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Parting a-side, that's not what I hair. Some might bristle with anger over that type of comb-ment.
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Smooth. Very smooth.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Since most of the stuff I get is junk, I'm not certain that this really was an error.
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Sounds like a normal day to me.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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yep, same thought over here ... this is a new normal, NBD (No Big Deal ... )
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... That's such an obvious solution![^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The usual mistake:
Quote:
sentience or sentiency
1. the state or quality of being sentient; awareness
2. sense perception not involving intelligence or mental perception; feeling
I would actually demand that a robot is sentient to some degree, so that it can fulfill its task.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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It may be just me, but don't you ever get the feeling that jokes about vacuums suck?
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Infinite recursion not heard of drawing parallels? (9)
modified 27-May-21 9:01am.
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No idea, just a guess, I definitely won't be able to set the question if I win this.
That said, ITERATION?
Cheers,
Vikram.
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I hope I'm wrong as I'm not good at writing CCCs
LIMITLESS?
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The answer is rectangle.
I was hoping that the solution would be quite fiendish, however I wasn't expecting it to go unsolved.
Solution
First we need to identify the indicators:
"Infinite" means without end or endless
"Heard" means sounds like, and in this case is applied to "Not".
So we simplify our clue to:
Without end recursion knot of drawing parallels? (9)
REC = Recursion (without end/endless)
TANGLE = Knot
RECTANGLE = Drawing parallels (a rectangle can be drawn using 2 sets of parallel lines).
modified 27-May-21 10:46am.
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You have got to be shitting me.
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Yes. There are too many ways to parse it, and there are two double indirections (infinite -> endless, which is then used as an indicator, and not heard -> knot -> tangle).
But others who are much better at these than me might disagree.
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I disagree with the indirection on the infinite one, I don't see it being any different to most indicators that are just synonyms of the action you should apply. Granted not a common indicator that you would see (if ever), but it's not a requirement to make them easy!
I was in two minds about the "knot" part though. I am not a big fan of these "double indirections" as you call them (no idea what I would call them), but it made the clue sound better in this case, and I have certainly seen others use them too so I couldn't justify them being against the rules.
A tough one for sure.
I would be interested on what people think of the "drawing parallels?" part though, does that work as a definition for "rectangle"?
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Drawing parallels suggests that the answer is a verb. Maybe two parallels would have been less cruel.
To return to my whingeing, there's the superfluous of. But it disappears if the clue becomes "Infinite recursion not hearing two parallels".
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Very nice, I like that version better.
Makes me wonder... could I use that clue tomorrow but find a different answer that fits!
(probably not)
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However you word it Greg it's still a poorly constructed clue, neither infinite or recursion indicate rectangle. End of story.
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I get that you could use infinite for endless; but "endless" generally means you lose only the last letter (or at most last syllable). In this instance you've made the larger part of the word the "end". Maybe "Starting recursion " would have been more appropriate? I thought clues were "meant" to start or end with the definition; really not sure that "drawing parallels" (or even "two parallels") really defines a rectangle?
... but then I've set some questionable clues myself (it turns out - didn't realise it at the time!) and no shame in that...
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You're absolutely right Derek it wasn't a well constructed clue as it didn't conform to any of the many unwritten rules.
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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