The Power of Three

Although I can't seem to find them now, I remember at one time seeing a few nodes that did something similar with the numbers one and two, and I thought I'd try the same with lucky number 3.

Update: As kindly pointed out by jryan, the two obfus I used as inspiration are My 2 cents worth and There can be only one!

                    s\\qq/./.(3**
              3+3*3-3+3/3)\e*s\.\..\
          *s\.\qq/./.(3*3+3/3)\e*s\.\..\
        *s\.\qq/./.(3**3*3+3**3+3*3-3)\e*
       s\.\..\*s\.\qq/./.(3**3*3+3**3-3*3+3
      -3/3)\e*s\.\..\      *s\.\qq/./.(3**3
     *3+3**3-3/3)\e          *s\.\..\*s\.\qq
    /./.(3**3*3+3               **3-3*3)\e*s
   \.\..\*s\.\qq                 /./.(3**3*3+
  3**3-3*3-3+3/3                 )\e*s\.\..\*s
 \.\qq/./.(3**3*                  3+3**3-3-3/3)
 \e*s\.\..\*s\.\                  qq/./.(3**3+3
  *3-3-3/3)\e*s                   \.\..\ *s\.\qq
  /./.(3**3*3+3                   **3)\e*s\.\..\
  *s\.\qq/./.(3                   **3*3+3**3+3*3
  -3)\e*s\.\..\                   *s\.\qq/./.(3
   **3*3+3**3-                    3*3+3-3/3)\e
    *s\.\..\*s                    \.\qq/./.(3
     **3*3-3/                    3)\e*s\.\..\
                                *s\.\qq/./.(3
                                **3+3*3-3-3/
                                3)\e*s\.\..\
                               *s\.\qq/./.(3
                              **3*3+3**3+3*
                            3-3)\e*s\.\..\
                          *s\.\qq/./.(3**
                   3*3+3**3-3*3+3-3/3)\e
                   *s\.\..\*s\.\qq/./.
                   (3**3*3+3**3-3-3/3)\e
                   *s\.\..\*s\.\qq/./.(3**3
                   *3+3**3+3*3-3/3)\e*s\.\..\*
                   s\.\qq/./.(3**3*3+3**3+3)\e*
                          s\.\..\*s\.\qq/./.(3**
                              3*3+3**3+3-3/3)\e*s
                               \.\..\*s\.\qq/./.(3
                                **3*3+3**3-3*3-3+3/
                                 3)\e*s\.\..\*s\.\qq
                                 /./.(3**3+3*3-3-3/3
                                  )\e*s\.\..\*s\.\qq
                                  /./.(3**3*3+3**3+3*
                                   3-3/3)\e*s\.\..\*s
                                   \.\qq/./.(3**3*3+3
                                   **3+3*3-3+3/3)\e*s
                                   \.\..\*s\.\qq/./.(
  3**3*3+3**                       3+3*3)\e*s\.\..\*s
 \.\qq/./.(3                      **3*3-3*3+3-3/3)\e
*s\.\..\*s\.\                     qq/./.(3**3+3*3-3+
3/3)\e*s\.\..\                    *s\.\qq/./.(3**3+3
*3-3-3/3)\e*s                    \.\..\*s\.\qq/./.(
3**3*3+3**3+3                   *3-3/3)\e*s\.\..\*
 s\.\qq/./.(3                   **3*3+3**3+3-3/3)
 \e*s\.\..\*s                \.\qq/./.(3**3*3+3
  **3-3)\e*s\.\..\       *s\.\qq/./.(3**3*3+3
    **3+3*3-3)\e*s\.\..\*s\.\qq/ /.(3**3*3+3
       **3+3+3/3)\e*s\.\(3**3+3*3).qq/./
        .(3**3*3+3**3-3*3-3-3/3).qq/./
            .(3**3+3*3-3-3/3)
                  \eeeee
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Most of the code uses the uninteresting 74.117.115...etc. trick, but I'm particularly happy with the final s\.\(3**3+3*3).'.'.(3**3*3+3**3-3*3-3-3/3).'.'.(3**3+3*3-3-3/3)\eeeee at the very end. Each of those five regex evals has a specific purpose. See if you can figure out what they are.

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Re: The Power of Three by jryan (Vicar) on Aug 25, 2004 at 21:54 UTC
I think you mean My 2 cents worth and There can be only one!.	[reply]
Re: The Power of Three by csuhockey3 (Curate) on Aug 27, 2004 at 03:46 UTC
Very nice o0lit3! Obviously, 3 is my favorite number as well (as noted here). This certainly will be hanging up on my cube wall tomorrow, with due credit of course. Perhaps I will add a little hockey stick to the bottom of it and send it back to you. CSUhockey3	[reply]
Re: The Power of Three by TomDLux (Vicar) on Aug 30, 2004 at 01:57 UTC
And about time too! It's been really difficult to waltz without a 3 .... one, two, ...... -- `TTTATCGGTCGTTATATAGATGTTTGCA`	[reply]


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