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Posted by jonnie303 on October 22, 2009, 10:53 am
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> I think one reason rec.puzzles has become less popular
> is the SPAM onslaught. =A0Why 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?
>
>
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> >> 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:
> >> =A0 So true a fool is love, that in your will, ...
> >> Or in Poem LXII:
> >> =A0 As I all other in all worths exceed ...
>
> >> A Supreme Book can do it:
> >> From Ecclesiasticus book LXIII verse XXXII see:
> >> =A0 Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can,
> >> =A0 for he will yet far exceed.
> >> Or in Gospel by John:
> >> =A0 My sheep do hear my voice.
> >> =A0 And I know them: =A0and 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. =A0(*Each* contiguous
> subsequence of words in the message satisfies the same
> constraint.) =A0The *meanings* of the message and
> the individual words are *irrelevant.* =A0My 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. =A0This type of puzzle was very popular in this ng
> a few years ago. =A0Despite 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"! =A0It's a habit I
> started with the World-wide-web since "James Allen"
> is a *very* common name.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -
Given your "hint", a puzzle which seemed too hard is now much easier
to unravel. I am writing a short piece to claim to have found a
solution. Am I correct?
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jonnie303, uk
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>> 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