My Change Challenge

[Kylie]

Something to illustrate a point...

Suppose I have this text:

Toby made his bed. Then he went outside.​

I change that to:

Toby made his set. Then he went outside.​

How many changes have I made?

 

[Radagast]

Something to illustrate a point...

Suppose I have this text:

Toby made his bed. Then he went outside.​

I change that to:

Toby made his set. Then he went outside.​

How many changes have I made?

That depends entirely on what you mean by "change."

 

[USincognito]

Subbing...

 

[USincognito]

That depends entirely on what you mean by "change."

I would think that would be up to you to determine as she is soliciting feedback.

 

[Radagast]

I would think that would be up to you to determine as she is soliciting feedback.

And I'm saying it's a stupid (or at least badly worded) question.

In string analysis we postulate a set of "change" operators, which can be just about anything we want (depending on the situation), and we usually look at the minimum number of changes required to turn S1 into S2.

Of course, actual changes may vary, because some changes may be made and then reversed.

For the OP, if changes = sentence substitutions, possible answers include 1, 2, 3, and 7000000000. But the sentence is being changed at least once.

If changes = word substitutions, possible answers include 1, 2, 3, and 7000000000. But at least one word is being changed.

If changes = letter substitutions, possible answers include 2, 3, 4, and 7000000000. But at least two letters are being changed.

If changes = moving letters up or down in the alphabet (taking "A" as following "Z"), possible answers include 19, 21, 23, and 7000000001. But at least 19 positions are being moved.

Overall, the answer is "at least one change."

 

[Everybodyknows]

Something to illustrate a point...

Suppose I have this text:

Toby made his bed. Then he went outside.​

I change that to:

Toby made his set. Then he went outside.​

How many changes have I made?

2?

But they're only micro changes no macro changes have taken place.

 

[AV1611VET]

How many changes have I made?

One.

 

[juvenissun]

Something to illustrate a point...

Suppose I have this text:

Toby made his bed. Then he went outside.​

I change that to:

Toby made his set. Then he went outside.​

How many changes have I made?

11 changes.

 

[Ophiolite]

2?

But they're only micro changes no macro changes have taken place.

Really? You think his mother is going to be happy that instead of making his bed, he chooses to assemble his model railway set? We've moved from a well behaved, tidy self-disciplined boy and proud, happy mother, to a disobedient, selfish, thoughtless boy and a frustrated, angry mother. That is one heck of a macro-change.

You seem unaware that small changes in genotype can produce large changes in phenotype.

 

[Everybodyknows]

Really? You think his mother is going to be happy that instead of making his bed, he chooses to assemble his model railway set? We've moved from a well behaved, tidy self-disciplined boy and proud, happy mother, to a disobedient, selfish, thoughtless boy and a frustrated, angry mother. That is one heck of a macro-change.

You seem unaware that small changes in genotype can produce large changes in phenotype.

Yes but he's still within his kind.

 

[Radagast]

Really? You think his mother is going to be happy that instead of making his bed, he chooses to assemble his model railway set? We've moved from a well behaved, tidy self-disciplined boy and proud, happy mother, to a disobedient, selfish, thoughtless boy and a frustrated, angry mother. That is one heck of a macro-change.

And with that post, you win the thread.

 

[essentialsaltes]

There are 63 changes in pixel color value.

(No, of course I didn't actually count them.)

 

[Ophiolite]

Yes but he's still within his kind.

Perhaps, but before I can agree or disagree I would need you to define kind. Standing by.

 

[AV1611VET]

Perhaps, but before I can agree or disagree I would need you to define kind. Standing by.

Genus. Over.

 

[Everybodyknows]

Perhaps, but before I can agree or disagree I would need you to define kind. Standing by.

Well Toby has changed from being a good boy to being a very naughty boy.

 

[YouAreAwesome]

Was Toby created? Or did he evolve?

 

[pitabread]

Really? You think his mother is going to be happy that instead of making his bed, he chooses to assemble his model railway set? We've moved from a well behaved, tidy self-disciplined boy and proud, happy mother, to a disobedient, selfish, thoughtless boy and a frustrated, angry mother. That is one heck of a macro-change.

Clearly he's not a product of intelligent design.

 

[Everybodyknows]

Clearly he's not a product of intelligent design.

His poor choices demonstrate that he has free will rather than a flaw in his design

 

[YouAreAwesome]

1) Word change: bed --> set
2) Letter change: b-->s
3) Letter change: d-->t
4) Sentence change: "Toby made his bed" --> "Toby made his set"
5) Meaning change: his bed --> his set
6) Aesthetic change: the sentence has been changed in a visual sense
7) Phonic change: the sound of the sentence has changed
8) etc?

 

[Kylie]

That depends entirely on what you mean by "change."

Something is changed if it is different to the original.