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[LOCKED] [SPEC/TRIVIA] Search for anagrams on ilovebees.com
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ibshimo2
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 		Actually, it wasn't much time because others hbo had started it. And, I'm not looking for (that number of possibilities you posted). I'm looking only for phrases and/or words appropriate to Bungie/Halo/games. And I fully admit that I might be wasting my time Smile.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:50 pm
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Samari
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 		the odds of you finding something that was in there on purpose are worse than those that evryone posting in this thread win the lottery tomorrow

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:50 pm
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koikoi
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 		Wait, wait! I have it!
EDITED FOR DISCORD LIKE MRS. PURRIV:
HALO TWO HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO NO INTEREST.
TROUT - YOU CAN MIX ANYTHING WITH LARGE SAMPLES
I WIN

Seriously, see what we mean? Pointless.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:00 pm
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koikoi
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 		Forgot to add...
Apologies to any Purrivs out there.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:01 pm
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ibshimo2
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 		I think I've already acknowledged that this is one of countless solutions, that it is a single solution, and only that it is intriguing. And yes, if it makes you happy, possibly pointless. Don't get the vitriol at all, sorry.
Thanks,
sss

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koikoi
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 		ibshimo2: Sorry, it wasn't directed at you, and I didn't mean to be snippy. I was sick of staring at the encrypted text and wanted to take a break, and thought I could possibly convince people that this is a dead end.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:21 pm
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Flaqdol
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 		I bet there are some programs and or websits that will automaticly creat anograms for you...
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ibshimo2
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 		Koikoi,
No problem. It might very well be a big dead end. And, like I said, even as it stands, there are some problems with the anagram.
thanks,
sss

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:35 pm
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Varin
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Flaqdol wrote:
I bet there are some programs and or websits that will automaticly creat anograms for you...


There are lots of websites, but many of them have word limits. Try downloading the free trail of anagram genius. It's a pretty good software, but the trial only gives you a few tries. You can even specify that you want certain words included, like halo or cd. I'd do it and post the list of anagrams, but my free trial is up Wink
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 		Samari
Samari wrote:
the odds of you finding something that was in there on purpose are worse than those that evryone posting in this thread win the lottery tomorrow


Sure, there might be 2 million combinations...but with a site thats SCREAMS halo 2, that that narrows it down to 500,000

Then again, that internet address is obviously a mistake, i mean, why would anyone put THAT into an ad...and coincedently, ALSO have an anagram that talks about a single player demo release?

Yep, totaly unlikely.

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TheFriendlyTroll
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Samari wrote:
i am less than impressed, mainly because of the fact that with that many letters the probability of being able to rearange them to get something else meaningful increases at a rapid (probably exponential) rate. anagrams are only really significant in small groups of words


This is exactly wrong. Anagrams get tougher as you add letters, not easier. The problem isn't being able to pick words out of a pile of letters, its being able to say something meaningful with what's left over.

Suppose I had every letter in the alphabet plus a few extras, and pointed out I could arrange them to say: "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog". You would say "oh yeah, well I can spell 'cat', so you're wrong!" Pure genius.

Why don't you shining stars of the internet world try doing something with the anagram instead of dismissing it?

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Kybard
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TheFriendlyTroll wrote:
Why don't you shining stars of the internet world try doing something with the anagram instead of dismissing it?


Koikoi wrote:
EDITED FOR DISCORD LIKE MRS. PURRIV:
HALO TWO HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO NO INTEREST.
TROUT - YOU CAN MIX ANYTHING WITH LARGE SAMPLES
I WIN


Trout

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 		Re: Anagrams
TheFriendlyTroll wrote:
Samari wrote:
i am less than impressed, mainly because of the fact that with that many letters the probability of being able to rearange them to get something else meaningful increases at a rapid (probably exponential) rate. anagrams are only really significant in small groups of words

This is exactly wrong. Anagrams get tougher as you add letters, not easier. The problem isn't being able to pick words out of a pile of letters, its being able to say something meaningful with what's left over.

I believe Samari's point was this: If I select three letters at random, they are fairly unlikely to anagram into anything meaningful. If, on the other hand, I select 303 letters at random, the odds are pretty good that I can make them into some sort of sensible sentence or phrase, even though I selected them randomly and they were not intended to be an anagram of anything. Thus, large groups of letters are easier to form into coincidental anagrams, which means that the ability to anagram a large group of letters is less meaningful.
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TheFriendlyTroll
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Kybard wrote:
TheFriendlyTroll wrote:
Why don't you shining stars of the internet world try doing something with the anagram instead of dismissing it?


Koikoi wrote:
EDITED FOR DISCORD LIKE MRS. PURRIV:
HALO TWO HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO NO INTEREST.
TROUT - YOU CAN MIX ANYTHING WITH LARGE SAMPLES
I WIN


Trout


Awww, did I hurt the widdle boy's feelings? Someone feeling inadequate that he's making no progress on a solve while someone else is? Awwwww.

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 		Re: Anagrams
Shad0 wrote:
TheFriendlyTroll wrote:
Samari wrote:
i am less than impressed, mainly because of the fact that with that many letters the probability of being able to rearange them to get something else meaningful increases at a rapid (probably exponential) rate. anagrams are only really significant in small groups of words

This is exactly wrong. Anagrams get tougher as you add letters, not easier. The problem isn't being able to pick words out of a pile of letters, its being able to say something meaningful with what's left over.

I believe Samari's point was this: If I select three letters at random, they are fairly unlikely to anagram into anything meaningful. If, on the other hand, I select 303 letters at random, the odds are pretty good that I can make them into some sort of sensible sentence or phrase, even though I selected them randomly and they were not intended to be an anagram of anything. Thus, large groups of letters are easier to form into coincidental anagrams, which means that the ability to anagram a large group of letters is less meaningful.


His point is wrong. It is easier to create 1 meaningful phrase out of lots of letters, but it gets harder to have everything make sense as you add letters. Unless of course "MRS. PURRIV" makes sense to you ...

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