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Re:We knew this will happen 50 years ago already
First result that comes up on the old Anagram Generator for "Mr Dollar Ton" is "Random Troll". No joke.
Terribly sorry to out you Mr Ton but I thought that was just too funny and you deserve recognition for your cleverness. People will forget and you may post again, I'll not reveal your secret twice.
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The last message...
The last message should be something like "What hath God wrought", or an anagram of that like "Oh. Thwart what God hug".
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ANAGRAM: Kirby Delauter = Bark EruditelyOthers...
- Adultery Biker
- A Bridle Turkey
- Drab Turkey Lie
- Bleak Dirty Rue
Results courtesy of: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/a...
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Re:yes it can
If they released an Android phone with no extra shit, just plain old vanilla Android on their hardware I'd buy it, and I suspect many other old Nokia fans would.
You and me and ten million others. But Elop won't allow that kind of sanity.
I've just figured out who Elop is: The Old Man of the Sea from the voyages of Sinbad. He hops on Nokia's shoulders, clamps on like a barnacle, and uses them like a bitch till they drop dead.
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Is this my old mate Shalmendo Ice-Yurt?
This suddenly looks like a stoopid school prank. Has anyone else thought of anagrams?
Ref: anagram solver
Yep. Hilarious.
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Re:how about...
Anagrams for: hobbit
5 found. Displaying all:
Bib Hot
Bib Tho
Bob Hit
Hob Bit
Both Bi -
Don't call me til...
Don't call me til we have subs that can drop
frickin sharks that can deploy frickin remora
that have lasers attached to their frickin heads.Then I'll be impressed.
-AI
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haptics?
"haptics" is an anagram for "Caps Hit"
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Long names - bad marketing...
Cause, who wouldn't want to join a "A Road Rapists" social network, right?
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Re:It's Not Just Amazon
VDM Publishing itself specializes in print of demand of various people's theses. Something like a vanity press, but as a bonus the authors don't have to pay anything, and VDM takes 80% of the earnings. These are sometimes weak offerings, and often available to download for free, but the practice itself is nothing out of the ordinary. So VDM Publishing's authors really are authors, but of theses and similar.
Alphascript and Betascript Publishing (and Fastbooks, in German) are the Wikipedia-aggregation publishers, imprints of (i.e., marketing names for) VDM Publishing. They entirely avoid the expense of looking around for theses and approaching authors, instead simply sucking related articles from Wikipedia. The book titles are goofy as a result, there are no authors, but the costs are miniscule. With a pool of a few hundred million unsuspecting customers exposed via Amazon and others, it just takes one out of every thousand to misstep to make for a profitable business, one that basically makes money off of people's ignorance. At least cigarettes offer nicotine in addition to lung cancer. To the people who argue, "well, you should just be aware of the problem", this sounds to me like smug "I'd never get fooled, I'm so smart" blather to me. Would you say the same if you were the one who bought such a book? Maybe you would, maybe you're the type of person who blames themselves for getting conned, but I blame the con man.
Speaking of blather, I'm sad that no one's commented on one of the Betascript "editors" names is Lambert M. Surhone, which the Internet Anagram Server turns into "Blather Summoner" as the first match, a great fit for the products offered. My original article on VDM mentions this and other fine anagrams.
One ray of sunshine is that giving these books 1-star ratings on Amazon does kick them down the lists. For example, I gave 1-star ratings to a number of their so-called books on Transnistria on Amazon. 3 of their books were the top three books listed on this subject on Amazon before I rated them, now they appear further down the list.
As far as other firms go, AbeBooks indeed sells Alphascript Publishing (45333) and Betascript Publishing (953) books. Oddly, they are all the same price (vs. those on Amazon, which appear to be priced by the pound), from a few different shops. Borders, to their credit, does not carry any Alphascript or Betascript books. Barnes and Noble does.
I will say one thing for VDM, they do add a tiny bit of value (beyond the wacked titles) in their choices of covers, e.g. this peculiar one for a book on legal disputes about Harry Potter.
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Re:Anagrams for hpedscompaquEcomdec
(I threw a U in there and replaced 3 with 133t E, and relies on british spelling apparently)
Cad Copped Moms Cheque
Comp Mod Spaced Cheque
Champ Ceded Cop Mosque
Chap Ceded Comp Mosque
Mac Cheque Comps Doped
Camp Coded Cheque Mops
Camp Comped Cheque Dos
Sod Comped Camp Cheque
Pomp Coded Cheque Scam
Dammed Cop Cops Cheque
Damp Coed Comps Cheque
Damp Codes Comp Cheque
Squad Emceed Comp Chop
Quad Specced Chemo Mop
Quad Specced Emo Chomp
Quad Specced Chop Memo
Quad Secede Chomp Comp
Quad Schemed Cope Comp
Quad Coed Sec Comp Hemphttp://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=hpedscompaquEcomdec&t=1000&a=n
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Re:hormone imbalance
Well I'll be snookered... it's true!
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Re:ACTRA/SOCAN
According to this site. They are apparently some sort of order founded around the worship of dolphins.
Or, possibly they are just a bunch of special interest groups similar to the RIAA in the US.
I'm trending to the Sancta Orca theory myself.
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Re:So...
http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=google+yahoo&t=1000
Some of my favorites:
Ah Gooey Logo Ole Goo Hoagy Gay Ole Goo Ho -
sadly, Matthew Oppenheim
is not an anagram for 'Senator Palpatine'
however, it is an anagram for 'A Hemp Hew Impotent' and 'Heathen Em Pimp Two'
http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=Matthew+Oppenheim&t=1000
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Anagrams of Platypus?
I know it's strange, but I just had to go on-line and check out anagrams of "platypus." I was surprised to find that there were 42 including:
Splat Yup
Aptly Sup
Salty Pup
Lusty Pap
Stay Pulp
At Sly Pup
And my favorite: At Supply as in: Where did the platypus come from? There must have been a mix-up At Supply.
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Re:Seatech Astronomy
Sorry, it's not...but try again here.
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Let's try to spell it anyway.
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Re:Surely the Salshdot crowd has some ideas
It's an anagram of "Puerile Bypassed Ones".
Whether this is MS or the bloggers I couldn't say...
(yes, of course I cheated)
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Anagram's for don't be evil
Have a look at http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=
d ont+be+evil
Two that it almost got.
BLONDE VIET
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Re:In firefox...
So, what cool keyword searches do people like to have?
All the obvious ones mentioned by people, of course, plus:- Dozens for a couple small sites I use.
- Queries for common DB queries using PhpMyAdmin on box. (for example, 'ecdbqid' for looking up eC user by id; localdb just for PhpMyAdmin on localhost.)
- demd5 for a reverse md5 lookup (+ demd5a through demd5c in case it's not found in the first database).
- de for http://www.dict.cc/?s=%25s
- e2 for Everything2
- ol for Onelook
- anagram for http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anag
r am=%25s - dns for http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ptr.ch?ip=%25s
- Shortcuts for numerous Google searches, of course.
- rot13 for http://rot13.com/index.php?text=%25s
- ensv for http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran?type=text&f
r om=eng&to=swe&text=%25s (At some point, I intend to define keywords for all the combos, but I think I have to edit bookmarks.html directly to do that en masse.)
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Re:Only lists of integers
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Re:Only lists of integers
Does nothing for strings
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Re:Crimes against the English Language
It requires a material sacrifice.
Used in chess, you might be right, although even in chess it requires only the risk of a material loss, since a gambit can be declined.
Outside of chess its use is metaphorical and the dictionary definition includes:
2 a (1) : a remark intended to start a conversation or make a telling point
(2) : TOPIC b : a calculated move : STRATAGEMGambit comes from Spanish (gambito) or Italian (gambetto), where it means the act of tripping someone.
There are other words in English from chess terminology that mean something slightly different, e.g. stalemate, checkmate, and endgame. For some reason, zugzwang hasn't made the transition.
It raises the question of whether any other game has supplied English with as many words, or at least, as many words that have lost their original connection to the game. The fact chess terms have so many counterparts in life may be a reflection of the extent that chess resembles life.
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Re:Need a new slogan...
Try some "Plays For Sure" anagrams:
Pays For Rules
Pay For Lusers
For Real Pussy
Leprosy As Fur
Surely For Sap
Sorry Flea Pus
Sue Pals Or Fry
Syrup For Sale
Furry Ass Pole
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Semir Osmanagic = SCAMMER AS I GO IN
Running "Semir Osmanagic" through the Internet Anagram Server can be time well spent.
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Re:MacBookPro anagram
Or how about: BAR COOK MOP?
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Re:Leap Ahead?I'm sure others can do better...
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Re:One word anwser
And I still haven't figured out what "magltheuansr" is.
"Menstrual Hag"--courtesy of the Internet Anagram Server.
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Re:The Anagram is....Here, waste your time with this:
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Google Hires Vint Cerf
Just to prove how bored I am at work, that's an anagram of:
fletcherise grooving
his reflective gorgon
fleece grooving shirt
slight vigor conferee
vicegerent hoof girls
neglecter of vigorish
leeches forging vitro
threescore fog living
interservice flog hog
erectile frog shoving
selective foghorn rig
long fight recoveries
golfing shot receiver
evictees frig log horn
I fight cleverer goons
And a few more, found here: http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagr am=Google+Hires+Vint+Cerf -
Re:Acronym fun!
It's actually a prediction from the future I think: "DAVIS WINS TWO"
All this and more fun can be had because A MANTRA BEARS GREET
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Fake Ghostlike Photons
Thinkgeek hats fool sop.
Thinkgeek floats hoops.
Thinkgeek oaf lost shop.
Thinkgeek sofa -- posh lot.
Thinkgeek has fool's pot. ...and many more! -
The Possibilities
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They are selling an anagram shirtThe shirt says Fake Ghostlike Photons which is an anagram for "Fools shop at think geek"
I extracted "Think Geek" and "Fools" from the string, and fed the rest to an anagram generator
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Re:The Magic Supersecret Anagram T-Shirt
How about "Think Geek! A Shop of Lots"
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Re:How can I put this nicely
Hmmm... if you rearrange "MSN IE DSL AOL" you get
"ALL IS DEMONS"
"SOLD ME SNAIL"
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Re:Nearly-Headless-Nick or Peeves ?
Hint for young pranksters: Steal a page from the movie Sneakers. Recreate the target sign using Scrabble tiles. Rearrange the letters in private. Standing in front of a sign trying to think of a clever phrase will get you busted.
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Some pertinent questions unansweredSo jace asked some pertinent questions and the next thing you know, controvery erupts everywhere, with people picking sides
... ! The core questions remain unanswered, by the list-owner, and head-honcho (achitnis) too!- jace's blog entry
- mmk's blog entry I blog entry II
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Diebold v MicroVote
Diebold: Diebold is a global leader in providing high-quality cutting-edge direct recording electronic (DRE) voting solutions to jurisdictions of all sizes
Now for the anagramsMicroVote: The leader in Direct Recording Electronic Voting Technology... MicroVote is a leading supplier of Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting technology.
Diebold My fave: Be Dildo
MicroVoteMy other Fave: Evict Roomslashdot = SAD SLOTH & SHALL DOS
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Diebold v MicroVote
Diebold: Diebold is a global leader in providing high-quality cutting-edge direct recording electronic (DRE) voting solutions to jurisdictions of all sizes
Now for the anagramsMicroVote: The leader in Direct Recording Electronic Voting Technology... MicroVote is a leading supplier of Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting technology.
Diebold My fave: Be Dildo
MicroVoteMy other Fave: Evict Roomslashdot = SAD SLOTH & SHALL DOS
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For future postersFeel free to use any of the following.
SCO =
Acronyms:
- Smoking Crack Operation
- Stupid Childish Ogres
- Stealing Code Often
- Stock Crashes Outrageously
- Scarcely Curtailing Open source
- A incarnate zoo spurt
- A arcane, uzi torn spot
- A procrastinate nu' Oz
- Arcane as zip on trout
- Ascertain - a putz, or no?
- Insane CA uproot tzar
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me retard
yeah, im a retard. I did notice it and thought I correcdted it... but as I said, im retarted.
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Re:A bit bigger than 35 trillion
I want dibs on BAD ABE FCC FED! Other options are at Internet Anagram Server.
Would ABE DAFF please stand up? Don't forget that we can also have FCC, BAD, FED, FDA, and DEAD! Don't forget the 1337-speak! FADE:DEAD:F001:2FA7 -
Sun Microsystems >Anagram> MISSY C*NT SOMERS
backus-naur like grammar for anagram:
vowel := 'a' | 'e' | 'i' | 'o' | 'u' | 'y'
* := vowel
replace * in subject with any vowel u see fit
Disclaimer
Haven't checked it
Got it from:
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Re:Holy 3-letter acronyms batman!!!Okay. Let's get this out of everyone's system now. Courtesy of the Internet Anagram Server,
CODS SMURF
CDR FUM SOS
CDR OF MS US
CDR OF SUMS
CDR OF MUSS
CDR FOSS MU
CDR FUSS OM
SCUDS FROM
SCUDS FORM
SCUD FORMS
FMC DO RUSS
FMC DO USSR
FMC ROD SUS
FMC RODS US
FMC DR SO US
FMC SURD SO
FMC SUDS OR
FMC DU ROSS
COM DR FUSS
SCUMS FORD
SCUMS DR OF
SCUM FORDS
RCS MUDS OF
RCS SOD FUM
RCS DOS FUMClearly, SCUD FORMS are the documents one requires to order or ship a SCUD missile. CDR OF SUMS is a position within the U.S. army--he is resposible for payroll. DR OF SCUMS is the guy who cleans my aquarium. SMURF CODS are the small blue fish that live there.
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Re:Hilary Rosen anagram = HORNY SAILER
Also:
nailer horsy
is real horny
rhino slayer
hairy loners
sailor henry
Courtesy of The Internet Anagram Server.
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Re:Another US Imperialistic Plot!
here are some better ones:
COM NOT UP - The system is down yo.
MOUNT COP - New file system or perversion of the legal system?
PC MUON TO - The sub-atomic particle that Computons are made of.
NU PC TOOM - Where old computers go when they die.
UNO PC TOM - How many computers Tom can afford now that he pays by the computon.
Props to Internet Anagram Server
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That's a different archive.
The book is compiled from Wordsmith.Org's "A Word A Day"; Dictionary.com's word of the day is completely different.
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Re:A very strange thing.
The only funny anagrams I can find for "Doctor Charles Simonyi" are:
SLIMY CANCROID SHOOTER
SO RICH IN RECTAL SODOMY
I can't find any good ones for just "Charles Simonyi".