----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen Tan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 5:20 PM Subject: Re: Hobbit Name Generator
> Mon Feb25, 2002 6:19 pm, Tom Beck wrote: > > > I wonder what the algorithm being used is. You say it's not random, > > so how does it go about assigning names? > > I'm guessing the hobbit surname is based on the first and last letters of > the surname you enter, since Julia and I both end up with the same hobbit > surnames. > > After playing around with the generator, that seems to be the case for all > the hobbit names. Hence it's probably some mapping of 26x26 combinations > of two letters to a bunch of hobbit names (not one-to-one, of course). > > Anybody want to generate a full list of combinations? :-) > Doesnt seem to work that way. Putting a single letter in, as opposed to a whole name can give different results. xponent Intruiging Maru [Complications Cruise Lines] rob
