ACME社の文書

ここで紹介する英文は、MITミステリーハントの資料である"Have you tried. . ."の全文である。日本語はそれぞれの項目に対する注記であることに注意されたし。

## For starters

Have you tried. . .

* . . .reading the title and the blurb?
* . . .typing it into a search engine?
* . . .pursuing even a train of thought that doesn’t seem to give a cogent answer at first?
* . . .looking at the list of helpful websites?
* . . .looking at the binder of useful stuff?

## Letters and words

Have you tried. . .

* . . .alphabetizing?
* . . .using the leftover letters to spell something?
	+ おそらく、パングラムへの言及。
* . . .rearranging the letters (aka “anagramming” or “transposing”)?
	+ akaの先はアナグラムと置換を指している。
* . . .looking for unusual letter frequencies?
* . . .determining if it is a Rot 13/Caesar shift in general?
	+ ROT13はアルファベットでのみ意味が通じます。
* . . .shifting from letters to numbers?
* . . .treating letters as protein sequences?
	+ おそらく、DNA配列への言及。
* . . .treating letters as call letters?
* . . .turning it into a cryptic crossword clue?
* . . .seeing if these words relate to song lyrics?
* . . .seeing if there are any acronyms of phrases?
	+ acronymsは頭文字、という意味がある。
* . . .diagonalizing (taking the first letter of the first answer, the second letter of the second. . .)?
	+ MITミステリーハントでは、逆さのナナメ読みがメタになったことがある。
* . . .looking at a computer keyboard?
* . . .a pun?

## Numbers

Have you tried. . .

* . . .graphing it functionally?
* . . .graphing it parametrically?
* . . .checking to see if your numbers are in the right base (including hex)?
	+ 括弧内のhexは16進数のこと。
* . . .shifting from numbers to letters?
* . . .using it as a phone number?
* . . .using it as an IP address?
	+ MITにも、他のサイトを使う謎が存在する。
* . . .matching numbers to MIT buildings?
* . . .matching numbers to MIT courses?
	+ MITの教室や建物はナンバリングされている。
* . . .treating numbers as dates?
* . . .treating numbers as atomic weights, numbers, etc.?
* . . .treating numbers as latitude/longitude or GPS coordinates?
* . . .treating numbers as radio stations?
* . . .treating numbers as ASCII numbers?
* . . .treating numbers as PLU numbers?
* . . .treating numbers as ISBN numbers?
* . . .seeing if there are any strange sequences?
* . . .seeing if prime numbers are involved?
* . . .seeing if fundamental constants are involved?
* . . .asking what other numbers are close to the one you have?

## Thirteen ways of looking at a puzzle

Have you tried. . .

* . . .looking at it in a mirror?
	+ 鏡に映す
* . . .squinting at it from far away?
	+ 遠くから見る
* . . .tilting it?
	+ 傾ける
* . . .looking at it upside down?
	+ 逆さまにする
* . . .looking through it?
	+ 他の何かを通して
* . . .rewriting it neatly?
	+ 木津千里
* . . .rewriting it on graph paper?
	+ グラフペーパーに
* . . .saying it out loud to someone else?
	+ 空耳
* . . .putting yourself in the constructor’s shoes?
* . . .making it 3D?
	+ 立体にする
* . . .cutting it up?
	+ 切る
* . . .folding it?
	+ 折る
* . . .connecting the dots?
	+ 点を繋ぐ

## What is it?

Have you tried. . .

* . . .looking at a song/poem/book/movie/TV show?
* . . .Braille?
* . . .Morse code?
* . . .overlaying it on a map of MIT?
	+ MIT指定なのはMITミステリーハントなので。
* . . .getting on the T?
* . . .checking it for pop culture references with Tanis, Jenn, Denis or James?
	+ この名前はよく使われているらしい。
* . . .using the Library of Congress or Dewey decimal system?
	+ 書籍か何かのアーカイブ？
* . . .asking whether it has anything to do personally with the constructing team?
* . . .Palm graffiti?
* . . .running it by someone who goes to MIT?

## Zen

Have you tried. . .

* . . .trusting your instincts?
* . . .trusting someone else’s instincts?
* . . .asking “what’s weird about this?”
* . . .taking a step back?
* . . .asking for fresh brains?
	+ ・・・頭、冷やそうか
* . . .checking your work?
* . . .asking someone else to check your work?
* . . .explaining your work to someone else?
* . . .doing what you’ve already done again to the output?
* . . .consulting the list of expertise?
* . . .leaving the room?
* . . .asking people if it looks like anything they recognize?
* . . .thinking about what’s missing?
* . . .asking yourself whether you’ve used all the information?
* . . .keeping even a strange-looking result?
* . . .brute force?
	+ ブルートフォース
* . . .not thinking about it?
* . . .splitting up tasks to solve in a group?
* . . .talking to a hunt veteran?
* . . .talking to a hunt newbie?
* . . .asking “what’s the pattern”?
* . . .rereading the instructions?