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srw
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response 25 of 45:
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Dec 16 01:55 UTC 1993 |
Since this is a 16 *bit* word, you must count the bits that match,
not the letters, which represent a rather artificial grouping of
the bits.
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aa8ij
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response 26 of 45:
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Dec 16 05:33 UTC 1993 |
Unix has paralysed my mind. ;)
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jdg
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response 27 of 45:
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Dec 17 01:22 UTC 1993 |
DEAF.
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power
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response 28 of 45:
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Dec 21 01:25 UTC 1993 |
No fair--you need to enter the words in binary, since, as srw said,
this is a 16 ***BIT*** word! :)
but anyway....
1111101011011110 - 10
1111111011101101 - 14
1101111010101111 - 11
I was kind, and did the conversion myself, this time, but after this,
all entries must be in binary notation... not that hard to convert,
anyway... :)
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srw
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response 29 of 45:
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Dec 23 01:23 UTC 1993 |
Seems fair, power, but is it fair to say that your word has odd parity,
and yet the first test word clearly has even parity and an even number
of matches (10)? Parity argues that 10 is not correct. Please explain.
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srw
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response 30 of 45:
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Dec 23 01:38 UTC 1993 |
-3 (1111111111111101) - assuming you missed a bit and meant 11 for 0xfade.
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power
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response 31 of 45:
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Dec 27 03:18 UTC 1993 |
It was my mistake, on the first one above--it actually has 9 matches. it's
a bit tricky to count :)... the other two are right...
1111111111111101 - 14
looks like it's time for another hint... the hex representation of this
EXTREMELY alphabetic looking word has only one vowel. Furthermore, at least
on of the above guesses was very close, in either hex or bin...
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srw
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response 32 of 45:
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Dec 27 08:11 UTC 1993 |
Now we have a problem, power, as this game obviously inherited all of the
rules from rcurl's first game, someone else must guess before I can guess
again. It doesn't look like there are a lot of participants, though. :-)
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rcurl
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response 33 of 45:
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Dec 27 15:40 UTC 1993 |
....anywhere....
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srw
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response 34 of 45:
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Dec 27 20:49 UTC 1993 |
Perhaps letter match isn't dead, but only dormant.
I think we should let it sleep for now.
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rcurl
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response 35 of 45:
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Dec 28 17:02 UTC 1993 |
My thought too. It's winter, when many things are dormant.
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power
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response 36 of 45:
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Dec 31 01:40 UTC 1993 |
:)... oh well... maybe an Apple // junkie or two will wander in and have
a guess.... tsty? kentn?...
in the meantime....
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srw
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response 37 of 45:
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Dec 31 08:01 UTC 1993 |
I think we have a dormant game.
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kingjon
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response 38 of 45:
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Oct 2 22:03 UTC 1997 |
please lower # of letters.
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davel
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response 39 of 45:
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Oct 3 12:53 UTC 1997 |
I think they're tired of playing, Jonathan ... note especially that it had
been almost 4 years since the last resp.
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rcurl
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response 40 of 45:
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Oct 5 19:45 UTC 1997 |
Hey! We are still searching for another 28 letter word!
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bradmand
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response 41 of 45:
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Dec 15 16:30 UTC 1998 |
floccinocinihilipilification
I don't remember the meaning; couldn't find it in M-W online dictionary..
AFAIK, it's the longest word..
could someone figure out the meaning?!
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rcurl
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response 42 of 45:
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Dec 15 16:40 UTC 1998 |
AltaVista coulnd't find it - must be mispelled... :).
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orinoco
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response 43 of 45:
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Dec 15 21:14 UTC 1998 |
I've heard that one too; I seem to remember it was defined as "the act of
deciding that something is worthless".
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bradmand
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response 44 of 45:
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Dec 16 17:18 UTC 1998 |
I was able to search and get the exact word and the meaning..
it's actually floccinaucinihilipilification => something worthless or trivial
as (orinoco) mentioned.
I searched for 'hilipilification' and altavista cameup with 1 result; forgot
the URL!
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rcurl
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response 45 of 45:
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Dec 16 17:58 UTC 1998 |
Sorry, that's 29 letters. :)
http://www.fortunecity.com/bennyhills/chevychase/177/prayers.htm
(but I didn't understand what the page was about, and am a little
skeptical of whatever it says....)
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