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ellipses
Veteran
Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 138 Location: Location Location
Doh! You're right. cqtrw.html
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:43 am
ItWasntMeISwear
Unfettered
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 503 Location: Illannoys, USA
p
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:53 am
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Lysithea
Unfettered
Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 468 Location: Australia
ellipses wrote:
Found it! It was indeed bovine (Bull) rather than Canine.
Great work ellipses!
_________________"Some people grow into their dreams instead of out of them." - Miles Vorkosigan
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:29 am
Ehsan
Entrenched
Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992
Allow me to say, WHEW.
Good work people.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:47 am
ItWasntMeISwear
Unfettered
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 503 Location: Illannoys, USA
p
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:37 am
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deadman
Boot
Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 57
Yeah... it is a curious use of the word invisible, and made me think the same thing. As far as I can tell, you might as well send in the confirmation code and see what happens. It can't hurt anything.
Good job on finding the answer! I feel extra stupid, because my program originally was checking the websites with capital letters, and then I switched it manually. ItWasntMe pointed out that I might have made some errors... I checked my code and he is exactly right, I had transcribed two of the letters wrong from my program (so don't be confused... my mistake). The first thing I posted is what I should have had. It's no help now, but if you look... I actually would have got it anyway if it was in lowercase, because the answer is in that file anyway.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:52 am
ellipses
Veteran
Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 138 Location: Location Location
I wondered about that myself - being one of the rejected ones. The rejection was my own fault for not putting any effort at all into my application - perhaps I'll get a second chance!
As for our invisible friend - I suspect there is a lot more to these "criminals" than we currently know.
And, while I'm here, I've not seen Chin Mae Park's blog post mentioned elsewhere - and the accompanying recording of pulsars. Anyone have any thoughts on what we should make of it?
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:03 am
chippy
Entrenched
Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 789 Location: Leeds, UK
very well done on the solve everyone - i think we should all be now genetics experts if we wernt before. but... pah! to bovine.
i sent my cv in as an astro-spatial expert with excellent miner "entertainment and companion" skills
i think the halo thing is interesting, worth further investigation
EDIT! But cross posted!
oooh. looks like someone was watching over us!! just got an email
from Ohmega ohmega at aresstation dot com
subject: 49276D20696E76697369626C652E
Quote:
I have been watching you from afar. You have done very well, but there are
forces arrayed against you that you have not yet recognized. There is a man on
the station who does not wish you here. This man is no dog, he is a bull, and
Ares Station is a very precious china shop indeed.
Please protect us
the subject code is Hex for "I'm invisible." we have an ally (and an enemy)
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:10 pm
LordKinbote
Decorated
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261
Well, how were we supposed to know it wasn't a dog genome we were looking for? Gaah!!!
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:27 pm
jbd
Decorated
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 295
LordKinbote wrote:
Well, how were we supposed to know it wasn't a dog genome we were looking for? Gaah!!!
I'm inclined to think the dog thing was a typo, and the email regarding the bull was a correction.
Anyhow, nice work everyone! This was definitely a "group work upwards in slow steps" puzzle, rather than a "everyone keep hacking at it until some random bloke gets the Big Insight" puzzle.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:48 pm
Russell
Unfictologist
Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1571 Location: London
I am very glad that ones been solved now! Just read through it all and impressed that you all made the leap from dog to cow! Anyone heard back from the application? I havent replyed cos I think it would just be dismissed as I never sent a cv.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 2:19 am
chippy
Entrenched
Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 789 Location: Leeds, UK
i got an auto "thanks" reply
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:04 am
Russell
Unfictologist
Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1571 Location: London
So ellipses and crustybottom, did you reply to this? Was just wondering as I noticed that the image next to your blog entries has changed to a provisional mars pic.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:07 pm
deadman
Boot
Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 57
I have a provisional icon, but I never got an email response.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:21 pm
Ehsan
Entrenched
Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992
deadman wrote:
I have a provisional icon, but I never got an email response.
Same here.. sent them the code, my avatar changed to provisional, but no e-mail response.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:02 pm
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