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gelinas
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response 325 of 388:
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Jun 7 04:54 UTC 2002 |
:)
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aruba
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response 326 of 388:
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Jun 17 16:00 UTC 2002 |
No action here for a while.
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brighn
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response 327 of 388:
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Jun 17 16:58 UTC 2002 |
barbarian
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aruba
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response 328 of 388:
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Jun 18 13:44 UTC 2002 |
barbarian 0,1
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brighn
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response 329 of 388:
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Jun 19 17:53 UTC 2002 |
Since it's been 48 hours without a guess, I can guess again (see #0).
moneybags
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aruba
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response 330 of 388:
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Jun 19 19:36 UTC 2002 |
moneybags 2,2
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brighn
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response 331 of 388:
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Jun 19 20:03 UTC 2002 |
Hm. Either you've made a mistake in the scoring or I've made a mistake in the
analysis. (Probably the latter. ;} Ah well, I've got a few days to figure it
out.)
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brighn
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response 332 of 388:
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Jun 19 20:40 UTC 2002 |
No, I checked again, and there seems to be a scoring error somewhere.
allusions 1,3
If we loo amorality, illuminer, cacophony, the only possible correctly
positioned letters in allusions are the s's. That means we can rule out all
the other letters in referrals and clustered: acdeflrtu
From faltering>______ing 0 1, we know there's at most one of i,n
From calumnies>____mni_s 1 2, we know there's an m
From barbarian 0 1, we know there's no b
From allusions>____sions 1 3, we know there are two s's and an o
From amorality>_mo___i_y 0 3, we know there's either an i or a y (not both)
(From calumnies, we know there's either an i or an n (not both), so we know
there's no g)
moneybags, there's no e, b, g, a; there's one m, o, s. That leaves n and y.
So we know there's either an n or a y (not both)
It's impossible to have exactly one of (i,n), one of (n,y) and one of (i,y)
at the same time.
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aruba
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response 333 of 388:
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Jun 20 03:21 UTC 2002 |
Ah, I do see one that I scored wrong. It should have been
faltering 0,2
Sorry about that. The program I wrote for the other games doesn't work for
this one, so I have been scoring by hand. I will try to write a new program
soon, and check all the scoring.
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brighn
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response 334 of 388:
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Jun 20 03:59 UTC 2002 |
'sok, I botched two or three scores once in this game...
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brighn
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response 335 of 388:
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Jun 20 16:47 UTC 2002 |
someone else guess, dagnabbit...
If it helps people, this is what I think I've figured out as far as the letter
set:
None of: abcdeflnrtuy
One i
One or more gmop
Two or more s
Either an h or a second o
Unknown: jkqvwxz (haven't been used)
Last letter is s
That means the letter set is gimopss!? where ! is o or h and ? is in
ghkmpqsvwxz (h only if there are two h's):
gimopssog
gimopssok
gimopssom
gimopssop
gimopssoq
gimopssos
gimopssov
gimopssow
gimopssox
gimopssoz
gimopsshg
gimopsshh
gimopsshk
gimopsshm
gimopsshp
gimopsshq
gimopsshs
gimopsshv
gimopsshw
gimopsshx
gimopsshz
That's assuming my analysis is correct and Mark's scoring is correct. =}
So... somebody guess! =}
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gelinas
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response 336 of 388:
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Jun 21 10:05 UTC 2002 |
I've been too distracted to play. :(
Mark, I'm fairly certain I've modified the scoring program to work for
mastermind. It's
~gelinas/Public/bin/do.mm
now.
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aruba
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response 337 of 388:
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Jun 21 14:47 UTC 2002 |
OK, thanks Joe. I'll either use that or fix my own program.
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brighn
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response 338 of 388:
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Jun 21 22:08 UTC 2002 |
well, it's been another 48 hours...
hmm...
threatens
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brighn
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response 339 of 388:
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Jun 24 04:15 UTC 2002 |
Mark, have you lost interest in this item too? (There's a guess on the table.)
We could just kill the item, or let it slumber...
Although I wouldn't mind seeing if I could figure this one out.
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gelinas
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response 340 of 388:
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Jun 24 05:06 UTC 2002 |
I'm going to be out of town and offline for a couple of weeks. I should (and
expect to) return refreshed.
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aruba
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response 341 of 388:
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Jun 24 15:54 UTC 2002 |
Sorry - the problem is I have my word written down on a piece of paper that
I keep misplacing. I use the computer in several different rooms of the
house, so often it's not nearby.
threatens 1,1
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blaise
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response 342 of 388:
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Jun 24 17:39 UTC 2002 |
cauteries
cautery
SYLLABICATION: cau7ter7y
PRONUNCIATION: ktt-r
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. cau7ter7ies
1. An agent or instrument used to destroy abnormal tissue by burning, searing,
or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, lasers, and very
hot or very cold instruments. 2. The act or process of cauterizing.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English cauterie, from Latin cautrium, branding iron,
cautery, from Greek kautrion, from kaiein, kau-, to burn.
[The American Heritage. Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
2000. Online edition]
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brighn
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response 343 of 388:
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Jun 24 18:10 UTC 2002 |
misgovern (to govern badly: Cambridge)
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aruba
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response 344 of 388:
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Jun 24 19:56 UTC 2002 |
cauteries 1,1
misgovern 0,5
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blaise
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response 345 of 388:
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Jun 25 13:35 UTC 2002 |
kickbacks
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aruba
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response 346 of 388:
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Jun 25 13:45 UTC 2002 |
kickbacks 1,1
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brighn
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response 347 of 388:
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Jun 25 16:09 UTC 2002 |
spherical
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aruba
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response 348 of 388:
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Jun 25 20:32 UTC 2002 |
spherical 0,4
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blaise
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response 349 of 388:
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Jun 25 20:41 UTC 2002 |
amorphous
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