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Topic: [UPDATE] [PUZZLE] HNY - The fax puzzle has an update.
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thebruce
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well I think some others are hoping to get there too... not sure. *shrug*
 Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:23 pm
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Topic: [UPDATE] [PUZZLE] HNY - The fax puzzle has an update.
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thebruce
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ok so just double checking - do we know anything's happening tonight? As far as I know, the countdown was to midngiht UTC, and that's when the new map overlay piece showed up... any other indication ...
 Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:06 pm
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Topic: [UPDATE] [PUZZLE] HNY - The fax puzzle has an update.
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thebruce
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hah, you're right, they were recently converted to volleyball courts
http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=programs_sports_volleyball
I shoulda known that. I play volleyball ...
 Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:46 pm
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Topic: [UPDATE] [PUZZLE] HNY - The fax puzzle has an update.
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thebruce
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I digress.
They do appear to be basketball courts, but the lines don't match typical basketball court lines (to my knowledge  ), and actually seem more similar to tennis lines.
But, I still do...
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 Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:28 pm
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Topic: [UPDATE] [PUZZLE] HNY - The fax puzzle has an update.
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thebruce
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Are you sure? Because the courts in the video have the curved point lines, and green courts. These are brown courts with straight tennis court lines.
 Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:17 pm
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Topic: [UPDATE] [PUZZLE] HNY - The fax puzzle has an update.
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thebruce
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hm. to clarify, the X is over a tennis court (based on the lines on the ground and two brown 'courts'). The scenes in the promo video are actual basketball courts, again based on the ground li...
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Topic: [UPDATE] [PUZZLE] HNY - The fax puzzle has an update.
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thebruce
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Double post... but BINGO!!!
See attached...
ETA: The X is in the tennis court (where Terry and the basketball kid filmed the basketball parts?)
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 Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:48 pm
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thebruce
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since everyone's doing it, I'll chip in my adjusted collage too 
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 Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:41 pm
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Topic: [trailhead] Save Evan Smith
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thebruce
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blah. never mind. yeah, just noticed one version has numbered paragraphs.
However, seems you're taking L (line) to mean sentence... THAT leads to "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" I was going ...
 Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:52 pm
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Topic: [trailhead] Save Evan Smith
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thebruce
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well I think I've got the paragraph, but I haven't found a scan of the page it's on for the line. But here's the first part of the paragraph:
[quote]Every morning was a cheerful invitation ...
 Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:35 pm
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Topic: [trailhead] Save Evan Smith
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thebruce
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d'oh! uhhhman, you're right...
C-H-App
P-EAR-A-GRAPe
LION
ok so google books it is...
 Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:25 pm
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Topic: [trailhead] Save Evan Smith
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thebruce
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double post...
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I LEAVE YOU ONE FINAL SET OF CLUES BRUCE.
IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE NOW, THEN I OVERESTIMATED YOUR ABILITIES. |
(sorry if I'm not spending a...
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thebruce
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library?
Chicago Public Library?
Calgary Public Library?
Cleveland Public Library?
cpl.org is cleveland
Comsewogue Public Library? =P
 Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:19 am
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Topic: [TRAILHEAD] Just received peculiar e-mail...
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thebruce
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I don't think this is a simple substitution. There are a number of combined symbols, and I'm thinking this is a relatively complex hieroglyph message (relative to alphabetic substitution that is).
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 Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:30 pm
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Topic: [trailhead] Save Evan Smith
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thebruce
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verified nighthawk's numbers. alphabetically: BQD
So two leads from this RAR: BQD (from the doc) and the attached image.
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 Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:02 am
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