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Pinball machines are optimization processes to move quarters in through a little slot and out through a little locked door.
@Nominull: Not impressive? The genius is in making a pinball machine that works. Even in the simplest case: a 'plinko' game, the board, kasparov, and the driver are all finely tuned results of some other optimization process.