currently morning in the UK and night-time in the USA.