CCC, does it mean am too dump?
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I have been following the daily CCC posts here but I have come to accept that it seems I shall never come to figure out how people work out their solutions. Just below, I was trying hard to understand @Randor's explanation of how he worked out today's solution but uhhhhh it felt like alien speak. So does this mean am too dump, am beginning to feel inferior :)
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I have been following the daily CCC posts here but I have come to accept that it seems I shall never come to figure out how people work out their solutions. Just below, I was trying hard to understand @Randor's explanation of how he worked out today's solution but uhhhhh it felt like alien speak. So does this mean am too dump, am beginning to feel inferior :)
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I found it hard to get into, and I'm still better at setting them than solving them! At first, I never thought I'd figure it out, but then I discovered there are actually some rules. For one thing, the definition (as in a regular crossword) has to be first or last, not in the middle, and the additional words help you figure it out, because it'd usually be too hard as just a straight crossword clue. One or more of the other words will be an "indicator" that specifies whether the solution involves an anagram, homophone, adding or subtracting letters, or something else. Here are a couple of links: Cryptic crossword[^] Cryptipedia[^]
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I have been following the daily CCC posts here but I have come to accept that it seems I shall never come to figure out how people work out their solutions. Just below, I was trying hard to understand @Randor's explanation of how he worked out today's solution but uhhhhh it felt like alien speak. So does this mean am too dump, am beginning to feel inferior :)
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devenv.exe wrote:
So does this mean am too dump
I hope not, that would make me the second one... :~ I just skip the CCC posts, because I can't get started with it. But.... In our defense we can say we are not native speakers (at least I am not) :rolleyes: I am already happy getting many of the "puns" here in the lounge.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I have been following the daily CCC posts here but I have come to accept that it seems I shall never come to figure out how people work out their solutions. Just below, I was trying hard to understand @Randor's explanation of how he worked out today's solution but uhhhhh it felt like alien speak. So does this mean am too dump, am beginning to feel inferior :)
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devenv.exe wrote:
beginning to feel inferior
No, it means that you are completely normal. People that are really good at solving puzzles tend to rate very high on the apophenia[^] scale. You have probably heard that there is a fine line between genius and madness. This is what they are referring to. John Nash[^] is a great example of a guy that could solve equations (and puzzles) but could barely tie his own shoes. Unfortunately after many years John Nash began to see Aesopian[^] in everything he read. . Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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devenv.exe wrote:
beginning to feel inferior
No, it means that you are completely normal. People that are really good at solving puzzles tend to rate very high on the apophenia[^] scale. You have probably heard that there is a fine line between genius and madness. This is what they are referring to. John Nash[^] is a great example of a guy that could solve equations (and puzzles) but could barely tie his own shoes. Unfortunately after many years John Nash began to see Aesopian[^] in everything he read. . Best Wishes, -David Delaune
I was going to say that lateral thinking or the ability to think outside the box is helpful, but you took it a step farther. :laugh:
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I have been following the daily CCC posts here but I have come to accept that it seems I shall never come to figure out how people work out their solutions. Just below, I was trying hard to understand @Randor's explanation of how he worked out today's solution but uhhhhh it felt like alien speak. So does this mean am too dump, am beginning to feel inferior :)
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I have been trying to solve them since ever they were introduced by the Dalek, and I solved my first one a couple of weeks ago (I think Griff took it from a kindergarten book, which explains my success). And there were much rejoicing. I then had to write one and failed miserably, and I rewrote what I thought were good ones and they were solved almost even before the hamsters rendered my post properly. English is not my first language and I think I am lacking the culture pieces bound to the language needed to understand and be able to solve CCCs :-D
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I have been trying to solve them since ever they were introduced by the Dalek, and I solved my first one a couple of weeks ago (I think Griff took it from a kindergarten book, which explains my success). And there were much rejoicing. I then had to write one and failed miserably, and I rewrote what I thought were good ones and they were solved almost even before the hamsters rendered my post properly. English is not my first language and I think I am lacking the culture pieces bound to the language needed to understand and be able to solve CCCs :-D
They sometimes involve British culture because they're an art form there, whereas regular crosswords are far more common on this side of the pond. You have to be alert to this. For example, team is a clue to include the letters XI, the number of players on what Brits usually consider a team, whereas any Canadian knows that it should clue for VI. :)
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. -
I have been following the daily CCC posts here but I have come to accept that it seems I shall never come to figure out how people work out their solutions. Just below, I was trying hard to understand @Randor's explanation of how he worked out today's solution but uhhhhh it felt like alien speak. So does this mean am too dump, am beginning to feel inferior :)
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It means you should listen more to the music of Creedence Clearwater Coder! :-\
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I have been following the daily CCC posts here but I have come to accept that it seems I shall never come to figure out how people work out their solutions. Just below, I was trying hard to understand @Randor's explanation of how he worked out today's solution but uhhhhh it felt like alien speak. So does this mean am too dump, am beginning to feel inferior :)
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You are not alone. I have decided that I do NOT have an inferiority complex, I am just inferior.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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It means you should listen more to the music of Creedence Clearwater Coder! :-\
RickZeeland wrote:
Creedence Clearwater Coder!
Now you are just complicating my situation.
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You are not alone. I have decided that I do NOT have an inferiority complex, I am just inferior.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
theoldfool wrote:
inferiority complex, I am just inferior.
I would prefer the one with the word complex. The word complex makes me feel important.
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You are not alone. I have decided that I do NOT have an inferiority complex, I am just inferior.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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devenv.exe wrote:
beginning to feel inferior
No, it means that you are completely normal. People that are really good at solving puzzles tend to rate very high on the apophenia[^] scale. You have probably heard that there is a fine line between genius and madness. This is what they are referring to. John Nash[^] is a great example of a guy that could solve equations (and puzzles) but could barely tie his own shoes. Unfortunately after many years John Nash began to see Aesopian[^] in everything he read. . Best Wishes, -David Delaune
I actually now feel normal. :)
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I have been following the daily CCC posts here but I have come to accept that it seems I shall never come to figure out how people work out their solutions. Just below, I was trying hard to understand @Randor's explanation of how he worked out today's solution but uhhhhh it felt like alien speak. So does this mean am too dump, am beginning to feel inferior :)
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Keep at it :thumbsup: I'm only new this them myself this year and I felt feel like I should be sitting in a corner with a dunce hat on. After a while you build up an arsenal that you can use to crack them. Yesterday's one used homophones which I'd never thought of, it goes into the arsenal with the anagram indicators, abbreviations, word substitutions, word plays etc. I've found that the thesaurus is your best friend.
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