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Kelis · Decorated Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 193

I don't get it...

Every page I see that refers to semaphore is a person with TWO flags. There are at least 8 instances where the person has only ONE flag on /hiker. Did I miss something here or we using the wrong code?

**Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:20 pm

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Crowfoot · Unfettered Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 385 Location: UK

Not the wrong code, I think more part of the puzzle.

**Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:29 pm

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Max Incognito · Guest

Right, just a quick summary of some of the points I have seen raised so far

i) The little figures definitely seem to be originally from the scouts websites that have been posted before

ii) However, most of them have been altered.

iii) Deciphering using the closest figure turns out mostly gibberish

iv) The double symbol in the corner implies an alphabet square as seen posted before and in http://www.techtricks.com/paradox/playfair.php

v) Goin' up a mountain could imply a zig-zag path or circular

Addressing these we have done

i) zoom in to the figures confirms that they were originally from the same set

ii) The alterations raise the question - why have they been altered?

iii) Implies that they were altered so that a direct decipher is impossible suggesting that perhaps they may not correspond to the letters any more.

iv) The fact that there are only 17 unique symbols makes this unlikely

v) We couldnt find any evidence to support this.

Disclaimer: This is just to show whats been going on so far, it is not definitively correct, feel free to verify any of the points

**Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:39 pm

Atrophied

just a quick point:

Signal Hill is a hill in Newfoundland where Marconi recieved the first transatlantic wireless msg.

thought I'd mention it as someone posted it was a point on Table Mountain (I think).

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baseball3190 · Veteran Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 90

grr *pulling hair out of head* . whens the next time we talk to syna?

**Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:29 pm

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Crowfoot · Unfettered Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 385 Location: UK

Is it me or do we have very little to work with on this puzzle. It's a damn hard one!

**Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:34 am

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Arbitrary_Moss

GAAAAAAAAH!!!

*rips hair out in big chunks* I have no idea what this means... I shall ponder on this much and many...

*is moody and silent for a while, and should -not- be provoked*

Well, the first thing that I thought of was a Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch (sorry, I'm a little obsessed... Embarassed

) in which there was an 'ad' for a semaphore version of Wuthering Heights (movie). Hehe. Not much help, I know.

And then I thought of -- what with the way their arms were and everything -- those -annoying- little games where you flip the little tab things to make the ball (or whatever it is) go down the right way. GOD I hate those things. Mad

Aaaaaaaaanyway. Sorry that I couldn't be of any help. Embarassed

I'm trying to think of things, really I am!!
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**Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:35 pm

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... what can I say? I'm a Gorey girl at heart.

Life's just a bowl of... syntax errors.

baseball3190 · Veteran Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 90

still nuttin, oh and by the way dude the monty python series are hilarious, the holy grail is an all time fav. sry that this is off topic

**Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:13 pm

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"hey doug we are going to play a game......little red riding hood or i will kill you, have a nice day"

^^first arg contact directly to me. almost wet myself. lol

Arbitrary_Moss

**Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:55 am

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'Life is distracting and uncertain,'
She said, and went to draw the curtain.
~Edward Gorey, The Eleventh Episode

... what can I say? I'm a Gorey girl at heart.

Life's just a bowl of... syntax errors.

misery_of_pain

Maybe we need to all take a step back. Chill out for a minute and wait for Synagoga or Clea to contact us. I've been looking through some of the chat logs and there's all these people asking Syn questions and maybe it's just hard for the masters to keep up. If they think we've cooled off, they'll want us back, and probably give us more clues.

Just a thought. Feel free to slap me with a kipper Very Happy

**Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:00 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:32 pm

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baseball3190 · Veteran Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 90

maybe that means we need to slove the puzzle line by line from the bottom up?

**Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:32 pm

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"hey doug we are going to play a game......little red riding hood or i will kill you, have a nice day"

^^first arg contact directly to me. almost wet myself. lol

step

I got the solve! after a hint from today's chat log with Eccleastia

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jbd · Decorated Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 295

ACK! simulpost.

That was a good hint in the chat log apparently. Very Happy

**Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:01 pm

Kelis · Decorated Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 193

Just for the record, I'm starting to sympathize with Eccleastia. What was revealed in that solve would drive me nuts in about 10 minutes never mind continuously.

I feel bad for E... Sad

Nobody really seems to care what's happened to her in this whole process. Crying or Very sad

**Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:08 pm

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