Huge Applet, Unsearchable Terrestrials |
Huge Applet, Unsearchable Terrestrials |
May 15 2008, 01:27 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 723 Joined: 13-June 04 Member No.: 82 |
The title is an anagram, presented in this article over at the systemic transit website.
From the story: QUOTE Anagrams were brought into use as a method of protecting one’s priority of discovery while simultaneously keeping a discovery under wraps in order to obtain further verification. Galileo was an early adopter of anagrams. After observing Saturn, he circulated the following jumble of letters: s m a i s m r m i l m e p o e t a l e u m i b u n e n u g t t a u i r a s When he was ready to announce that Saturn has a very unusual shape when seen through his small telescope, he revealed that the letters in the anagram can be rearranged to read, Altissimum planetam tergeminum observavi, or “I have observed the highest planet tri-form.” As for the meaning of today's anagram, we know that systemic is heavily involved in an effort to look for transits of Alpha Centauri B. And indeed, the anagram could be partly broken down to: Alpha Centauri B super Earth eeegllrsst although I could be way off base with the actual words. |
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May 15 2008, 01:58 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Well, after staring at this for almost a half hour I can honestly say that I have no bloody talent at all for anagrams, and am probably lucky to have been successfully toilet-trained. Mongo, my hat's off to you, you cryptowizard!
Tantalizing, though; best of luck to those with the wit and persistence! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 15 2008, 05:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
And indeed, the anagram could be partly broken down to: Alpha Centauri B super Earth eeegllrsst It's obvious that the last word is the name that locals have given their world, but it's probably spelled Gersellset. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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May 16 2008, 06:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
My best so far is "See Alpha Centauri B's pull errs, get Earth".
--Greg |
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May 16 2008, 06:18 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
Or even "Alpha Centauri B Earth's pull greets seer."
--Greg |
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May 16 2008, 06:26 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
One more and I'm going to bed: "Re Alpha Centauri B Earth: Peer's tug sells."
--Greg |
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Oct 7 2008, 08:58 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 7-October 08 Member No.: 4439 |
Regulus B has three erratic pale planets
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Oct 7 2008, 09:11 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Regulus B has three erratic pale planets Huumm... "Since posting the anagram last month, Dr. Laughlin has given several more clues: it contains a German name, and doesn’t contain the words “super” and “Earth.” You can read Dr. Laughlin’s original post here and check out some of the proposed solutions by his readers. (They’ve been suggesting that the German word might be a star named Gliese.) And then if you can solve the mystery, feel free to share it with the Lab." From here. -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Oct 8 2008, 12:25 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 7-October 08 Member No.: 4439 |
Oops! I forgot that part. Of course, "gliese" is in there, as is "tau ceti." If the "!" is turned into an "i", they're both in there.
I've been using this anagram generator: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html You can tell it what words must be included and excluded, which speeds up the search quite a bit. I give up for now. |
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