Connect Four on 6 high, 7 wide grid, there are 4,531,985,219,092 positions for all game boards populated with 0 to 42 pieces. The game was first solved by James Dow Allen (October 1, 1988), and independently by Victor Allis (October 16, 1988). Allis describes a knowledge-based approach, with nine strategies, as a solution for Connect Four. Allen also describes winning strategies in his analysis of the game. At the time of the initial solutions for Connect Four, brute-force analysis was not deemed feasible given the game's complexity and the computer technology available at the time. Connect Four has since been solved with
How Does Your Garden Grow? How Does Your Garden Grow? How Does Your Garden Grow? is a 1998 album by American alternative rock trio Better Than Ezra. It was the band's fourth album, and their second with drummer Travis Aaron McNabb. It was released on August 25, 1998 by Elektra Records. The style and content of the album overall is oriented with the night, with the album cover carrying the subtitle "A Series of Nocturnes". Though critically acclaimed, the album was a relative failure commercially, only peaking at #128 on the "Billboard" charts. The first single, "One More Murder" scraped the bottom end of the