From: Alexander Kellett <ruby-lists@...>
Date: 2005-02-16T00:53:37+09:00
Subject: the darker side of ruby

during a few bored moments last night i wrote some code to make this:

ruby -e "p  
((((((((((((((((?A)-?L)-?E)%?X)/?A)-?N)*?D)%?E)%?R)*?K)-?E)*?L)-?L)/? 
E)*?T)/?T)"

from a name;

first put in your name or whatever:
g="ALEXANDERKELLETT";c=0;loop{t=[];v=(g.unpack"c*").inject{|s,n|l=%w(+  
* - / %)[rand 5];t<<l;;break if (l=="/"||l=="%")&&n==0;s.__send__  
l,n};if v==666;puts "got it in #{c} tries! with  
#{t.join}";break;end;c+=1}

then make l the output of above:
l="--%/-*%%*-*-/*/";t=0; 
h=("ALEXANDERKELLETT".unpack"c*").map{|b|s="?"+b.chr+")"+l[t,1];t+=1; 
s}.join;"("*(l.size+1)+h

and you'll get your string :)
some ain't possible. i guess those people are pure or something :P

Alex

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p  
((((((((((((((((?A)-?L)-?E)%?X)/?A)-?N)*?D)%?E)%?R)*?K)-?E)*?L)-?L)/? 
E)*?T)/?T)