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On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:08:04 -0500 |
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Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I'm seriously unconvinced that concatenating words significantly |
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> increases the difficulty of the problem. Just as a mentalist will |
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> presume you're thinking about '7', your average demographic would |
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> probably draw from a small pool of source words, even latching on to |
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> catchphrases and other memes. You're likely to see |
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> "steamingmonkeypile", "nyanyanyan", "dontsaycandleja-" and |
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> "hasturhasturhast-" used more than once, for example. I'd give a |
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> better list of likely results, but I don't want to run too far afoul |
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> of good taste in public posting. :) |
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I agree. Longer pass{words,phrases} only increases the difficulty of |
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the problem, but not significantly so. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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