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by bshimmin 4351 days ago
Reminds me of Roger Penrose and toilet paper plagiarism: http://web.archive.org/web/20050312084035/http://www.parasco...
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This deserves a submission.

> "So often we read of very large companies riding rough-shod over small businesses or individuals," said David Bradley, director of Pentaplex. "But when it comes to the population of Great Britain being invited by a multi-national to wipe their bottoms on what appears to be the work of a Knight of the Realm without his permission, then a last stand must be made."

[This is Jim Bumgardner - author of the maze that Kraft copied]. Amusingly, this comes full circle. One of the puzzle varieties on my site is based on Penrose tilings.

http://krazydad.com/slitherlink/sfiles/sl_penrose_b001.pdf

Years ago, I sought (and received) permission from Penrose to use his tiling on these puzzles.

hey! That's loopy! From the Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection.

Play it here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/loopy...

You can play penrose style puzzles by selecting the type in the furthest right drop down menu.

(beware, select custom and choose easy mode, becuase hard mode is hard)

How did that case end?