Re: Legend's lessons for IF


4 Apr 1995 00:19:35 GMT

Thus spake Carl Muckenhoupt (baf@max.tiac.net):
] Whatever the case, the solution to the mouse problem is still pretty lame.
] "Okay, hole, listen up..." If the mouse isn't affected by words simply
] spoken aloud and not addressed specifically to it (>say "e"), it certainly
] shouldn't be affected by words addressed to a specific other inanimate
] object. So the mouse is in the hole - if Aunt Jemimah were holding the
] mouse, would it respond to commands addressed to her?

I disagree. The mouse is out of range, it can't hear you just standing
in the room saying things like "go east", much like a person in the
apartment next door can't hear you speaking in a normal tone of voice.
But speaking into the hole amplifies your voice - like speaking into a
cardboard tube. Have someone speak into a tube with the tube at your ear
and then normally, not through the tube. The same voice sounds much
louder through the tube. Or, the neighbor's voice sounds much more
intelligible when you put your ear up to a glass and listen through
the glass. (not to say I do this... ;^)

Anyway, I think the puzzle makes quite good sense, especially since our
friend the demon specifically tells us what to do by thelling us what not
to do.

John
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