ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) (02/16/84)
A few months ago there was an article about Douglas Hofstedter
and AI in the New York Times Magazine. He tells of doing an
anagram: "LOONDERK". He mentions that he quickly came up with
"KNOODLER". He goes on to say how that really looks like a word,
that his brain didn't want to leave it for more foreign combinations.
The next several paragraphs are devoted to how humans solve anagrams
different from the grind-em-out permutations of computer programs.
But there's no more reference to the anagram. I've been tearing my
hair out for weeks over it. I'm quite sure of the anagram as quoted,
though I don't remember Hofstedter's reference to where he found it.
I think it was a newspaper puzzle-page thing. LOONDERK. Any takers?
Incidentally, the "ROAST MULES" anagram of a few days ago is, in
comparison, trivial. I'll *GLADLY* trade the answer to "ROAST MULES"
for "LOONDERK".
--
*** ***
JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** *****
****** ****** 15 Feb 84 [26 Pluviose An CXCII]
ken perlow ***** *****
(312)979-7261 ** ** ** **
..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (02/17/84)
David Tilbrook wrote a program called "scrabble" which does anagrams
(among other things), back in 1977 or so at U of Toronto. It's still
running on the old CSRG 11/45 (under v6 yet!), so I tried out
roastmules and loonderk. Roastmules revealed
fbzrefnhyg
(rot13). Loonderk came up empty. I suspect the example was given
to show a word which looks like it should have an anagram, but doesn't.
(How about "red kolon?)
Qnir Furezna
--
{allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!daveholmes@dalcs.UUCP (Ray Holmes) (02/18/84)
[] I already know the solution to ROAST MULES. But what about a one word anagram on I LIKE IKE? Ray
hdt@sunybcs.UUCP (Howard D. Trachtman) (03/01/84)
I'm a Reagan supporter, but will pass this along anyway:
(From an ad in Rolling Stone for a shirt:)
RONALD WILSON REAGAN = INSANE ANGLO WARLORD
Howard Trachtman SUNY/Buffalo
{allegra!seismo}!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!hdt
hdt.buffalo@rand-relay