For Submission: My simple code
Use the chart below, but if you know your alphabet in English then you can probably do it in your head. Since the same number is used for either caps or lower case it keeps it simple. The capital letters help shorten the name when there are adjacent repeated numbers. The command to repeat always follows the letter to repeat. If a number has no repeating sequences then it is ended with a '
*Z'. This tell us it is a member number and not some grossly misspelled word.
Also group the letters in sets of 4 starting from the left, do this unless one letter will be left alone, in that cas a single last group of 5 is fine. Also do not split caps count them as one letter this may result in a second to last group and a last group with less then 4 in their respective groups, that is allowed.
Table seen as separated sections:Click here to view the secret text
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a=1
b=2
c=3
d=4
e=5
f=6
g=7
h=8
i=9
z=0
*A=repeat the previous letter 1 time [an example would be 'a' (used in cases of two or more digit numbers)]
*B=repeat the previous letter 2 times aa
*C=repeat the previous letter 3 times aaa
*D=repeat the previous letter 4 times aaaa
*E=repeat the previous letter 5 times aaaaa
*F=repeat the previous letter 6 times aaaaaa
*G=repeat the previous letter 7 times aaaaaaa
*H=repeat the previous letter 8 times aaaaaaaa
*I=repeat the previous letter 9 times aaaaaaaaa
*Z=repeat the previous letter 0 times (used mostly for 10's 20's 30's etc. and decoration)
For numbers that repeat more than 9 times use two letters such as if they repeat 12 times then use *AB or repeat 12. The repeated letter always precedes the command to repeat.
My own very simple number 533 translates as:
ec*B
Which I happen to think looks quite sharp and I may tattoo it somewhere soon.
A longer number with repeating numbers like "
249999999999999999999"
would read as "
bdiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"
but when encode it is the easier to read "
bdi* AI"
Then there is the poor fool who got the number '1' well that would look like '
a*Z'. And the poor fool who got the last number 29.5 quintillion (29500000000000000000)
well that ones not so bad.
biez *AG
TESTED:
The Tattoo Test (Aesthetics)Click here to view the secret text
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The Tattoo Test is a measure of how aesthetically pleasing the depiction is.
OK, here you have plain English letters but they can be displayed in very artistic ways. Since most tattoo parlors already have tattoo based on English lettering you will save money, and they will not have to developed new product. Then there are all the fonts available to choose from, some are quite lovely. Also the flowering multiplier can be done in many artistic ways.
Remember some fonts can give you quite an artistic piece of work ready to put on your mouse pad or mug.
The Drawn In Blood Test (Elegance)
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The Drawn in Blood Test is a measure of how efficiently a depiction of a number conveys information. The preferred system would let you identify who you are with a minimum of strokes. You've only got so much blood, after all.
It would figure the only killer in the bunch got one of the numbers impossible to shorten using this method, something like 29459062863487659021.
29459062863487659021
bide izfb hfcd hgfe izba *Z
Even though they are easier to write because of the breaks the police realizing that the victims might not have enough time (or blood), if they ever did need to write such a killers number out in blood, have recommended the following:
"When writing your killers name in blood make sure you get the last letters rather than the first. If you know how many letters there are then just break it into set of four letters. Make lines tell how many sets of 4 there are and give us as many of the end letters as you can. We will narrow it down from there." Many murder mysteries dramas have been written so the public gets use to this method and knows what to do.
In the book "Mystery of the Missing Book" the victim wrote...
"o*k ...h iazf ibed*Z"
The great detective Grub Brick solved the case when it was discovered that rather then a set of numbers in the beginning of the victims scribbles it was a word. The victim was pointing to a fellow book dealer who hated the victim and whose number was longer than what written. The 3 dots told Det. Brick that there were 3 more groups ahead of these letters. Det. Brick deduced the last digits of the number to be "..891069254" and the *Z at the end told him there were no sequences of repeating numbers. He made quick work of it and found the only book dealer with a number that fit that description. The book dealer confessed and all ended well (except for the dead guy).
The Cocktail Napkin Test (Encodability)Click here to view the secret text
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The Cocktail Napkin Test is a measure of how easily a depiction of a number may be encoded. If you know somebody's DROD Number, how long would it take you to work out the depiction of it on cocktail napkins?
This test is easy to pass with my simple rules. Convert the numbers to letters and anytime they are adjacent and repeat you add the repeat command. The capital letter(s) tell how many times to repeat. Since the number is the same for both the capital and lowercase it is easy to recall the code. Add the spacing as you go and you are done.
"To make this concrete, if I give you the number "3450987340", how will you arrive at the user name that represents it? This would be an example of the encoding task."
So, for "3450987340" you get "cdez ihgc dz*Z"
If the number was different by say one digit, say "35560987340" or "34560987340", then with this system the contrast would stand out more then with the numbers. This is because people tend to group letters into sounds or units trying to make words, so they view them differently.
3550987340 or 3450987340
ce*B zihg cdz or cdez ihgc dz*Z
The "Hey, I Know You!" Test (Decodability)
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The "Hey, I Know You!" test is a measure of how easily a depiction of a number may be decoded.
Being familiar with the first letters of the alphabet this system can be easily decoded in the steam bath. The only issue is remembering all the numbers when it is a larger numbers but that is true for any system. Try writing it on the steam covered wall.
Edited:
Fixed table error where J=10 was left instead of Z=0.
Fixed how does one look.
Fixed to obey this rule:
* Each depiction for a number is repeatable, so that someone following your numeral system's rules will create a consistent depiction for any given number. As pointed out by Jutt
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I have been continually playing contest on the forum since Dec 2004. Having often been addressed as a he my new avatar shows that I am a "
Lady"
. And one with a very sharp sword, too.
I love the monthly contests but it took me a long while before I even placed. 21 contests in fact.
Virtual Burning Man was the first contest I took any place in and I got 1st, wow!. Yes, I have received my prize, a sweatshirt from the DROD store, and I love it.
It took 14 more contest but next I took 1st prize in Media of the Eighth Nov07, followed by a win in the Secret Santa 2007. Check out my entry:
http://www.gailswebplace.com/NightSky/index.html
Suddenly I was a winner but, still the goal of a winning hold based contest eludes me....
I keep trying so come and join me.
http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewboard.php?BoardID=83
[Last edited by techant at 01-16-2008 06:20 AM]
I am still considering smilie faces. 
So, if I met you in a public steam bath I might never figure out if we met before. 
/dy
