I just want it to be known that I solved the puzzle in today's Foxtrot in about five minutes. I had to dust off some pretty long-dormant brain cells to do the integral, but I got it. The first comment at the link above has the answer, if you're still scratching your head.
Posted by Charles Kuffner on April 19, 2009 to Technology, science, and mathHa! I solved it pretty quickly, too - but avoided the trig and the integration. (Trig was too rusty to bother with, never learned to integrate.)
Thanks for posting this.
Posted by: Susan on April 19, 2009 4:30 PMGot about the same time - also avoiding a few. Leaving four unsolved, I had to solve it Wheel of Fortune style with one blank (23).
Posted by: Greg Wythe on April 19, 2009 5:59 PMI solved for the vowels, 's', and 't', substituted, guessed the answer, then confirmed by solving for the letters I needed to complete.
Fun!
Posted by: joewhite on April 20, 2009 12:38 PM