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Short puzzle trail

**Posted:** Fri May 02, 2014 9:00 am

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"OK, now what you gotta do is go down the road past the old Johnson place. You're gonna find two roads, one parallel and one perpendicular. Now keep going until you come to a highway that bisects it at a 45-degree angle. Solve for x."

Russell

Thanks Thunderwolf I will definitely take a look.

So the code leads to

**Posted:** Fri May 02, 2014 9:32 am

Thunderwolf

Good stuff Russel! Keep going Wink

**Posted:** Fri May 02, 2014 10:24 am

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"OK, now what you gotta do is go down the road past the old Johnson place. You're gonna find two roads, one parallel and one perpendicular. Now keep going until you come to a highway that bisects it at a 45-degree angle. Solve for x."

Russell

well i was going to take a break but my ocd couldnt let me!

**Posted:** Fri May 02, 2014 10:29 am

Thunderwolf

Just a reminder that this was devised for my computer science students, so some programming is expected at points.

I'm wondering if this one needs an additional clue though. Feel free to ask for help if you need to, and thanks for "playtesting" this one for my students Wink

**Posted:** Fri May 02, 2014 10:43 am

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"OK, now what you gotta do is go down the road past the old Johnson place. You're gonna find two roads, one parallel and one perpendicular. Now keep going until you come to a highway that bisects it at a 45-degree angle. Solve for x."

Russell

ahh well that could be problematic for me then Embarassed

, a pm nudge would be most appreciated!

**Posted:** Fri May 02, 2014 10:46 am

Thunderwolf

Check your inbox Wink

**Posted:** Fri May 02, 2014 11:22 am

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"OK, now what you gotta do is go down the road past the old Johnson place. You're gonna find two roads, one parallel and one perpendicular. Now keep going until you come to a highway that bisects it at a 45-degree angle. Solve for x."

Russell

Ok,

**Posted:** Sat May 03, 2014 5:30 am

amandel

Seriously, BRAVO Russell! Since you haven't posted the cipher solve am hoping you don't mind my curiosity in following you and this. Beaut puzzle trail, Thunderwolf.
CAPS found by awesome Russell cipher solve

**Posted:** Sat May 03, 2014 8:09 am

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"I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."

Thunderwolf

Keep going, you're not at the end yet.

**Posted:** Sat May 03, 2014 8:29 am

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"OK, now what you gotta do is go down the road past the old Johnson place. You're gonna find two roads, one parallel and one perpendicular. Now keep going until you come to a highway that bisects it at a 45-degree angle. Solve for x."

amandel

Thunderwolf, am just planning to ride on Russell's coattails 'tho I went ahead a little to find Phase4: http://www.triplesix.co.uk/ENLIGHTENMENT/neuromancer.html
How I found Phase4

**Posted:** Sat May 03, 2014 9:16 am

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"I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."

Thunderwolf

That's as far as I've implemented do far. There's a few more bits I want to put in for the students, but they will involve full on coding to solve. Hope you've enjoyed this though Smile

I'm using similar puzzles in the arg I'm planning.

**Posted:** Sat May 03, 2014 10:55 am

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"OK, now what you gotta do is go down the road past the old Johnson place. You're gonna find two roads, one parallel and one perpendicular. Now keep going until you come to a highway that bisects it at a 45-degree angle. Solve for x."

Russell

Thanks Thunder, that was good fun Smile

one question for Amandel though. how did you get the passkey for the vigenere? I had a feeling it was a vignere buut without bruting it i wasnt sure how to work out the key....

**Posted:** Sat May 03, 2014 11:05 am

amandel

Yaha, quite nice & THX Russell as I wouldn't have gotten "el-shabazz.txt". Ala the cipher: Began playing with 3 letter words & "the" looked most promising. After I reworked to tune-d it just sorta hit me on my noggin. Laughing

**Posted:** Sat May 03, 2014 11:27 am

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"I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."

Thunderwolf

for tips on cracking vigenere ciphers: http://simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/vigenere_cipher.html

**Posted:** Sat May 03, 2014 11:34 am

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"OK, now what you gotta do is go down the road past the old Johnson place. You're gonna find two roads, one parallel and one perpendicular. Now keep going until you come to a highway that bisects it at a 45-degree angle. Solve for x."