>I apologize for being somewhat off topic, but I cannot resist making
> this post.
>
> One of my less gifted students submitted a better solution for the
> tictactoe problem I had assigned than I expected from him. I thought
> I would do a quick search on the internet to see if he might have
> found the solution there. I found this response on another forum to a
> student asking for help on his assignment:
>
> "No, sadly no one has yet been able to solve the so called 'tic-tac-
> toe'
> paradox. Despite my best efforts during 12 years of research, I have
> still not come up with a satisfactory solution. There is currently a
> group of scientists at MIT, who claim to be close to a solution, you
> may want to contact them at doyourown@homework.com."
>
> Now if everyone else would do the same, I would have less concerns
> about who has done who's homework assignment. ...