Fixes in most of 1992 index.html files
With the exception of 1992/nathan/index.html the entries of 1992 should
all be okay. The reason nathan cannot be done yet is some things have to
be decided first.
This commit fixes:
1992/marangon/index.html
1992/vern/index.html
1992/westley/index.html
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@@ -109,11 +109,19 @@ ply of 3). A ply of 3 is in general good enough to avoid not only flaming
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blunders but also immediately stupid moves altogether. A ply of 4 will find all
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mate-in-two's.
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### NOTICE to those who wish for a greater challenge:
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**If you want a greater challenge, don't read any further**:
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just try to understand the program via the source.
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If you get stuck, come back and read below for additional hints and information.
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### Obfuscation
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This program is obfuscated in a number of ways. First, it abuses the
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contest rule regarding ';', '{', and '}' in the source not counting
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contest rule regarding `;`, `{`, and `}` in the source not counting
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against the non-whitespace character limit if followed by whitespace.
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As can be seen from the build file, certain combinations of these
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characters followed by a particular whitespace character are expanded
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@@ -154,7 +162,8 @@ Finally, there are three key constants that occur throughout the program: `64`,
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which provides a hint as to what the program is up to, they are computed
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probabilistically at run-time. An instance of the ["Inspection
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Paradox"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewal_theory#Inspection_paradox) is
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used which happens to produce a value that on average is close to `.64`.
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used which happens to produce a value that on average is close to `64`.
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`10000` instances of this value are computed, added up, and then divided by
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`100`. Sometimes the value produced will be `63` or `65` instead of `64` (but
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I've never observed any other values), so the result is then rounded to the
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