From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2007-12-11T00:26:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Word Loop (#149)

On Dec 10, 2007, at 2:31 AM, Juraj Plavcan wrote:

> James Gray wrote:
>> On Dec 8, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Eugene Kalenkovich wrote:
>>
>>> "James Gray" <james@grayproductions.net> wrote in message
>>> news:853F208B-1F25-4509-BCB5-0A6C18DBCA33@grayproductions.net...
>>>> On Dec 7, 2007, at 11:40 PM, Eugene Kalenkovich wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmm..
>>>>> Looks like mississippi is ambiguous, what about
>>>>>
>>>>> I
>>>>> P
>>>>> P
>>>>> I
>>>>> MISS
>>>>> SI
>>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> I don't see how this works with 90 degree turns in a clockwise
>>>> direction, as mentioned earlier in this thread.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, I'm never one to discourage experimentation.
>>>>
>>>> James Edward Gray II
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>         I
>>>         P
>>>         |
>>>         P
>>>         |
>>>         I
>>>         |
>>> M -> I -> S -> S
>>>         |    |
>>>         S <- I
>>
>> Ah, I see it now.  Sorry.  The letters didn't line up for me  
>> correctly in the previous message.
>>
>> You are right, that works too.
>>
>> James Edward Gray II
>>
>>
> When I read it clockwise I see M I S S I S I I P P I
> Am I reading it wrong or is there a little mistake?

It wasn't aligned perfectly for me.  The | bar coming up from the S  
needed to move one space right to line up.

James Edward Gray II