<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>How to solve Rubik's Cube : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>6822</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/6822/1/</url><title><![CDATA[How to solve Rubik's Cube]]></title><description><![CDATA[You know you always wanted to be the master of the cube. Amaze your friends, make children cry.]]></description><comments>17</comments><score>63</score><crdate>12/2/2006 7:25:11 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-02T19:25:11+01:00</atomdate></link><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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They would completely drive me mad.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/17/2006 3:54:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-17T15:54:04+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10681</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q17</url><title><![CDATA[harmsc12 @ 12/4/2006 9:38:56 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Truce.  I was voting you down, too.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/4/2006 9:38:56 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-04T09:38:56+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10672</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q16</url><title><![CDATA[Bornbad @ 12/4/2006 9:00:06 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/6822/1/#15"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>harmsc12</b>&#160;:&#160;You're voting me down just for kicks and giggles, no?</i></div>Yeah, I'll stop. Just wanted to rattle your cage. Truce?]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/4/2006 9:00:06 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-04T09:00:06+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10660</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q15</url><title><![CDATA[harmsc12 @ 12/4/2006 7:23:44 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/6822/1/#14"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Bornbad</b> : Ah, so why didn't you say so? Professional cuber. A Noble calling.</i></div>You're voting me down just for kicks and giggles, no?]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/4/2006 7:23:44 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-04T07:23:44+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10629</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q14</url><title><![CDATA[Bornbad @ 12/3/2006 11:20:38 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/6822/1/#13"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>harmsc12</b>&#160;:&#160;Not really organized.  A cuber is just someone who can easily solve a Rubik's cube in less than ten minutes.  More skilled cubers such as myself cando it in under two minutes, and can solve a 4x4x4 cube in less than fifteen.</i></div>Ah, so why didn't you say so? Professional cuber. A Noble calling.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/3/2006 11:20:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-03T23:20:38+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10622</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q13</url><title><![CDATA[harmsc12 @ 12/3/2006 10:46:01 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/6822/1/#8"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Bornbad</b> : &quot;Cubers?&quot; You are an organized group? Like Shriners?</i></div>Not really organized.  A cuber is just someone who can easily solve a Rubik's cube in less than ten minutes.  More skilled cubers such as myself cando it in under two minutes, and can solve a 4x4x4 cube in less than fifteen.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/3/2006 10:46:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-03T22:46:01+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10563</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q12</url><title><![CDATA[beckinacea @ 12/3/2006 2:52:22 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I always gave up on this thing. Maybe I'll have to dig out the old cube and give it a try...]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/3/2006 2:52:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-03T14:52:22+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10530</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q11</url><title><![CDATA[murphyz @ 12/3/2006 11:12:34 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I managed to get the first two layers done, then got very confused. <br/><BR>Mxx<BR><BR>edit to add - w00t...done it!]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/3/2006 11:12:34 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-03T11:12:34+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10520</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q10</url><title><![CDATA[redbull_uk @ 12/3/2006 5:29:53 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I used to charge school buddies 50p a time to solve theirs. I'd take it away, disassemble the little blocks then put it back together. It was always a little looser after but hey, what do you expect for 50p ?]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/3/2006 5:29:53 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-03T05:29:53+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10517</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q9</url><title><![CDATA[criminallyvain @ 12/3/2006 2:35:05 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I used to just peel off the stickers, but this actually works better!]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/3/2006 2:35:05 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-03T02:35:05+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10511</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q8</url><title><![CDATA[Bornbad @ 12/3/2006 12:47:50 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/6822/1/#7"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>harmsc12</b>&#160;:&#160;Good.  It's a trade secret.  Knowing how it works spoils the fun of watching cubers such as myself solve it.</i></div>&quot;Cubers?&quot; You are an organized group? Like Shriners?]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/3/2006 12:47:50 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-03T00:47:50+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10493</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q7</url><title><![CDATA[harmsc12 @ 12/2/2006 11:33:59 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/6822/1/#6"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>littlepea</b> : he made it look so easy. but i still didn't catch a single step he did.</i></div>Good.  It's a trade secret.  Knowing how it works spoils the fun of watching cubers such as myself solve it.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/2/2006 11:33:59 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-02T23:33:59+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10488</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q6</url><title><![CDATA[littlepea @ 12/2/2006 10:42:35 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[he made it look so easy. but i still didn't catch a single step he did.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/2/2006 10:42:35 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-02T22:42:35+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10485</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q5</url><title><![CDATA[sheppardnik @ 12/2/2006 9:31:16 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[prying the thing apart with a screwdriver and reassembling the pieces always worked for me!]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/2/2006 9:31:16 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-02T21:31:16+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10484</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[aoeu @ 12/2/2006 9:28:11 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Videos don't typically work well, I've found.<br/><BR>For those interested, I used the techniques of Lars Petrus (http://lar5.com/cube/). I haven't done it in a while, but the best time I had was 43 seconds or so.<BR><BR>It's not as impossible as it sounds, especially as you start recognizing patterns and training your hands.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/2/2006 9:28:11 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-02T21:28:11+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10480</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[digitalgimpling @ 12/2/2006 8:15:38 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[wow. I only ever solved the damned thing once.<br/><BR>They make it look so easy.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/2/2006 8:15:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-02T20:15:38+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>10478</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/6822/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[jaxomlotus @ 12/2/2006 7:59:29 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I didn't understand any of that, but found it pretty damn interesting nonetheless. I've always wondered how to solve these.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/2/2006 7:59:29 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-02T19:59:29+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>