london.pm xmas xword

[Aaron Trevena]

As requested some examples and how they work. 1)
alt.binaries.northpole.help 3 letters. Elf. Play on usenet, linux
executable format, helps santa at north pole. 2) sigma(err) if (tz eq
Gmt - 12) . Summer. Sum er which is when xmas is down under. 3)
s/em-($hyphen)/$1er/
 Answer dasher. The reindeer. Sorry my phone has made it a bit hard to read.

On 12/31/09, Aaron Trevena <aaron.trevena at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok. Some worked examples to follow this evening
>
> On 12/31/09, Aaron Trevena <aaron.trevena at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok. Will try and post some worked examples this evening. Thought a
>> couple up. Hopefully enough to show how (little) my mind works.
>>
>> On 12/31/09, Richard Foley <Richard.Foley at rfi.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Aaron,
>>>
>>> How's about hosting a partially started crossword, with say four
>>> representative answers filled in correctly, such that people get the
>>> kind
>>> of
>>> thinking behind your clues.  I know the Araucuria and Custos crosswords
>>> from
>>> the Guardian (showing my age here) had particular styles which took a
>>> little
>>> getting used to.  Consequently one recognised the style and (hopefully)
>>> enjoyed getting into the particular mind set to solve the puzzle.  Just
>>> a
>>> thought.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Richard Foley
>>> Ciao - shorter than aufwiedersehen
>>>
>>> http://www.rfi.net/
>>>
>>> On Thursday 31 December 2009 13:02:16 Aaron Trevena wrote:
>>>> You only need to know what it stands for. As I keep on saying its not
>>>> very clever. Mostly bad puns and silly geeky word play
>>>>
>>>> On 12/31/09, James Laver <james.laver at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Aaron Trevena
>>>> > <aaron.trevena at gmail.com>
>>>> >
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >> Still no answers in my inbox. Most complete will win if nobody
>>>> >> completes it. Maybe I should have posted to a java or python group -
>>>> >> they would have finished it by now.
>>>> >
>>>> > Perhaps something to do with the fact that two of the clues reference
>>>> > vim, which the more sensible of us have no wish to use other than to
>>>> > configure emacs where necessary?*
>>>> >
>>>> > --James
>>>> > * And frankly I'd rather use nano
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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>> Aaron J Trevena, BSc Hons
>> http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk
>> LAMP System Integration, Development and Consulting
>>
>
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> Aaron J Trevena, BSc Hons
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