Apparently it WAS supposed to be twain, Lonesome Artist screwed up. Also, I think he's a little disappointed in us.
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To the Lonesome Artist: = "TWAIN" NOT "TWINE" YOU USELESS IMBECILE! Get it right. Or would your roommate to find out what you've been up to? *would you like. See how angry your incompetence makes me?
The game is just getting good! I don't want to kill Derek NOW! Tell you what, I'll give you one extra day to solve my puzzle. Two days left.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:54 am
amandel
Maybe "twine" is the twist, literally for y'all more calculating than I? "But not THESE (the 1st word) means the nbrs in words 2 and 4 shd be cut in half? Nice Booba!
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:15 am
LatentMoths
booba wrote:
Lonesome Artist wrote:
every cut other these word numbers but in not twine these
about an hour ago · Like ·
every cut other these word numbers but in not twine these
So I think the clue here is to "cut these numbers in twine". I wonder if they meant "twain" instead of "twine". Which would mean cut the numbers in two or in half? I don't see how that helps yet...
Also Jester just gave us an extra day to solve this as he doesn't want to kill Derek right now.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:15 am
booba
Good going amadel, I'm going to suggest
King Alexander=Assassination
The crash of the stock market=Recession
He who loved Daisy=Enos
These are big golden......
Some clues on the Perfect Square riddle, but no help to me. Is he saying the first word is THESE?
R8: Three Days: 0.5-16-24.5-64---12.25-25-32---32-0.25-16-20.25-64-1.25-18-32---144-0.25-81---32-40.5-1.25-72-12.25-25-8-0.5-18
Lonesome Artist wrote:
every cut other these word numbers but in not twine these
about an hour ago · Like ·
Lonesome Artist wrote:
The key lies in 2's and 4's. I can say no more.
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Puppets Fool:
If you're asking if that's the answer, then I'm afraid not. It's built on the same principle as a previous code.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:15 am
amandel
Wonder how long that bonus sentence will become? Just some first thoughts Re :Haiku 3: "The Second Word" (is maybe 'and') G'Nite all.
King Alexander=Assassination
The crash of the stock market=Nineteentwentynine
He who loved Daisy=Donald
EDIT: And b/c getting an 'accurate' answer from Mummer's Farce is like deposing a hostlile witness on 'Law & Order' I rephrased my question:
Mummer's Farce wrote:
Question: Are Grace & Derek Smith blood relatives of Ruggiero Magro's daughter, Karen?
Answer: It is within the realm of possibility
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:49 pm
Dia Renalda
and, again, facebook.
Check the Lonesome artist's haikus, under his notes. I think he's trying to explain the second word of the cheat code, among other things. Not sure what else though.
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:27 pm
Dottoe
And take it away, Facebook!
Lonesome Artist wrote:
every cut other these word numbers but in not twine these
about an hour ago · Like ·
Lonesome Artist wrote:
The key lies in 2's and 4's. I can say no more.
28 minutes ago · Like
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:42 pm
booba
From The Puppets Fool:
Quote:
No. It's 1.25
(I fade back into the background, should not have sleep through those math classes)
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:12 pm
LatentMoths
amandel wrote:
Thought it was some sort of modular systen *LM chortling is heard thru the ether*
I did no such thing...not so much as a snicker.
I have pretty much the same observations as the rest of you. I was hesitant to post about it so as not to take people down the wrong path with me. However with time running out here goes...
Each number either is a perfect square or can be made one by multiplying by an integer. Even 1.25 (which bothers me too) can be made into the perfect square 25 when multiplied by 20. I've tried taking the square root of each perfect square and changing those to their letter equivalent...nothing. I've tried taking those letters as it's own code and deciphering it using other methods...nothing. I've tried incorporating the multiplier used to get to the perfect square in various ways...nothing.
Nothing I've tried has led me anywhere useful. So either the perfect squares are a coincidence and we need to look at this differently OR we are on the right track and need to go a little further OR Jester came up with a nonsense code that can't be solved so he can punish Derek for our "incompetence".
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:02 pm
booba
punxter- I see what you were getting at, 1.25 doesn't fit. Think it's a typo for 12.25?
beginning with
.5 squared =.25 x2 = .50
4.5 squared = 20.25 x2 =40.5
ending with
12 squared = 144 /2 =72
the numbers are squares in .5 intervals, or double
or one half of
a square
ETA 6 squared (not used) = 36 x 2 =72
Have no ideal what that could possible mean, except that it would be kind of orderly.
except for 1.25
You can find many of the used numbers by dividing squared numbers 1 through 9, until you reach halved values with a remainder of 0.25.
Thanks P. Thought it was some sort of modular systen *LM chortling is heard thru the ether* HI Booba!! Photoshopped the visual & agree Audacity clues are fun.
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:50 am
booba
amandel! amandel!
Someday I may learn to do such wonderful things.
Audacity?
As for the "math" riddle, a great big IDK.
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:21 am
punxtr
You can find many of the used numbers by dividing squared numbers 1 through 9, until you reach halved values with a remainder of 0.25.
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:16 am
Dottoe
Can't come up with anything better. I don't even know of a number cipher that would accept all of these numbers
"But not THESE (the 1st word) means the nbrs in words 2 and 4 shd be cut in half? Nice