| Author | Message | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 306 Registered: 9-2006 |
Ahem. | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 55 Registered: 10-2006 |
Damn? Hell? Hellish? Mephistopheles? The evil one? Mara? Demon? Trout? Jesus? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 308 Registered: 9-2006 |
Damn? Da Hell? He Hellish? Hellish Mephistopheles? Mephistophelesmephi The evil one? Theevilonetheevilonetheevilonet Mara? Marama Demon? Demond Trout? Trouttr Jesus? Jesusj | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 62 Registered: 10-2006 |
Eh. The rule could be that answers should consist of the n first letters of the infinite letter sequence (Q')*, where n is an arbitrary natural number, and Q' is the question but with all blanks removed, and the symbol * is defined by the fact that X* (where X is any arbitrary string of letters) stands for the infinite string that is constructed by repeating X infinitely many times. But of course this possibility is only a red herring... | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 311 Registered: 9-2006 |
Eh. The rule could be that answers should consist of the n first letters of the infinite letter sequence (Q')*, where n is an arbitrary natural number, and Q' is the question but with all blanks removed, and the symbol * is defined by the fact that X* (where X is any arbitrary string of letters) stands for the infinite string that is constructed by repeating X infinitely many times. But of course this possibility is only a red herring... Uh, I think you're right. But you need to determine what is n | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 67 Registered: 10-2006 |
S? So? So ? So n? So n ? So n i? So n is? So n is ? So n is c? So n is ca? So n is cal? So n is calc? So n is calcu? So n is calcul? So n is calcula? So n is calculat? So n is calculate? So n is calculated? So n is calculated ? So n is calculated s? So n is calculated so? So n is calculated som? So n is calculated some? So n is calculated someh? So n is calculated someho? So n is calculated somehow? oksoniscalculatedinsomeway? aaaa? bbbb? cccc? dddd? eeee? ffff? gggg? hhhh? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 314 Registered: 9-2006 |
S? CA So? So So ? So So n? So So n ? So So n i? Soniso So n is? Soniss So n is ? Soniss So n is c? Sonisc So n is ca? Soniscasonisc So n is cal? Soniscalsonis So n is calc? Soniscalcsoni So n is calcu? Soniscalcusoniscalcuson So n is calcul? Soniscalculsoniscalculs So n is calcula? Soniscalculasoniscalculasoniscalcul So n is calculat? Soniscalculatsoniscalculatsoniscalc So n is calculate? Soniscalculatesoniscalculatesoniscalculatesonisca So n is calculated? Soniscalculatedsoniscalculatedsoniscalculatedsoni So n is calculated ? Soniscalculatedsoniscalculatedsoniscalculatedsoni aaaa? aaaaaaaaaa bbbb? CA cccc? CA dddd? CA eeee? eeeeeeeeee ffff? CA gggg? CA hhhh? CA The skipped questions will be answered later | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 316 Registered: 9-2006 |
So n is calculated s? Soniscalculatedssoniscalculatedssoniscalculatedss So n is calculated so? Soniscalculatedsosoniscalculatedsosoniscalculatedsosoniscalculated So n is calculated som? Soniscalculatedsomsoniscalculatedsomsoniscalculatedsomsoniscalcula So n is calculated some? soniscalculatedsomesoniscalculatedsomesoniscalculatedsomesoniscalculatedsomesoniscalc So n is calculated someh? soniscalculatedsomehsoniscalculatedsomehsoniscalculatedsomehsoniscalculatedsomehsonis So n is calculated someho? soniscalculatedsomehosoniscalculatedsomehosoniscalculatedsomehosoniscalculatedsomehosoniscalculatedsomehos So n is calculated somehow? soniscalculatedsomehowsoniscalculatedsomehowsoniscalculatedsomehowsoniscalculatedsomehowsoniscalculatedsom oksoniscalculatedinsomeway? oksoniscalculatedinsomewayoksoniscalculatedinsomewayoksoniscalculatedinsomewayoksoniscalculatedinsomewayoksoniscalculatedinsomewayoksoniscalculatedin Okay, that is the dumbest idea for a rulebreaker I could ever have... | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 71 Registered: 10-2006 |
Hellish? Trout? o? oo? ooo? oooo? ososos? ssossossoss? wrotposdofh? u? uu? uuu? uuuu? i? ii? iii? iiii? iiiii? aaaaa? uuuuu? ooooo? eeeee? aouie? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 317 Registered: 9-2006 |
Hellish? Hellish Trout? Trouttr o? o oo? ooo ooo? oooooo oooo? oooooooooo ososos? ososososo ssossossoss? ssossossossssossos wrotposdofh? wrotposdofhwrotpos u? u uu? uuu uuu? uuuuuu uuuu? uuuuuuuuuu i? i ii? iii iii? iiiiii iiii? iiiiiiiiii iiiii? iiiiiiiiiiiiiii aaaaa? aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa uuuuu? uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ooooo? ooooooooooooooo eeeee? eeeeeeeeeeeeeee aouie? aouieaouieaouie | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 72 Registered: 10-2006 |
a? ab? abb? abbb? abbbb? ba? bba? bbba? bbbba? bbbbba? bab? babb? babbb? babbbb? bbab? bbbab? bbbbab? bbabb? bbabbb? bbabbbb? bbbabb? bbbbabb? bbbabbb? bbbabbbb? bbbbabbb? bbbbabbbb? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 318 Registered: 9-2006 |
a? a ab? a abb? a abbb? a abbbb? a ba? ba bba? bba bbba? bbba bbbba? bbbba bbbbba? bbbbba bab? ba babb? ba babbb? ba babbbb? ba bbab? bba bbbab? bbba bbbbab? bbbba bbabb? bba bbabbb? bba bbabbbb?bba bbbabb? bbba bbbbabb? bbbba bbbabbb? bbba bbbabbbb? bbba bbbbabbb? bbbba bbbbabbbb? bbbba | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 74 Registered: 10-2006 |
bbbbba bbbbbba bbbbbbba bbbbbbbba bbbbbbbbba bbaa bbaba bbabba bbabbba bbabbbba baa baba babba babbba babbbba aaba aabba aabbba aabbbba baaa baaba baabba baabbba baabbbba babaa bababa bababba bababbba bababbbba bbabaa bbababa bbababba bbababbba bbababbbba abbaa abbaba abbabba abbabbba abbabbbba | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 327 Registered: 9-2006 |
bbbbba bbbbba bbbbbba bbbbbba bbbbbbba bbbbbbba bbbbbbbba bbbbbbbba bbbbbbbbba bbbbbbbbba bbaa bbaabba bbaba bbababba bbabba bbabbabba bbabbba bbabbbabba bbabbbba bbabbbbabba baa baaba baba bababa babba babbabab babbba babbbaba babbbba babbbbaba aaba aabaaab aabba aabbaaab aabbba aabbbaaab aabbbba aabbbbaaab baaa baaabaaab baaba baababaaba baabba baabbabaabb baabbba baabbbabaabb baabbbba baabbbbabaabb babaa babaababa bababa babababababa bababba bababbabababb bababbba bababbbabababb bababbbba bababbbbabababb bbabaa bbabaabbabaabb bbababa bbabababbababab bbababba bbababbabbababba bbababbba bbababbbabbababbb bbababbbba bbababbbbabbababbb abbaa abbaaabbaa abbaba abbabaabbab abbabba abbabbaabbab abbabbba abbabbbaabbab abbabbbba abbabbbbaabbab | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 75 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yeah, I think I've got it now. I'm working at writing an explanation of the rule right now. By the way, I think you did a mistake above: Mephistopheles? Mephistophelesmephi should be: Mephistopheles? Mephistophelesmephistophelesmephistophe Right? | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 76 Registered: 10-2006 |
Let Q be an arbitrary question, consisting of a sequence of letters and/or other symbols. Construct the string Q', such that Q' is the same as Q except that all non-alphabetic symbols have been eleminated from it. Let the length of Q' be |Q'|, and let the letters of Q', in order from the first one to the last one, be named q'1, q'2, ... , q'|Q'|. Define the concept "syllable" like this: a syllable of a string S is any substring of S which consists of one vowel v which occurs in S, together with all the consonants which precede v in S, no more no less, and all these letters in the same order as they occur in S. Let the length of a syllable s of be written as |s|. Let p be the number of syllables in Q', and let s1, s2, ..., sp be the syllables which occur in Q', in order from the first syllable to the last one. Finally, let the function which turns an arbitrary letter x from uppercase to lowercase (if it's not already in lowercase) be called lower(x). Then, in this rulebreaker puzzle, the answer A(Q) to the question Q is undefined in case p = 0. Otherwise, A(Q) is a string of length |A(Q)|, consisting of letters a1, a2, ..., a|A(Q)¦ such that a1 = q'1, and that for all x in the interval 2 < x < |A(Q)| , ax = lower(q'x modulo |Q'|), and where |A(Q)| is given as the sum of all terms (p - i + 1) * |si| generated by letting i take all values between 1 and p. | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 328 Registered: 9-2006 |
uhh... yes I made a mistake. I guess you figured it out: Find all vowels in the question (without spaces and non-alphabetic symbols, for the sake iof simplicity). Then, add their positions (e.g. if a vowel is a 3rd letter of the word, its position = 3) to get a sum S. Then, repeat the letters of the question to get a string of length S. Right. | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 329 Registered: 9-2006 |
Oops. *** SPOILER *** | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 77 Registered: 10-2006 |
Example: !!!A biG ShrimP??? Abigshrimpab Q = !!!A biG ShrimP??? Q' = AbiGShrimP |Q'| = 10 q'1 = A, q'2 = b, q'3 = i, q'4 = G, q'5 = S, q'6 = h, q'7 = r, q'8 = i, q'9 = m, q'10 = P s1 = A, s2 = bi, s3 = GShri |s1| = 1, |s2| = 2, |s3| = 5 There are no more syllables in Q'. Hence p = 3. Since p is not 0, A(Q) is defined. |A(Q)| = (p-1+1)*|s1| + (p-2+1)*|s2| + (p-3+1)*|s3| |A(Q)| = (3-1+1)*1 + (3-2+1)*2 + (3-3+1)*5 |A(Q)| = 3*1 + 2*2 + 1*5 |A(Q)| = 3 + 4 + 5 |A(Q)| = 13 A(Q) = a1a2a3a4a5a6a7a8a9a10a11a12 A(Q) = q'1lower(q'2 mod 10)lower(q'3 mod 10)lower(q'4 mod 10)lower(q'5 mod 10)lower(q'6 mod 10)lower(q'7 mod 10)lower(q'8 mod 10)lower(q'9 mod 10)lower(q'10 mod 10)lower(q'11 mod 10)lower(q'12 mod 10) A(Q) = Alower(q'2)lower(q'3)lower(q'4)lower(q'5)lower(q'6)lower(q'7)lower(q'8)lower(q'9)lower(q'10)lower(q'1)lower(q'2)lower A(Q) = Alower(b)lower(i)lower(G)lower(S)lower(h)lower(r)lower(i)lower(m)lower(P)lower(A)lower(b) A(Q) = Abigshrimpab | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 332 Registered: 9-2006 |
Yes. | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 78 Registered: 10-2006 |
Oh, right. Your way of thinking of it was much simpler. ;) But my way of thinking of it, with "syllable" lengths and stuff like that, gives the same result. | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 333 Registered: 9-2006 |
Congrats on figuring it out. Now go see my "Peculiar Clock" puzzle  | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 79 Registered: 10-2006 |
Oops, |A(Q)| = 13 in the example above should be |A(Q)| = 12. But all this math was of course only a ridiculously complex way of describing the ridiculously complex way I thought about this. | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 80 Registered: 10-2006 |
Congrats on figuring it out. Now go see my "Peculiar Clock" puzzle. Sure, if you check out my puzzle, "The Profundities of a Fuzzy Weltanschauung" | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 336 Registered: 9-2006 |
Okay, but a bit later. |
