[oak perl] Meja er em Pumulu.

[George Woolley]

Three people that I know of solved the puzzle.
The solution was "Mike is in Panama."

* Mike Lewis solved it first late Wednesday evening.
   As he pointed out to me,
   he did have an advantage.
* Paul Gerken also sent me the solution
  even later Wednesday evening.
  He included a simple program
  for doing the transformation.
* On Thursday (today), 
  Mark Bole posted to this list 
  a program for doing the transformation.
  His program is less simple than Paul's
  but it is IMO more general and encourages testing.

Congratulations and thanks to Mike, Paul and Mark.

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On Wednesday 09 March 2005 9:54 pm, George Woolley wrote:
> Mike Lewis sent me the answer.
> He didn't post it on the mailing list,
> apparently, because he feels
> he had an unfair advantage.
> He hadn't noticed the first posting.
>
> The above is, as well as being true,
> another clue.
>
> Anyone else?
> George
>
> On Wednesday 09 March 2005 6:27 pm, George Woolley wrote:
> > Hm, no response.
> > Perhaps more hints are in order.
> > George
> >
> > Hint #1: The Perl program
> > to convert the underlying English message
> > to "Meja er em Pumulu" is very simple.
> >
> > Hint #2: "You heard it first here."
> > When? Around the middle of February.
> >
> > Hint #3: Mike, Belden:
> > Where are you when I need you?
> > (I do intend this as a hint.)
> >
> > Hint #4: Chiriqui.
> >
> >
> > ===========================
> >
> > On Tuesday 08 March 2005 12:48 am, George Woolley wrote:
> > > You heard it here first.
> > > Well, most of you did.
> > >
> > > But what does it mean?
> > > Your mission, should you accept it,
> > > is to determine that
> > > -- and report your findings to this list.
> > >
> > > A hint: Your mission could be easier
> > > if you've been involved with Oakland.pm for a while.
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________