Challenge 12 Spill 'n Spell, Compute 'n Tell PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND UNTIL
6 /21/2012 12 am EST
In 1974 I "drew" patterns for six cubes by hand, and then prepared an APL
challenge that I "dittoed" and mailed to maybe 30 people who I knew who were
using the language at that time.
I think it was the only challenge which NO ONE answered.
So here is the new revised J version which I will send to anyone on the
planet who might be interested. Here are the same cubes with the same
letters (facilitated by J):
a=: (<"0) 4 3$' T AII D P '
b=: (<"0) 4 3$' S OCN L M '
c=: (<"0) 4 3$' A QRA B Z '
d=: (<"0) 4 3$' J KUI E E '
e=: (<"0) 4 3$' H IFV W X '
f=: (<"0) 4 3$' E GEY E E '
g=: (4 3$' ')
(<a),(<b),(<c),,(<d),(<e),(<f)
--------T-------T-------T-------T-------T-------┐
│--T-T-┐│--T-T-┐│--T-T-┐│--T-T-┐│--T-T-┐│--T-T-┐│
││ │T│ │││ │S│ │││ │A│ │││ │J│ │││ │H│ │││ │E│ ││
│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│
││A│I│I│││O│C│N│││Q│R│A│││K│U│I│││I│F│V│││G│E│Y││
│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│
││ │D│ │││ │L│ │││ │B│ │││ │E│ │││ │W│ │││ │E│ ││
│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│
││ │P│ │││ │M│ │││ │Z│ │││ │E│ │││ │X│ │││ │E│ ││
│L-+-+--│L-+-+--│L-+-+--│L-+-+--│L-+-+--│L-+-+--│
L-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+--------
These are the patterns for six "dice". Each one shows the faces which if
cut and folded would form a cube.
Now consider rolling the dice and forming a word like:
RIKPOG or MAAWEE
(These were my original words and I liked MAAWEE so much I made a folder
for all the odds 'n ends of mathematical stuff I didn't know what to do
with.)
First create a 10 6 shape of 10 unique words. (old version-make two
words)
Second part is to assume you receive 1 cent for each unique word you can
create, how much can you possibly receive. (this part is new)
'til summer when time for play begins.
Linda
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