From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V2 #191 Reply-To: acka-games@muppetlabs.com Sender: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Errors-To: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Precedence: bulk acka-games-digest Sunday, November 16 1997 Volume 02 : Number 191 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 21:48:29 -0800 From: **Alexandre Muniz Subject: Re: Acka: Album guessing Malenkai wrote: > m********: m******** ********* Marillion: Misplaced Childhood > t** **** m***m**: *********** The Dead Milkmen: Beelzebubba > ** t**: ***m***t** ZZ Top: Eliminator ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 03:23:04 -0500 (EST) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Re: Acka: Third Salvo On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: > > > Vynd's Third Salvo: > > > wahoo - 1 > > bacon - 1 > > galah - 1 > > nabob - 1 > > Figured out it had an 'a' as the second letter, did you? :-) > > So, I am now the tentative winner, and should post my word, which > was 'larva'. > > Indeed, you are the winner. One more round and I would have had you, I swear it! - Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 03:25:31 -0500 (EST) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Re: Acka: Third Salvo On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: > > > Response to Alfvaen's third salvo: > > > > pleon 2 > > > kloof 5 > > > cloot 3 > > > groom 2 > > > Once again, my opponent in Double Crash is reduced to cheating after only > > two rounds... sad, really. > > Well, I suppose it depends on what you consider cheating. I mean, I wrote > a Perl program to provide me a list of words matching the salvos to date, > but there's nothing illegal about that any more than my program to > calculate the results of various potential Viruses moves. It's up to you > whether you consider it unsporting or not; if so, I might consider a match > against you without using it(though using any resources you have > available...) > > Well, a Perl program is beyond my meager abilities, yes, but it isn't really cheating. The cheating was when you read my mind. So far as a rematch goes, sure, I'm game, with or without your silly programs. - Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 07:07:01 -0600 From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Acka: *ping* Today is Sunday, the 16th day of November, and the Machine That Goes *ping* Has Gone *ping* today. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has gone *ping* 2 times. /dev/joe Scholar of *ping* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 09:45:49 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Third Salvo > Well, a Perl program is beyond my meager abilities, yes, but it isn't > really cheating. The cheating was when you read my mind. So far as a > rematch goes, sure, I'm game, with or without your silly programs. After the first two salvos, I think the list of possible words from the Dictionary was down to about six. I think I left out 'flood' and 'ileon' in the last salvo. But yes, I could certainly see my way to trying again without using my Perl program--just using "grep" and things like that. :-) Hear ye, hear ye! I hereby announce the beginning of another game of Double Crash between Alfvaen and Vynd, this one played outside the purview of the Duel format. I have selected my word; you may fire when ready. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--Marillon:Lavender Current Book--Dave Duncan:Future Indefinite Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 11:20:07 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: Magick Character I will guess 'n' as the Magick Character. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--U2:Where The Streets Have No Name Current Book--Dave Duncan:Future Indefinite Ebenezer unexpectedly bagged two tranquil aardvarks with his jiffy vacuum cleaner. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 18:22:52 -0500 (EST) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Acka: New game salvo 1 On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: > > > Well, a Perl program is beyond my meager abilities, yes, but it isn't > > really cheating. The cheating was when you read my mind. So far as a > > rematch goes, sure, I'm game, with or without your silly programs. > > After the first two salvos, I think the list of possible words from the > Dictionary was down to about six. I think I left out 'flood' and 'ileon' > in the last salvo. > > But yes, I could certainly see my way to trying again without using my > Perl program--just using "grep" and things like that. :-) > > Hear ye, hear ye! I hereby announce the beginning of another game of Double > Crash between Alfvaen and Vynd, this one played outside the purview of the > Duel format. > > I have selected my word; you may fire when ready. Very well! Vynd's first salvo: hairy these manes eland preen scold - Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 20:06:35 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: New game salvo 1 > > I have selected my word; you may fire when ready. Here's my first salvo: tulle rajah erses lycid vodum leuch > Vynd's first salvo: > > hairy - 1 > these - 0 > manes - 1 > eland - 0 > preen - 1 > scold - 0 - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--Was(Not Was):Anytime Lisa Current Book--Dave Duncan:Future Indefinite Perhaps they will do other dangerous things together. ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V2 #191 ********************************