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Odd chat w/ The Defect (7/06)
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MissWiSH
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Odd chat w/ The Defect (7/06)

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* TheDefect has joined #james
<TheDefect> hello?
<WiSH> why hello
<TheDefect> hello
<TheDefect> i see you found my puzzles
<WiSH> why yes, i did
<WiSH> we did, i should say
<TheDefect> did you solve all of them?
<WiSH> tricky tricky
<WiSH> no, i believe we have one left
<TheDefect> yes, i was about to say, your topic's incorrect
<TheDefect> one's been right under your nose
<WiSH> it has?
<TheDefect> wish, do you have kids?
<WiSH> i'm sure they've been working hard on it
<WiSH> kids?
<WiSH> well, yes, why?
* WiSH looks puzzled
<TheDefect> hehe
* TheDefect has quit IRC (Quit: )


Color Legend:
TheDefect, blue
WiSH, red

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:54 pm
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Lewis the Second
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http://defect.libereelmundo.org/defstuff/defect.png is the unsolved puzzle, yes?

So the solve is *something* to do with children...?

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No. We solved that one. We're on the flags one.
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Lewis the Second
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Oh! Sorry, I'm miles behind. Not checked back here in a few days.

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S'ok. I don't believe we've met, but welcome aboard Very Happy
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Re: Odd chat w/ The Defect (7/06)

MissWiSH wrote:
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<TheDefect> wish, do you have kids?


We figured out what this meant.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
He was directing us to here, where there's a new maze puzzle. Wish saw that it was something called Betamaze

Translating, we get "xlikecautiondothtmlbackwards x", or "like caution dot html backwards". Now, to figure out what that means...


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Re: Odd chat w/ The Defect (7/06)

JustLurking wrote:
MissWiSH wrote:
Quote:
<TheDefect> wish, do you have kids?


We figured out what this meant.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
He was directing us to here, where there's a new maze puzzle. Wish saw that it was something called Betamaze

Translating, we get "xlikecautiondothtmlbackwards x", or "like caution dot html backwards". Now, to figure out what that means...

That's why I looked at the Kid's section and said something about it. Laughing
Maybe we should have included that.

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I can't believe that we missed the puzzle by not going back to the other LEM pages Bang Head

I feel like a fool Razz

Just guessing what the answer might be at the moment -
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
it's not anything terribly obvious like "noituac"

Then I tried "interrogatgion" backwards, and it looks a little like "notarget"... But it's not that either.


I guess now I'll have to start thinking
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I am pretty sure he means that the solve is just like the solve in caution.html which is already in the defstuff folder.

Who solved that one?

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Me and someone if I remember rightly (WiSH maybe?), regardless, we've been trying loads of stuff with that puzzles, reading it every way we can, and still can't get anything... floopy.

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Hydrolix
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Ok, I have tried several things...so far not working out too well.

I tried doing exactly the solution for caution.html. Problem is the words don't line up properly. i.e. free is the last word and there is no 14th letter in it.

Then I tried it from bottom to top since it is supposed to be backwards...same problem. I also tried it from bottom to top from right to left and left to right. Did the same thing with the file names I listed before...so far nothing that makes any sense alone or after ROTing it.

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Hydrolix
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bah

like caution.html backwards seems pretty clear...why can't I make this work?

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Paulzilla wrote:
I can't believe that we missed the puzzle by not going back to the other LEM pages Bang Head


None of us thought of it. It probably seemed too obvious.. LOL.. ah well, live and learn, aye?
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Hydrolix wrote:
bah

like caution.html backwards seems pretty clear...why can't I make this work?


Maybe we're reading too much into this one as well? <shrugs> I dunno. I've been working on it every which way as well, and I'm not coming up with anything either. Please tell me somebody tried the absolute obvious things with just putting the keywords in backwards or something? Confused
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Lewis the Second
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Caution was solved by rearranging the names into alphabetical order and then reading diagonally, yes? So might it be the other way round in some sort? Arranging in reverse alphabetical order? Or reading across the other angle? Or similar?

I'm going to try now.

EDIT: Well, okay, a chinese takeout is here now, so I'm going to eat that first. Then I'll try.

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