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152 = Y

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 9:35 am

cassandra · Entrenched Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 831

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 10:33 am

step

Finally!

78 = H

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 12:09 pm

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redpanda · Kilroy Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 2

202=E

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 5:17 pm

InspJJ

321 = A - just made it, and I hit the button nanoseconds after the site finally went live!

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 5:25 pm

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**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 5:36 pm

Buceph · Veteran Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 96 Location: Ireland

150=E

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 6:48 pm

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seannyob

Got Mine!

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 7:19 pm

Listacorta · Boot Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 17

Just got mine. Blasting through the package now but...

88=A

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 8:05 pm

catherwood-offline · Guest

204 = T

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 8:27 pm

WaCKo1138 · Boot Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 21 Location: Decatur, GA

236=A

Got it today here in Decatur, GA. Woohoo!

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 8:33 pm

Spankit

232=U

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 8:46 pm

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BrianEnigma

Based on the letter distribution, we should probably assume the final result will be in plain English. With this in mind, I thought I would start looking for words that match the existing letters and holes to real words. I can tell you that when running a dictionary against the current letter pattern, there are a ton of matches, so I figured I would constrain my searches to words that will be unique to our particular message (a common code-breaking technique.)

For instance, while things like receda, cube, sente, kiteway, and dotcom are not likely in most documents, it seems ours might have a higher chance of one of these appearing.

Unfortunately, I am not seeing very excellent matches anywhere except for that big blank section with just an "E" at about position 60 ("...T____E_______________H..."), which could really be anything until we nail down a few more letters up there.

This leads me to think that either our message will be a generic "congrats on this bonus round" sort of thing or that some kind of transposition is being used (e.g. make a 37x3 grid and then read top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top.)

Any thoughts? Can anyone think of other (long-ish) words that might be unique to our particular message/situation? I put a copy of my work out if someone want to use it for ideas.

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 8:58 pm

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uptownishnyc · Boot Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 50 Location: New York, NY

The 9 in Position 41 is worrisome--

Either with the previous positions it says something like "AT 9" am/pm... OR its a date, address or phone number.

Regardless, time might become an issue. Any ideas on how to get codes from people that aren't on unfiction?

"I'd like to buy a vowel, Pat. E."

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 9:13 pm

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invfish · Veteran Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 144 Location: Sydney

**Posted:** Tue May 03, 2005 10:38 pm