Re: [Marxism] NY Times outrage

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Les Schaffer wrote:
> Louis Proyect wrote:
>> I have absolutely no interest in figuring out how not to repeat a 
>> digit on a line. 
> 
> funny you should mention that. the other day a friend from grad school 
> was visiting and he introduced me to KenKen. though i thought it was 
> fun, i wondered who would ever sit down and do these. most people i know 
> say they hate math.
> 
> Les
> 

My guess is that these puzzles can be generated by a computer, but a 
computer could never generate a clue like "The Egyptian judge of the 
dead, returning so with the flower". The answer is "Osiris". I should 
mention that this is from the latest puzzle in the nation which is 
composed by Frank Lewis, who is in his 90s! I only decided to subscribe 
to the Nation in order to do the puzzle, which is not available on the 
Columbia electronic version of the Nation. When the Nation announced a 
year or so ago that it was eliminating the puzzle, there was such a huge 
protest that they retained Lewis. When he croaks, they'd better find a 
replacement or else I will terminate my subscription.


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