A Solution for the Ten Letter Acrostic Puzzle? 258
rmo101 asks: "A story in the Times reports a solution to the ten letter acrostic square puzzle that has defied solution since the ancient Greeks. An acrostic puzzle comprises a square of letters where the arrangement of letters from words written in rows result in the same words appearing vertically in the same order. The ten letter solution, however, is not accepted by all as one of the words does not appear in a dictionary. Sounds like a puzzle in search of a fiendish algorithm for interrogating a dictionary. The ancient Greeks believed that the solver of the ten letter puzzle would become immortal. Anyone fancy their chances?" Of course, the Times article doesn't report the proposed ten-letter solution (they show a five-letter one), but they do mention the controversial word: "nonesevent". Are any of you interested in trying your hand at a better solution?
Lifetime of immortality? (Score:5, Funny)
that's useful, hm?
Solution to the solution (Score:5, Funny)
Solution not valid (Score:5, Funny)
Long live Wikipedia.
Just add the word, and the puzzle is solved.
Probably the ancient greeks solved it too once, since out of frustration comes the simple answer:
AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAA
What's wrong with "nonesevent?" (Score:4, Funny)
Easy, heres one with a 2 byte wordsize: (Score:5, Funny)
0000000000000010 - sure is great
0000000000000000 - there are carrots
0000000000000000 - on my plate
0000000000000000 - I have a buick
0000000000000000 - which I hate
0000000000000000 - I cut my kittens
0000000000000000 - into bait
0000000000000000 - la la la la
0000000000000000 - lameness filter
0000000000000000 - is this enough yet?
0000000000000000 - I realize the kitten line
0000000000000000 - may be a bit offensive
0000000000000000 - I'm a supporter of felinism, I swear
0100000000000010 - I just think that a kitten's place
0000000000000001 - is in the kitchen)
I don't see the big deal. How is this one of the big puzzles in computer science again?
Re:Solution not valid (Score:4, Funny)
Just wait a year (Score:4, Funny)
"Noun;The only word in the 2005 ten-letter acrostic solution which did not appear in a dictionary at the time."
Attention, this is the NSA (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Lifetime of immortality? (Score:1, Funny)
Done. (Score:1, Funny)
Can I have my lifetime of immortality now please?
A lifetime of immortality? (Score:3, Funny)
"nonesevent" not in google (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Solution to the solution (Score:5, Funny)
german... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What's wrong with "nonesevent?" (Score:5, Funny)
They Were Right About the Whole Immortality Thing (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Solution not valid (Score:1, Funny)
cruel (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Jut make a program... (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, but what happens when you have a million computers connected to each other and granted immortality?
Skynet..
Mod parent up (Score:5, Funny)
It's a simple enough solution - if you have a word with no meaning, just find one for it. Problem solved, the neologistical way!
Re:Solution not valid (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Solution to the solution (Score:3, Funny)
perl.
Oh, and maybe whitespace [dur.ac.uk]
Re:Mod parent up (Score:4, Funny)
No NES event? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Solution not valid (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What's wrong with "nonesevent?" (Score:1, Funny)
(ok...how anal am I that I'm playing spelling nazi for a made-up word???)