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01-18-2010, 02:58 AM
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I have read that one of the British spook...
I have read that one of the British spook agencies secretly sponsored a newspaper cryptogram contest between the wars, and recruited the winners.
As for current recruitment -- when he was in high...
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01-06-2010, 11:17 PM
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When I saw this I said, I think it means a...
When I saw this I said, I think it means a compass card -- the card in which a compass is mounted with arrows showing the 32 directions. Pope is using it as a figure of speech (metonymy? I never...
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09-04-2009, 10:53 PM
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I believe the old web goes away because the...
I believe the old web goes away because the spider actually eats it and reuses the material for the next one!
Just once, I have seen an orb-web spider in the act of building. They build the spiral...
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03-28-2009, 12:26 AM
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03-28-2009, 12:25 AM
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03-20-2009, 07:49 PM
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02-26-2009, 11:06 PM
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A random thought I had: Does the software (or...
A random thought I had: Does the software (or could it be persuaded to) keep statistics on how many record times each solver has? That would make an interesting bar graph (with bansai's bar much...
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02-23-2009, 10:54 PM
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Actually it seems to me that there are three...
Actually it seems to me that there are three groups: those who have the discipline to finish every puzzle; those who have the discipline to blow off every one that slows them down in order to keep...
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01-27-2009, 11:33 PM
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Responding to the question about Latin...
Responding to the question about Latin woodchucks: A woodchuck is a marmot. According to the internet there are Alpine Marmots (Marmota marmota) in Italy. They live (guess where?) in the Alps. ...
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01-13-2009, 12:20 AM
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01-06-2009, 10:43 PM
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Today I came across: "'Experience keeps a...
Today I came across: "'Experience keeps a school but fools will learn at no other' -- Benjamin Franklin." When the "dear" before "school" is dropped it ceases to make sense.
(I know the quote is...
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12-30-2008, 12:03 AM
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When stuck and slogging away, try...
When stuck and slogging away, try "TION" as the last four letters of each word of 9 letters or more (assuming there are any).
If the last letter of a long word is the same as the fourth from the...
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12-05-2008, 11:53 PM
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11-26-2008, 12:24 AM
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10-10-2008, 11:00 PM
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Yup. Here's the full quote:
Hope is like a...
Yup. Here's the full quote:
Hope is like a harebell, trembling from its birth,
Love is like a rose, the joy of all the earth,
Faith is like a lily, lifted high and white,
Love is like a lovely...
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10-10-2008, 10:58 PM
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