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James Dow Allen  
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 More options Oct 22 2009, 6:29 am
Newsgroups: rec.puzzles, rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids
From: James Dow Allen <gm...@jamesdowallen.nospam>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:29:02 +0000 (UTC)
Local: Thurs, Oct 22 2009 6:29 am
Subject: Re: Four old puzzles #1
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I think one reason rec.puzzles has become less popular
is the SPAM onslaught.  Why don't we find an otherwise
idle ng, perhaps rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids as I
have done here, begin cross-posting there, and hope
the spammers don't follow?

>> Please don't reveal why I aver this memo has unique looks.
>> Rather do make your best original theme and post in reply.

>> Famous Will Shakespeare did secure it:
>>   So true a fool is love, that in your will, ...
>> Or in Poem LXII:
>>   As I all other in all worths exceed ...

>> A Supreme Book can do it:
>> From Ecclesiasticus book LXIII verse XXXII see:
>>   Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can,
>>   for he will yet far exceed.
>> Or in Gospel by John:
>>   My sheep do hear my voice.
>>   And I know them:  and they follow me.

>> Can you write a sentence (or seven) which keeps faith
>> under my new paradigm?
>> by James Dow Allen

Richard gave a hint for #2, so I'd better give a
hint for "Four old puzzles #1".
I won't bother to rot13 the hint.

The entire message (that is, the lines
beginning ">> " above) is a sequence of
words that satisfies a constraint.  (*Each* contiguous
subsequence of words in the message satisfies the same
constraint.)  The *meanings* of the message and
the individual words are *irrelevant.*  My full name
"James Dow Allen" satisfies the constraint, but
"Richard Heathfield" does not, nor does "James Allen".

This "hint" may tell you little new, but I hope it's
enough.  This type of puzzle was very popular in this ng
a few years ago.  Despite that no one's solved it yet,
I still believe that this one is of, at most, average
difficulty compared with those posted a few years ago.

James (Dow) Allen

PS: I hope my use of middle name doesn't make me
seem like a pretentious "preppy"!  It's a habit I
started with the World-wide-web since "James Allen"
is a *very* common name.


 
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