Google placed this ad in the August 2004 issue of Dr. Dobbs.
Is the puzzle easily solved with paper and pencil? Is it worth writing
a program to solve the puzzle?
Would randomly picking 5 buttons over and over
ever reach an answer?
Is that kind of knuckle-dragging, brute force
problem solving ever justified?
Would you want to test all permutations of all
combinations of 18 buttons taken 5 at a time?