Chaos Patch (#43)¶
(Open thread.)
Still link-deprived, so here’s a puzzle (strictly optional):
(1) Every Roman Numeral has an
Alphanomic value
(corresponding to contemporary alphanumeric position, or to
alphabetical position +9).
(2) Are there any consistent Roman-Alphanomic numbers?
(3) The Roman-Alphanomic difference can be conceived as a
disequilibrium, and the puzzle is an attempt to restore a
zero-divergence through a syntactically well-constructed Roman number.
Key, to this method: I (+17), V (+26), X (+23), L (-29), C (-88).
Values above C are surely unusable: D (-487), M (-978).
(4) My preliminary conclusion, based on a weakly formalized
application of the method above, is that there is no correct solution.
The only candidate I could find is the badly constructed CLXVIIII (=
169), which — of course — syntactically collapses to CLXIX (= 117 in
alphanomics).
(5) This is a specimen being collected for my qabbalistic quagmires
compilation.
ADDED: On an even more incidental note (at this stage), the Time Spiral Press site is a malnourished formless mess at this stage, but it’s finally on a track to become something.
ADDED: So the solution is X-Civ (XCIV, 94, multiple interpretations available, among which various lurid options). You can’t make this stuff up.
ADDED: More productive work. (No idea how I missed CXXIX (it’s a thing of simple beauty)).