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c1023
Boot
Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 58 Location: Hampshire, UK
I've got a set of letters from the Su Doku that look likely.
But I cant work out what word to make from them.
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:09 pm
c1023
Boot
Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 58 Location: Hampshire, UK
I've finally solved the Su Doku!
Stage 1:
Solve the Su Doku grid!
Stage 2:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Make two digit numbers and think of the binary puzzle earlier.
Stage 3:
I have never seen this word before, and just struck lucky when making up new words!
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Maybe I'm just blind
The last spoiler may be a bit too crypic, but I'll see how it goes.
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:55 pm
Atrophied
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Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 1133 Location: 53742E 4A6F686E27732C 4E4C00
I got it too... wow... weird word indeed...
onto the next one though
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
You won't find it in wordsmithy's anagram list for some reason... go elsewhere
_________________"It will be happened; it shall be going to happening; it will be was an event that could will have been taken place in the future." -- Time travel, as explained by Arnold J. Rimmer
"The Future's bright, the Future's Cuboid" - Juxta
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:22 pm
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sixblueten
Boot
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 21 Location: North Bay, California
Absolute beginner (no, not the Bowie movie) Quite intimidating, it is, to be wading into this among you grizzled vets. I've never known much about ciphers and cryptograms, etc.. So. . here's my question - having solved the quite basic (though for me time consuming) pair of first clues, I'm wondering this: Do most of you crack the ciphers by "hand" as I do, or do you use programs? Let me guess: You write the apps yourselves? That would be beastly as I've no aptitude for that. . .
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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:30 pm
Spankit
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Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 219 Location: Hooville....Wahoowa!
I solved the first one by hand, too (not the instructions; the actually start of the contest). I'm not that familiar with cryptography, so I kind of gave up on finding the encryption method after about 15 minutes. It wasn't that bad.
_________________"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought." - Lord Peter Wimsey
232/333
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:43 pm
Atrophied
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Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 1133 Location: 53742E 4A6F686E27732C 4E4C00
I solved
#1 to #3 (inclusive): by hand - (I include the index page in that)
#4: I used an applet that's available from the unfiction sidebar .
#5 through #8 (inclusive): I again solved by hand.
#9 (the Su Doku): I solved half by hand, half with a solver found via google.
#10... working...
_________________"It will be happened; it shall be going to happening; it will be was an event that could will have been taken place in the future." -- Time travel, as explained by Arnold J. Rimmer
"The Future's bright, the Future's Cuboid" - Juxta
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:50 pm
Spankit
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Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 219 Location: Hooville....Wahoowa!
Atrophied wrote:
I solved
#1 to #3 (inclusive): by hand - (I include the index page in that)
You did the index page by hand? I take it you've gotten to the point where you can read ROT-13 as well as you can read regular English. If so, that's pretty impressive.
_________________"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought." - Lord Peter Wimsey
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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:14 pm
Atrophied
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Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 1133 Location: 53742E 4A6F686E27732C 4E4C00
I started it as a simple sub, realised that it was ROT-13 and that just made it easier (every letter is equal to its counterpart - j=w=j etc..)
so, yeah, I solved it by hand... but not as a ROT
_________________"It will be happened; it shall be going to happening; it will be was an event that could will have been taken place in the future." -- Time travel, as explained by Arnold J. Rimmer
"The Future's bright, the Future's Cuboid" - Juxta
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:17 pm
Langley Moor
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Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 86
Someone please help with 3.... I've got it decoded to ascii, but it seems to only give 25 characters or so, and pasting that into the bar as the answer yields nothing.... what am I missing? Anyone?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:32 pm
Atrophied
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Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 1133 Location: 53742E 4A6F686E27732C 4E4C00
Read the inviso text on the page, or look at the hint I gave back on page 1
_________________"It will be happened; it shall be going to happening; it will be was an event that could will have been taken place in the future." -- Time travel, as explained by Arnold J. Rimmer
"The Future's bright, the Future's Cuboid" - Juxta
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:55 pm
Langley Moor
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Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 86
Found the hidden text hours ago.... still no luck figuring the answer though, I think I've been staring at this one for way too long! I'm sure when I work it out I'll kick myself, but I can't think of any answer that is 28 characters long....
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:27 pm
Atrophied
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Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 1133 Location: 53742E 4A6F686E27732C 4E4C00
so how many bits would there be per character if you were looking at getting 28 characters from 196 binary digits?
_________________"It will be happened; it shall be going to happening; it will be was an event that could will have been taken place in the future." -- Time travel, as explained by Arnold J. Rimmer
"The Future's bright, the Future's Cuboid" - Juxta
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:30 pm
sixblueten
Boot
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 21 Location: North Bay, California
Anyone care to be noble enough to offer a rookie a hint on the three columns of numbers puzzle? What does one call this type of puzzle?
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:11 am
sixblueten
Boot
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 21 Location: North Bay, California
Never mind!
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:55 am
uneasyjd
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Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 130 Location: Denmark
Yay! I've finally beaten the sudoku into submission! Anyone have any ideas abou the next one? (Or have I come down with the stupids again?)
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:40 am
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