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Develop a program that with the knowledge of unabridged dictionaries of multiple languages, discovers all possible words that can be conveyed with a standard calculator or digital clock if it is viewed upside-down. Clocks would, of course, provide fewer chances for words to exist. Are there any letters
of other alphabets that would be the flip side of one of the ten digits?
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Proving what [Rods Tiger] said... [zen_tom, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Calculator Haikus
http://latteier.com/calculator/
"Hellish shoe is beige
I slosh soil, slog hill
Hobble, oh high heel."
Wow. [jutta, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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Shouldn't be hard - get coding. |
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[tom], you obviously weren't talking to me (probably obvious only to me, since no one else knows what I look like), but that would be 55378008 07734 if you want it to be read correctly if someone decides to flip their screen upside-down. |
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[Mac] True, only my calculator only
shows 9 digits at a time, so there
should be a [MR] in there somewhere.
710 0553 |
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55378008
[M+]
[C]
07734
<show friends hilarious upside-down
calculator message>
[MR]
<bask in adoration as your friends gasp
in awe at your upside-down calculator
antics>
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Ah, now I get it, [tom]. I bet you get tons of chicks with your calculator magic. ***bats eyelashes*** |
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It doesn't get much better - how could
it?
Now, you'll have to excuse me, I
have a line of hot girls waiting for me to
astound and amaze with my latest
calculator action... |
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"Develop a program"? Give me a break. The realistic version of this is a one-line egrep, perl or sed command. |
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egrep -i '^[izehsglbo]+$' /usr/share/dict/words
egrep -i '^[izehsglbo][izehso][izehsglbo][izehso]$' /usr/share/dict/words |
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But is automating this old schoolkid trick really an original invention? |
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Four-letter clock words:
bees begs Bess bibs bile bobs bogs Bois boos Bose boss eels gels Gobi
goes Gogh gosh Hebe Hess high hiss hoes hogs hole hose Isis isle lees
legs less lies Lise Liss lobe logo logs Lois lose loss Ohio oils ooze
Oslo sees shoe sigh silo size sobs sole solo zoos |
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Non-clock calculator words:
be bee Beebe beg beige belie belies Belize bell belle belles bellies bells
besiege Bessel Bessie bib Bible bibles big Biggs Bilbo bilge bilges bill
Billie bills bless bliss blob blobs bob Bobbie bog boggle boggles boil
boils Boise boll Bolshoi boo boob boobies booboo booze bosses ebb ebbs eel egg
eggs eggshell ego egos Eli eligible Ellie Ellis Eloise else Elsie geese
gel Gibbs gig giggle giggles Gil Giles gill gills glee glees globe globes
gloss glosses go gobble gobbles goggles goose he heel heels Hegel hell
hellish hello hells Hesse hi hill Hillel hills his hisses Hobbes hobbies
hobble hobbles Hobbs hoe hog holes holies hoses ibis igloo ill ills Io
is isles lee leg legible Lehigh Leigh Leo Leslie libel lie liege lilies
Liz Lizzie lobbies lobes Loeb loose looses Los loses losses obese oblige
obliges oboe oh oil Oleg Oz Ozzie see seize seizes sell sells she shell
shells shies shill Shiloh shoes siege Siegel sieges sighs sill sills sizes
sizzle sleigh sleighs slob so sob soil soils Sol soles solos Zeiss Zoe zoo |
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Love the idea of calculator haikus - little did the creators of the calculators know that their machines would end up being used to display words that were never envisaged as part of the original design, in an artistic installation. |
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I cannot believe Jutta baked this! |
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Incidentally, which other hb ideas have subsequently been baked? (Obviously no-one will admit to baking the secret hat.) |
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[wagster] We collectively should be baking some halfbakery ideas. |
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Heck no, Wagster. I mean, I can see
how one
might not be inclined to do that. + |
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[Jutta] Remember, the first digit of a clock can only be a "1" and sometimes a "2". And then there are the three-letter clock words: |
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