| [G]-ish thing found in passing [message #294273] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 10:57 |
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I've been slightly absent from the group (unless I've somehow
accidentally sent anything I didn't mean to, recently[0]), but am aiming
to catch up[1] prior to the Con, but in the meantime, how about I make
use for the currently rather rare [G] tag?
I picked up a puzzle book from WHSmith the other day, for my own casual
enjoyment. In amongst the Sudoku and Kakuro derivatives (of which I've
been mildly addicted, to my shame) I picked up "Enigma - Amazing Trails"
issue 20 ("Exclusive to WHSmith"), another numbers-in-grid variety of
puzzle[2].
At the head of each puzzle is a title, given in a standard
letter-substitution cypher, and as I've been completing earlier puzzles,
working out their true titles and filling in the plaintext titles of
later puzzles, I found one (page 26, central double-page spread, one of
the colour-coded ones that produces a polychromatic image) that resolved
as "DISCWORLD".
Checking the answer pages[3], that is indeed the image that will be
produced[4]. Casual passers-by[5] may be intrigued enough to at least
peak into the said printed product (probably more usefully at the answer
on page 48, if just passing by). You might buy the thing and try it
yourself, but on (and in) your own head be it... Don't blame me for
either frustration or addiction... ;)
Anyhow
[0] I'm taking the opportunity to convert from OE to Thunderbird, but
there are some niggly things to work out. Like getting rid of the
auto-marking of messages as read, remembering that Ctrl-Q quits
Thunderbird by default (rather than mark as read, in OE) , wondering
where read posts 'go' when leaving and re-entering the group (even when
viewing 'all') and all the other little things that put me off earlier
conversion. But don't mind me.
[1] Today's task, the still unread threads starting in the second half
of last December...
[2] Very basic pixelated pictures can be created by shading/colouring
specific numbers of cells relating to/stretching between specific cells.
[3] It's not cheating, as it takes much more than a glance to actually
/cheat/ by seeing the answer, given the puzzle format. It's almost like
checking that yes, a standard Sudoku does /indeed/ have all 81 cells
filled-in.
[4] 90x45 pixels, six colours and white (uncoloured squares).
[5] Of the type with access to a WHSmith still possessing said
publication, presumably UK-only, apologies to all not falling within
this rather narrow band of probability.
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