tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646728293270418440.post48768444260049905..comments2023-11-02T07:53:36.894-04:00Comments on Not a Blog: Sunday, 3/27/11Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209543514266918480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646728293270418440.post-61080424992971484892011-03-27T14:32:53.114-04:002011-03-27T14:32:53.114-04:00i guess you're right, although i didn't re...i guess you're right, although i didn't remember the nabokov quote (though it was fairly obvious once i had a few letters in there). anyway, i'll take it.<br /><br />wordplay commenters are saying they didn't know ALEATORY or STOCHASTIC. i learned the former from the brilliant vengsarkar/venkatasubramanyan <a href="http://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=8/30/2009&g=92&d=D" rel="nofollow">sunday NYT</a>, and STOCHASTIC is a word i've seemingly always known (and often have a chance to use), but neither one of them went in until i had pretty much the entire quote. but still, the theme was clear from the first few clues, so that made it easier to fill in the quote.<br /><br />at any rate, i'm surprised to be 3 minutes in the lead. tyler tweeted that this was an easy one for him; i wonder what his time was.Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646728293270418440.post-5292100885119022032011-03-27T13:35:53.505-04:002011-03-27T13:35:53.505-04:00Not quite so easy for me, Joon. I mean, there was...Not quite so easy for me, Joon. I mean, there was Nabokov and fancy vocabulary! And math, sort of. :)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209543514266918480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646728293270418440.post-86043852013524787622011-03-27T12:28:48.970-04:002011-03-27T12:28:48.970-04:00Same here, 8:43 for me on the acrostic.Same here, 8:43 for me on the acrostic.Al Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15010920476357795932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646728293270418440.post-50969430502207344792011-03-27T02:25:50.007-04:002011-03-27T02:25:50.007-04:008:45 on the acrostic with the applet(this is why I...8:45 on the acrostic with the applet(this is why I asked about it a couple days ago; if you were solving on a different medium, it wouldn't be worth comparing scores). Seems like I have to hone my skills a bit in order to post some more competitive times.Plotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646728293270418440.post-52238852932415319022011-03-26T23:32:43.102-04:002011-03-26T23:32:43.102-04:00acrostic 4:59. but it was an easy one, so i fully ...acrostic 4:59. but it was an easy one, so i fully expect to be beaten.Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.com