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Crossword Confidential: 09.18 SunOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-73016483971272089302011-09-19T17:02:13.886-07:002011-09-19T17:02:13.886-07:00As "opposite" to "A stich in time s...As "opposite" to "A stich in time saves nine" I can only think of a much more modern idiom "Don't sweat the small stuff".<br /><br />Nice puzzle.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-34085415094750854312011-09-19T13:40:55.131-07:002011-09-19T13:40:55.131-07:00How can people not know Boolean operators, at leas...How can people not know Boolean operators, at least the simple ones, in the internet age?<br /><br />In Google searches, for example;<br /><br />x AND y returns all results with, you guessed it, both x and y. <br /><br />x OR y is obvious as well. It returns any result with either x or y in it. <br /><br />x NOR y returns results with neither x nor y. <br /><br />x NOT y returns results with x but not y. <br /><br />Now we get fun (and Google stops supporting them with simple notation);<br /><br />x NAND y returns results that don't have both x and y but may have one or the other.<br /><br />x XOR y produces results that contain x or y but not both x and y.<br /><br />x XNOR y returns results that have either both x and y or neither x nor y but not just one or the other.<br /><br />Electronic transistorized versions of these operators, called logic gates, are what makes your computer... compute.Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29968121361944993132011-09-19T08:29:37.917-07:002011-09-19T08:29:37.917-07:00LEDA was ravished by zeus in the form of a swan. h...LEDA was ravished by zeus in the form of a swan. hence all those paintings called "leda and the swan" (you can google it yourself) as well as this great <a href="http://www.online-literature.com/yeats/865/" rel="nofollow">yeats poem</a>.<br /><br />so here's the weird part: according to the myth, zeus is actually not the baby daddy for all of leda's kids. leda bore two sets of twins: castor and pollux, and helen and clytemnestra. zeus is the father of helen and pollux, but the father of castor and clytemnestra was leda's husband tyndareus. the biological details are left as an exercise for the reader.<br /><br />let's see if i can come up with a useful leda/leto mnemonic. in some versions, leda's two sets of twins were born from a pair of eggs that she laid (i guess because she mated with a bird). so if you can remember "leda laid a pair of eggs", that might help.<br /><br />LETO is usually clued as actor jared anyway.Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-54852502218319824072011-09-18T15:52:39.017-07:002011-09-18T15:52:39.017-07:00I enjoyed this one, very good! I also had to laugh...I enjoyed this one, very good! I also had to laugh when I got 30D.<br /><br />I'm afraid I will always need crosses for all those wives....<br /><br />Thanks, Doug, you are funny.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-28862373291392833942011-09-18T13:42:38.616-07:002011-09-18T13:42:38.616-07:00@Doug, as one of the rest, I did not have good luc...@Doug, as one of the rest, I did not have good luck with Tim RAINEp. Didn't look right, but hey, it's a proper name and PULpED looked good for "beat." I learned to cook without fancy electric gadgets, although I have some now. Plus PULpED seemed to tie in with the idea of beaten up.<br /><br />My big beef with this puzzle is MES crossing ESTA; not fair to have Spanish crossing Spanish. Maybe that is a regional bias; this is the LAT puzzle. I did guess right, however.<br /><br />I liked the theme well enough, at least there were no insert/delete letters or bad puns. Good puzzle, just a few tricky intersections.<br /><br />The highlight of the grid for me was the clue for 30D ACROSS, Down's opposite.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-51101570058868865452011-09-18T11:03:47.384-07:002011-09-18T11:03:47.384-07:00I meant the other wives of Esau, but maybe they we...I meant the other wives of Esau, but maybe they were also wives of Adah, because you never know.JIMMIEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-88225888693605856912011-09-18T11:01:53.275-07:002011-09-18T11:01:53.275-07:00Heck, everybody must know about Oholibamah and Bas...Heck, everybody must know about Oholibamah and Basemath, the other wives of Adah, but we don't see the in cws, for some reason.<br /><br />Note that Oholibamah can be pronounced O holy 'bama, as Obama with a holy stuck in.JIMMIEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-34309756901485281162011-09-18T08:49:46.827-07:002011-09-18T08:49:46.827-07:00A stich in time saves nine or "haste makes wa...A stich in time saves nine or "haste makes waste? Maybe.<br />Anyway, a delightfully fun Sunday puzzle makes up for yesterday horrible DNF.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788240598792919161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18767040135619601532011-09-18T07:59:07.811-07:002011-09-18T07:59:07.811-07:00The baby daddy!! that is sooo funny, thanks for ma...The baby daddy!! that is sooo funny, thanks for making my day!!!tutunoreply@blogger.com