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Dead Mangled Pigeon

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May 15, 2013, 1:10:30 PM5/15/13
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I was recently thus accused by Sn!pe.

Just like to state that the last time I worked I shaved my head.

I now have a haircut like Peter Sarstedt.

Marcus Houlden

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May 15, 2013, 4:59:38 PM5/15/13
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On Wed, 15 May 2013 18:10:30 +0100, Dead Mangled Pigeon <inv...@invalid.co.uk>
wrote the following to uk.misc:

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> I was recently thus accused by Sn!pe.
>
> Just like to state that the last time I worked I shaved my head.
>
> I now have a haircut like Peter Sarstedt.

How about going for this style for a change?
http://thefilmtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/Demis-Roussos-with-Kaftan.jpg

The bloke sitting, obviously.

mh.
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Willy Eckerslyke

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May 16, 2013, 3:54:56 AM5/16/13
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Marcus Houlden wrote:

> How about going for this style for a change?
> http://thefilmtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/Demis-Roussos-with-Kaftan.jpg

That really looks as if it should have been on a Mastermind box.

Willy Eckerslyke

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May 16, 2013, 4:03:42 AM5/16/13
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Sn!pe wrote:
> # Where do you go to, my lovely
> # When you need care for your head?
> # Tell me which barber you go to
> # I want to look just like your head, yes i do.

You're in between 40 and 50
With very desirable hair
Your barnet's firm and inviting
And you live like a millionaire, yes you do, yes you do.

Marcus Houlden

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May 16, 2013, 6:56:11 PM5/16/13
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 08:54:56 +0100, Willy Eckerslyke <oss1...@spambangor.ac.uk>
wrote the following to uk.misc:

I see what you mean:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/Mastermind?from=Main.Mastermind

Maybe Demis was playing a more casual version?

Fevric J. Glandules

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May 16, 2013, 7:39:18 PM5/16/13
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Marcus Houlden wrote:


> http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/Mastermind?from=Main.Mastermind

''The game won a board-game award in the category of "most well-written
rules." This infuriated Don Knuth, author of The Art of Computer
Programming, who pointed out that the rules as written were ambiguous
as to whether a Bull should also be counted as a Cow or not. He
retaliated by publishing an algorithm that could solve any Mastermind
game in 4 moves.''

WTF?

Marcus Houlden

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May 16, 2013, 8:23:32 PM5/16/13
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 23:39:18 +0000 (UTC), Fevric J. Glandules <f...@invalid.invalid>
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Not sure about ambiguous, but here's the paper:
http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/~sssousa/RM09101.pdf

Richard Robinson

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May 16, 2013, 8:36:09 PM5/16/13
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*Hrmph*. IMO, he's in no position to talk about well-written rules.

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