Mulling it over
Jerry
Last night they were yammering on about an elderly Abo singer,
supposedly well known, who had a stroke at a bus stop somewhere on that
Southern continent.
She managed to be both comotose and spew vomit for five hours, until
some Jap students got an ambulance.
a) Abos drink a lot - so do I - normally when I pass out I find a hedge
or a ditch
b) Once I tried to help an apparently drunk old lady who was full
square on the pavement, and got spat on (by her).
c) The next time I heard screams from upstairs, the first time the lass
came down adjusting her jeans, the second time it just went on, so I
slipped a functional knife up my sleeve (as one does) and found an
ex-para sorting out her kitchen.
Fortunately he and I were mutually uncertain about the outcome
- over the next few days we decided that it was an acoustic trick
Since interfering would destroy a habit of a lifetime, I doubt if I'll
not do it again, especially as another neighbour's rather attractive
lass recently threw a fit, easily sorted out with a tour of local (and
less known) pubs and a Chinese at the local 'gourmet' Chink.
Being unusual, and having more than the normal quota of broken noses
and knuckles from interfering, I am inclined to ask :-
Why did the Australians not have some sort of street cleaning squad ?
- why leave litter for five hours
BTW: Listening to her son William, I would have mugged the nearest
local for a mobile, as he speaks like a rational simulcrum
I just don't understand it, somebody looks like a drunk (however
inadvertantly) and is treated like one - that happens.
Normally the BBC (World Wide) has an angle
- I have just missed the point
Norman
Drew
just tell stories at times though doesn't it? Anything to do with
Lizzie's little jaunt down under perhaps? Of course I blame alcohol,
which will be banned when I rule the world with you Jerry as Software
Lord. Just like I'd ban motorbikes. Mmmm, come to think of it I'd
ban Harleys, or better still collect all of them for recycling into dog
food cans and road fill.
So do I take it that your 'interference' is generally in the best
traditions of the super hero. Never saw Batman saving an ugly bird.
Can I veer slightly here, rather than opening a new topic. Your
glorious software seems to have met it's match with the latest
Hexaduko. Checked my numbers three times but it gets so far then just
counts numbers up in the top left of the title bar. This will probably
annoy you (as it does when my circuits misbehave) so I look forward to
developments :-)
Best
Jerry
- it sounds like a 'multiple solution' situation
If you've (well you must have) made the table, I'd appreciate a copy.
No, my interference is down to stupidity, the rational thing is to walk
away
- something I've understood, but not learnt, from experience.
It just made me wonder why 'Auntie' spent ten minutes yammering on
about something that was a no-brainer.
Maybe it was a 'political correctness' quota thing
- perhaps it was a 'plug' for a mate
Jerry
The top left corner is : C 1 2 7 and the answer key is : CDA48
I got that by tinkering with the table, but annoyingly I can't see a
general solution
The first line resolves to two cells with the same possibilities
The 2nd line also resolves to the same
- tweaking the top line gets a clean result, but tweaking the 2nd line
does not help
There must be another 'rule'
Jerry
If stuck, find a Cell with just two letters, try one, if that fails
revert to the other.
Interesting, I wonder what their next table will reveal
Regards
Drew
had. Not intently and he'd missed the point about her being
aboriginal but did remember her name. Anyway, his take on it was that
it was an illustration of how 'we' are inclined to non-caring. Not
sure if this is exactly fair as one just doesn't lift drunks from the
street in Glasgow, they just fall back down again and curse you for
disturbing them. Been there -- not as the drunk I hastened to add.
Sorry I didn't get back to you in time to post the table before the
'itch' got the better of you. Maybe I can find a general formula
but no breath holding. Anyway if they have got sneaky there will be
fewer replies and chances of winning increase. My (your) answer is
submitted. Think I'll have a plitter with the table and remove
numbers to see how skeletal it can be made whilst still remaining
rational, and indeed I wonder about the next one too!
Ta again.
Best
PS. Just experimented with removing numbers and works fine if the top
LHS 'C' is removed but when the '2' is also removed the prog
claims to have solved it but goes back to empty squares. Same happens
when wrong data is fed in, eg two of the same number in the same line.
Bit of error trapping perhaps before release?
Jerry
- well you are an 'Alpha tester'
Technically you got the result of an uninitialized ErrorFlag (classic
coding error)
- in the vernacular I f*cked up - but who cares ?
I once did the Phili currency options, also IIRC London, Toronto,
Chicago and ... ouch
- that was for Paine Webber before they removed the space in their name
That one took me three months - and then my brain was not working at
20% as it is now.
One day I shall probably teach computer science, ten years a local
practicioner wanted me to do it.
My intro (and expo) will be how a hack old b*stard handles it
Digressing - hopefully the May one will be a real problem.
Drew
electrical, electronic, mechanical or as a software exerciser. I think
it began in very early childhood learning how hard one had to hit
things with a hammer before they broke. The Hexa is just a plaything so
it doesn't have to be perfect but it's truly amazing how many
applets are 'out there' which are stunningly awful. Usually the
writers are awfully pleased with themselves, similarly most of the
electronic designs, equally dreadful. If you do want to publish I could
do help files but they'd probably take me longer to write than it
took you to create the thing.
Roll on May. Give us your worst!
Best
Jerry
That makes sense - one needs a starting point
- something to kick against (disprove, rather than launching pad)
I suspect that in electronics as in coding, there are a few good people
and a lot of idiots who 'adapt' published designs and think they are
clever.