bloom county madness

[Richard Frost]

	[This was originally submitted to comp.sources.games, but I think
	 this is a more appropriate newsgroup for it.  -br]


/*	Today ... "for the hip only"

	A BLOOM COUNTY FORBIDDEN WORD DECODER


	"In future dialogue (appearing in comic strip), a boxed
	 forbidden word such as ACBQLLR may appear.  To decipher:

		1. Match the letters to their equivalent number
		   in the alphabet, like this:

				A - 1
				C - 3
				B - 2  etc.

		2. Then, to each number add 100, divide by PI,
		   round off evenly, and subtract rock star
		   Jon Bon Jovi's short size ...

		3. Match the new numbers to the letters again!

*/

/* Comment: this may all be a hoax.  Let's see if a short-size can
   be found which makes sense! */

#define real float

main () {

	char w[6], *c = "ACBQLLR";	/* given in strip */
	real pi = 3.14159;
	unsigned short int i, k, j, jmin = 14, jmax = 31;
		/* j is john's short-size; jmin, jmax determined by
		   plugging Z, A into formula */

	for (j = jmin; j <= jmax; j++) {	/* loop thru possible j's */
		printf("%-4u", j);
		for (i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
			k = c[i] - 64 + 100;	/* just showing my work ... */
			w[i] = ( ((real)k)/pi + 0.5 ) - j + 64;
			printf("%c", w[i]);
			}
		printf("\n");
		}
	}

/*  Conclusion:  at least the given code word is a hoax !!  */

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Richard Frost		E-mail:	sdsu!frost at ucsd.edu

- a scientist is someone who learns more and more about less and less
  until they know everything about nothing!	(Ziman)