TkPervert,
(and others reading)
Yes indeed, almost any microprocessor can beat almost any human at purified logical reduction processes. (That is exactly what computers were designed to do from the days when they used vacuum tubes and complete floors of air conditioners to keep them from overheating, and in tiny chips today.)
Concepts like...
<B>"If this, then that, else the other and then so on....
</B>
...are indeed the mirth and moxie of computer science, and anagrams fit this model quite well.
Understand, however, that we aren't going to be doing ONLY simple anagrams. I'm envisioning about 4 levels of competition; e.g.,,,
-- Fun and easy
-- Fun with some difficulty
-- Major brain strains
-- All out open competition with wild ones
Single letter anagrams are, ipso facto, not anagrams; and I believe they are limited to the two words "I" and "A" (somebody correct me).
Two letter anagrams are defacto palindromic inversions of the original word, and as a result are approximately solved as soon as they are created.
Starting at three letters, real anagrams begin; although they are usually very easy to solve. At four letters, you get into interesting observations.
Indeed, many three letter words and four letter words are already anagrams of other words.
e.g.
Opts
Post
Pots
Spot
Stop
Tops
At five letters and above, the anagrams become more difficult for the human and much more easily solved by the machine.
Now, here's where it gets really interesting; Mutliple word anagrams.
HERE IS A ROD
OH, A RESIDER
OH SIR, A DEER
HOAR DESIRE
I.E. HAS ORDER
Those were just some of the examples that an anagram generator produced in response to the input string,,,,
"RIDE A HORSE"
Similarly,,,
"IF RINSED, I'LL CHEER"
,,,is an anagram of,,,
"CHINESE FIRE DRILL"
I just plugged the phrase into an internet anagram generator and received more than fifty thousand possible responses. ("CHINESE FIRE DRILL" is a well-known standard for anagram generators; there must be a zillion of them; or at least fifty thousand.)
Even the phrase "Hamburger Bun" can produce over two thousand responses.
Anyway, with single word anagrams of more than 5 letters, yes, the peekers might have an advantage; but when we get into the advanced stuff, the human brain probably still has an advantage.
Anyway; so much for academics. Let's put some workable rules down in writing before we attempt any organized competitions.
Anybody got any ideas ?
