Daily puzzles/problems.

[prendrelemick]

Or better still, substitute J for D as there is a silent D and a non existant J in Dvorak.

[MarkBastable]

Nah, none of those. I thought someone might go for the Hovis thing, but if it were right, it'd've been a bit mean of me to do that to the nonBrits.

My previous substitution puzzles, you'll notice, have had to do not with the alphabet per se, but with the interface mechanism.

[MarkBastable]

Give up? Another clue? Completely lost interest?

[kasie]

Just confused, Mark - if this is one of those puzzles using language particular to some kind of computing, then I'm lost.

[MarkBastable]

Another clue....

I'll kill this Tuesday, if it remains unattempted.

[prendrelemick]

To be honest, I've been attempting it all week - with the qwerty keyboard as a starting point.

[MarkBastable]

To be honest, I've been attempting it all week - with the qwerty keyboard as a starting point.

Well, it is a good starting point.

[MarkBastable]

Okay - the last clue.


PYFGCRL

[kasie]

I can make the first few letters say 'A quiz...' but then the same system doesn't seem to make much sense of the rest.

[prendrelemick]

Mm, I had that, but then disregarded it. Perhaps there is a "second movement"? there's more to do yet.

[prendrelemick]

Ah, thankyou Google! Apparently there is a Dvorak keyboard with the keys set out differently.

[MarkBastable]

Yep - the Dvorak keyboard is supposed to be more ergonomic and easier to use. There's no proof that this is the case.

Anyway, I typed qwerty strokes on a Dvorak keyboard. In Windows, you can convert your keyboard to Dvorak in about five minutes. Then it would take you about four hours to move the little plastic keys around.

So what did I type?

[prendrelemick]

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.



After weeks of trying different lines of symmetry, mirrors and cyphers!

[MarkBastable]

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.



After weeks of trying different lines of symmetry, mirrors and cyphers!

Yes, sorry about that. Anyway - off you go.

[prendrelemick]

I apologise for the long pre-amble to this one. It concerns something that happened while I was on holiday in Noth Devon this summer.

The Guest House we stayed in was very nice, with solicitious hosts and comfortable rooms. Our room had a big double bed, two large sash windows with views of the 2 acre garden. It also had a en-suite bathroom, fitted wardrobes, bedside tables, a digital alarm clock, tiffany style lamps, colour TV etc... Everything you could want. Then there were the personal touches, like a chocolate on the pillow, a carafe of water by the bed, scented soaps and matching towels.

The first morning , Mrs P was in the shower and I was laid on the bed reading my book, waiting to go down for breakfast which we had ordered for 8:30. I glanced across to the clock on the opposite bedside table and saw it was 8:50 already. I shouted for the wife to hurry up and ran downstairs, hoping the porridge would still be warm. The landlady looked surprised to see me and said breakfast would not be ready for another 20 minutes!

Why not?