On Sep 29, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Ruby Quiz wrote:

> The secret of the rabbit's magick sword will be revealed when my  
> story generated
> is posted.

There's one problem, as the perpetrator of this quiz, I'm not sure if  
I should post my solution. But if I don't, the secret will be forever  
lost :) What to do?

Also, I've built another story generator using very simple code. I  
did this because JEG II pointed out that my original solution was a  
bit complex and took me more time than one should spend on a Ruby  
Quiz. So I set myself the task of seeing what I could do with code  
that I wrote in less than an hour. The results are much more rigid  
than what the original story generator produces. Although the code  
didn't take long to write, I have to admit I've been working for  
three hours on the story template and the phase dictionaries and  
still haven't finished. To give an idea of the flavor of this new  
generator I include two (incomplete) stories it generated:

1. The Three Bears Go To Dwemthy's Array

One day Papa Bear asked, "Vacation starts next month. Where shall we  
go?"

Papa Bear wanted to go to Dwemthy's Array. Mama Bear wanted to go to  
Corporate USA. But Baby Bear got all exited. "I want to go to  
Dwemthy's Array! I want to go to Dwemthy's Array! I want to go to  
Dwemthy's Array!"

In the end, they agreed to go to Dwemthy's Array.

Although it seemed nearly forever to Baby Bear, next month eventually  
arrived. The Bears piled into their pick-up truck and off they went.  
Along the way they stop twice to let the little one use a rest room.

They stayed four days. While they were there they saw a Jabberwocky,  
a Vicious Green Fungus, a Bogus Fox, a Rabbit. At the park's  
restaurants they had Dwemthy's pizza, Mama Dragnon's roast rabbit,  
jabberwocky steak. They enjoyed attractions such as Demon Twister,  
Monster-Go-Round, Dragon's Den. Mama Bear was shocked by the Demon  
Twister. Baby Bear especially liked the Bogus Fox.

On the way back they stopped at a ice cream store where they all had  
three-scoop sundaes.

Papa Bear thought <park_feature> was best. Mama Bear thought  
<park_feature> was best. But Baby Bear was certain that the Bogus Fox  
was really the best.

The end.

2. The Three Droids Go To Corporate USA

One day R2P2 asked, "Vacation starts next week. Where shall we go?"

R2P2 wanted to go to Corporate USA. R2M2 wanted to go to Corporate  
USA. But R2B2 got all exited. "I don't want to go to Corporate USA! I  
don't want to go to Corporate USA! I don't want to go to Corporate USA!"

In the end, they agreed to go to Corporate USA.

Although it seemed nearly forever to R2B2, next week eventually  
arrived. The Droids piled into their SUV and off they went. Along the  
way they stopped at a ice cream store where they all had three-scoop  
sundaes.

They stayed three days. While they were there they saw a Tax  
Accountant, a Marketing Manager, a Chief Executive Officer, a Stock  
Broker. At the park's restaurants they had Board Room Buffet (tm),  
outsourced curry, pizza. They enjoyed attractions such as Golden  
Parachute Drop, Chamber of Outsourcing Horrors, Takeover Museum. R2M2  
was shocked by the Chamber of Outsourcing Horrors. R2B2 especially  
liked the Marketing Manager.

On the way back they made a wrong turn and got lost.

R2P2 thought <park_feature> was best. R2M2 thought <park_feature> was  
best. But R2B2 was certain that the Marketing Manager was really the  
best.

The end.

My second question: should I post the new generator?

Regards, Morton