Alicornutopia

"beb"
"bbe"
"beeb"
"ebe"
"eeb"
"b"
"e"
[empty string]
[string of length -1, containing an anti-"b"]
[string of length .5, containing half of a "b"]

Moriwen wrote:"beb"
"bbe"
"beeb"
"ebe"
"eeb"
"b"
"e"
[empty string]
[string of length -1, containing an anti-"b"]
[string of length .5, containing half of a "b"]

No, no, no, no, no, yes, no, yes, strings of nonnatural length are not strings and therefore disqualified :P

bb
be

bbc

BBB
BEE

DanielH wrote:bb
be

bbc

BBB
BEE

Yes, no, no, yes, no

There is no penalty for a wrong guess. I feel like I would get more information by making one than by regular koans. It still seems to go against the spirit of it.

c
C
B
E

d
f
g
h
i
j

DanielH wrote:There is no penalty for a wrong guess. I feel like I would get more information by making one than by regular koans. It still seems to go against the spirit of it.

c
C
B
E

d
f
g
h
i
j

You can make a wrong guess, but if it's contradicted by something that has already been shown I will merely point to it and you will gain no new information; if it hasn't, however, that's actually a pretty smart idea to get the Master to help.

No, no, yes, no, yes, yes, no, yes, no, yes

I'm not going to do that yet, but I will keep it in mind

a
o
u
y

ay
ae
ea

nth

aeiou
aoeui

That is my last post for a while and until others try koans.

DanielH wrote:I'm not going to do that yet, but I will keep it in mind

a
o
u
y

ay
ae
ea

nth

aeiou
aoeui

No, yes, no, no, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

So for a while single letters alternate between yes and no: a no, b yes, c no, d yes, e no, f yes, g no, h yes, i no, j yes -- but by that rule "o" should be a no, and it's a yes. Which is odd.

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